wherewith Kings were wont to be annointed at their Coronation or wherein the Holy Oyl called Chrism is kept Christianism christianismus Christianity the being or profession of a Christian Chromatick chromaticus that never blusheth whose colour never changeth also pleasant or delightful as Chromatick Musick pleasant Musick composed much of discords to render it more delightful But Chromaticum melos ab antiquis dicebatur una ex tribus musicae partibus quae ob nimiam mollitiem infamiae nota non caruit Chronical chronicus temporal or returning at a certain time Chronical Diseases are such as come at certain times by fits and have some intermission Chronogram from the Gr. chronos i. tempus and Gramma Litera is a kind of Sentence or Verse in which the figurative letters do promiscuously make up the year of our Lord which letters are usually for distinction printed in a different Character As upon Duke Bernard of Weymer his taking Brisack in the year 1938 This. InVICto fortIs CeCiDit BraeIsaels AChILLI IVngItVr tanto DIgna pVeLLa VIro Chronographer chronographus a writer of Chronicles or Annals Chronography chronographia the writing of Annals or description of time Chronology chronologia a speaking of times or the Art of numbering the years from the beginning of the world Heylin saith Chronologies are onely bare supputations of the times without any regard of the acts then happening such are the Chronologies of Funccius Scaliger and Helvicus Chronologer chronologus he that computes times a writer of Chronicles Chronologicks books treating of Chronology Chrysocol chrysocolla a kind of Mineral found like sand in veins of brass silver or gold one kind of it is called Borax or green earth wherewith Gold-smiths solder gold Chrysolite chrysolithus a kind of Jasper of a Gold colour Chrysopase Fr. a precious stone that yeelds a golden lustre Church-Wardens Ecclearum Gardiani seu custodes are Officers yearly chosen by the consent of the Minister and Parishoners according to the custom of every several place to look to the Church Church-yard and such things as belong to both and to observe the behaviour of their Parishioners for such faults as appertain to the Jurisdiction or censure of the Court Ecclesiastical They are a kind of Corporation enabled by Law to sue for any thing belonging to their Church or poor of their Parish See Lambert in his Pamphlet of the duty of Church-wardens Churle Sax. Ceorle a Country Clown a Bumpkin in the North a Carle Chyle chylus the white juyce of digested meat the matter whereof our blood is made The word originally signifies a juyce concocted by heat unto a consistence that holds both of moysture and driness Cot. Chylifactory from chylus and factus that maketh or causeth the white juyce coming of the meat digested in the stomach Vul. Er. Chylification a making or causing of that white juyce in the stomach Chymick or Chymist and Chymistry See Alchimy Chymere See Taberd Cibarious cibarius pertaining to meat sit to be eaten Ciboir Fr. a Pix the box or cup wherin the Sacrament is put and kept in the Churches of Roman Catholicks Cibosity cibositas plenty of victuals store of food Cicatrice cicatrix a token a scar of a wound skin bred upon a wound or soar Ciceronical from Cicero learned or eloquent as Cicero was Cicurate cicuro to tame or make tame Br. Cilerie or Silerie Drapery wrought on the heads of Pillars or Posts and made like cloth or leaves turning divers ways See Silery and Drapery Cilice cilicium a cloth or garment made of hair Cilicious cilicius pertaining to hairy or woollen cloth Br. Cimbal See Cymbal Cimeliark cimeliarchum a Jewel house also a Vestry in a Church Ciment See Cement Cimisse A noysom little worm flat and red which raiseth Wheals where it bites if it be broken it yields a stinking smell Bull. Cimeterre Fr. a crooked sword See Scymitar Cimmerian That sees no Sun or lives without the light of the Sun obscure dark from Cimmerii a people of Italy dwelling in a Valley near the mountain Pausilype so invironed with hills that the Sun never comes to it Hence the proverb Cimmerian darkness where Ovid placeth the Palace of Somnus Est prope Cimmerios longo spelunca recessu Mons cavus c. Metam lib. 11. A Cave there is near the Cimmerians deep In hollow hill the Mansion of dull sleep Never by Phoebus seen from earth a night There of dim clouds ascends and doubtful light Cincture cinctura a girding Cindalism cindalismus a play that Boys use to fling at a heap of dust dust-point Cinefaction cinefactio a reducing into or burning unto ashes Cinefy cinefacio to bring to ashes Ciniph Lat. a Gnat. Cinerulent cinerulentus full of ashes Cinnaber or Cinoper cinnabaris Vermillion Sanguinary is either natural a soft red and heavy stone found in Mines or artificial the more common and better coloured made of calcinated Sulphur and Quick-silver The Paynims used to paint their Idols therewith and themselves in publique feasts and solemnities as we read Camillus when he triumphed in Rome was painted with Vermillion So Virgil speaking in his tenth Eglogue of the shepherds god Pan saith Pan Deus Arcadiae venit quem vidimus ipsi Sanguineis ebuli baccis minioque rubentem Pan the Arcadian God we saw appear With bloody berries stain'd and Cinoper Cinque Ports Fr. five Ports or Havens which lie towards France in the East of England viz. Hastings Dover Hithe Rumney and Sandwich for Rye and Winchelsea are but limbs or members belonging to Hastings as likewise Lid and old Rumney are Limbs of the Port of new Rumney and not distinct Ports by themselves The Inhabitants of these Cinque Ports and of their members enjoy divers priviledges above the rest of the Commons of that Country They pay no Subsidies Suits at Law are commenced and answered within their own Liberties their Majors have the credit of carrying the Canopy over the King or Queen at their Coronation And for their greater dignity they are placed then at a Table on the right hand of the King Min. See the first institution of these Cinque Ports and of the Lord Warden in Camdens Brit. fol. 230. Cion Dion or Scion Fr. a Plant a young Shoot or Sprig growing out of the root or stock of a Tree And by a metaphor a childe or youth Cipher ciphra a figure or number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 are the figures and 0 a cipher in Arithmetick Which 0 of it self is of no value but encreaseth the value of other figures to which it is joyned Hence 't is we use to say that person stands for a cipher who being in company of others neither speaks nor acts as they do There is also a kind of writing which we call by Ciphers or Characters whereof every exercised Statesman hath peculiar to himself and which was invented by J. Caesar when he first began to think of the Roman Monarchy and was by him in his
at a banquet a Sewer See Arch-Dapifer The great Master or Steward of the Kings house was so termed in old time Cotg. Danocaginous from the Ital. dapoco that has a little or narrow heart low-spirited of little worth Dardanean Art ars dardania Witch-craft or Magick so called from Dardanus a wicked Magician At si nulla valet medicina repellere pestem Dardaniae veniant artes c. Darick Daricus a kind of antient coyn bearing the Image of Darius King of Persia and valuing about two shillings Datary datarius that is freely given taken Substantively it is an Office in Rome for collation of Church Benefices also a dater of Writings Date dactylus a kind of sweet fruit brought from Numidia and other far Countries The Date Trees are some male some female the first brings forth only flowers the other fruit yet herein is the male beneficial to the encrease of the Dates for unless a flowred bough of the male be ingraffed into the female the Dates never prove good Dation datio a giving a gift a dole Datism datismus is when by a heap of Synonyma's we rehearse the same things Dative dativus that giveth or is of power to give Daulphin See Dolphin St. Davids day The first of March kept solemnly by the Britans in honor of their Patron St. David whom their Records and Tradition testifie to have been a person of eminent sanctity and austerity of life excellently learned a most eloquent preacher of Gods word and Archbishop of Menevy now from him called St. Davids in Pembrook-shire He flourished in the fifth and sixth age after the coming of Christ and dyed in the 140 year of his own as Dr. Pits witnesseth in de illustribus Britanniae Scriptoribus The Brittans always wear a Leek on that day in memory of a famous victory obtained by them against the Saxons the said Britains for the time of the battel wearing Leeks in their hats for their military colours by St. Davids perswasion Days according to the division of Authors are either Astronomical or Political of Astronomical some are natural and some again Artificial An Artificial day consists of twelve hours Joh. 11.19 There be twelve hours in the day Gen. 1.4 5. 47-9 A Natural day consists of twenty four hours The beginning of Politique days is divers for the Athenians began their day from Sun-set but the Iews Chaldeans and Babylonians from Sun-rise the Egyptians and the Romans from midnight of whom we take our pattern to count the hours from midnight one two three c. The Vmbrians from noon The parts of Politique or Civil days according to Macrobius are these The first time of day is after midnight The second in Lat. Gallicinium Cocks-crow The third Conticinium the space between the first Cock and break of day The fourth Diluculum the break or dawn of the day The fifth Mane the morning The sixth Meridies noon or mid-day The seventh Pomeridies the afternoon The eighth Serum diei Sun-set The ninth suprema tempestas twylight The tenth Vesper the evening or eventide The eleventh prima fax candle-time The twelfth nox concubia bed time The thirteenth Nox intempesta the dead time of the night Vide Agellium Macrobium Fungerum Maundy Thursday the last Thursday in Lent and next before Easter so called as it were Mandati Thursday from a ceremony used by the Bishops and Prelates in Cathedral Churches and Religious Houses of washing their Subjects feet which ceremony is termed the fulfilling the Mandate and is in imitation of our Saviour Christ who on that day at night after his last Supper and before his institution of the Blessed Sacrament washed his Disciples feet telling them afterwards that they must do the like to one another this is the Mandate whence the day is nominated At the beginning of the aforesaid ceremony these words of Christ uttered by him soon after his washing their feet John 13.34 are sung for an Antiphon Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos I give you a new Mandate c. Deaction deactio a finishing or perfecting Dealbate dealbo to white-lime parget or make white Dearck dearchus a Captain or Governor of ten Dearraignment A Law-term V. Shep. Epit. 491. Deaurate deauro to gild or lay over with gold Debauchery from the Fr. desbauche incontinency riot disorder unruliness Debâ—llate debello to vanquish or overcome by war Debellation debellatio a vanquishing or overcoming by war Sir Tho. More uses it De bâ—ne eâ—sâ— are three common Latin words the meaning I conceive to be this to take or do a thing de bene esse is to accept or allow it as well done for present but when it comes to be more fully examined or tried it is to stand or fall according to the merit or well being of the thing in its own nature or as we say valeat quantum valere potest So in Chancery upon motion to have one of the Defendants in a Cause examined as a witness the Court not then precisely examining the Justice of it or not hearing what may be objected on the other side often orders a Defendant to be examined De bene esse i. that his Depositions are to be allowed or suppressed at the Hearing as the Judge shall see cause upon the full debate of the matter but for the present they have a well-being or allowance Debentur the third person plural of debeor to be due or owing is by Act of Parliament 1649. cap. 43. ordained to be in the nature of a Bond or Bill to charge the Commonwealth to pay the Souldier-creditor or his Assigns the sum due upon account for his Arrears The form of which Debentur you may see in an Act 1649. c. 63. Debilitate debilito to weaken or make feeble to make faint Debility debilitas weakness feebleness Debonnaire Fr. gentle milde courteous affable Debosche Debauche from the Fr. desbaucher to corrupt make lewd or put out of order to vitiate Debulliate debullio to bubble or seeth over Deca Gr. decem ten Decachord decachordium an instrument with ten strings Decacuminatâ— decacumino to take off the top of any thing Decad decas adis a term or number of ten be it of years moneths books c. as the Decads of Livy consist each of ten Books Also a tenth Decadency from de and cado a falling down or from a declining decay ruine Decaâ—iâ—t from decas a writer of Decads such was Titus Livius Decalogue decalogus the ten Commandments or words of God Decameron Gr. that is of ten parts Boccacius gives his book of Fables being divided into ten parts that Title Min. Decapitate decapito to behead or pull off the head Decatcâ— The same with Deark Decede decedo to depart or yeeld from to give place to to cease or dye Dâ—cember One of the twelve moneths so called from decem ten because it was the tenth month from March which was the first among the Romans Decempedâ— decempedalis of ten
first made in the County of Berry in France Drapery so called of the French word Drap i. cloth a term which Painters use consisting principally in the true making and folding a Garment in drawing or limning giving to every fold his proper natural doubling and shadow Peacham See Silerie Drift or a Drift a term a-among Water-men and signifies the floating of a Boat alone without any person in it to row or steer it but is carried to and fro with the Tyde Dril a Stone-cutters tool wherewith he bores little holes in Marble c. Also a large over-grown Ape or Baboon so called Drogoman or Draguman an Interpreter or Truchman the word is used by the Turks from the Gr 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Fr write it Drogueman See Truchman Drol Fr. a good-fellow boon Companion merry Grig one that cares not how the world goes Drolery Fr. is with us taken for a kinde of facetious way of speaking or writing full of merry knavish wit Dromedary dromas adis a kind of Camel with two bunches on his back very swift being able to carry a man 100 miles a day and may abide three dayes journey without drink Dropacist dropacista one that pulls off hair and makes the body bare Drudger one that fishes for oysters and that kind of fishing is called drudging Druids Druides certain Prophets or learned Pagan Priests that lived naked in woods giving themselves to the study of Philosophy and avoiding all company as much as they might they were of such estimation among the people that all controversies were referred to their determination and a great penalty laid on such as disobeyed their sentence They believed the immortality of the Soul but supposed with Pythagoras they still passed by death from one body to another Caesar lib. 6. de bello Gal. They took their name from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an Oke because they held nothing more holy then an Oak which was also sacred to Jupiter or because they were wont to exercise their superstition in Oken Groves whence Lucan lib. 7. Nemora alta remotis Incolitis lucis Ant. Hiber p. 27. Dryads Dryades Nymphs of the woods or wood Fairies Dual dualis pertaining to the number two Duality dualitas the number two duplicity Duana See Divano Duarchy duarchia a government wherein two govern joyntly To Dub a Knight from the Fr. Addouber i. to dress or arm at all points to make a Knight or to confer that order upon any one Dubiosity from dubiosus doubtfulness Dubious dubius doubtful uncertain Ducal ducalis that hath the conduct or leading Duke-like of or belonging to a Duke Ducket ducalis aurem a certain gold coyn which was first coined in Rome in the year of the City 547. and afterwards it began to be used in other places So called because it bore the image of a Duke and is worth about six shillings and eight pence Pol. Virgil. Ducenarious ducenarius pertaining to two hundred Ductarious ductarius that draweth leadeth or guideth Ductible ductibilis that may be led Ductile ductilis easie to be drawn or led Duction ductio a leading or bringing down Duel duellum a fight between two Dulcacid dulcacidus quasi dulcis and acidus that which hath a mingled taste with sweet and sower Dulcify from dulcis and facio to make sweet Dulciloquent dulciloquus that speaketh sweetly Dulcimer or Dulcimel sambuca so called quasi dulce melos i sweet melody a musical Instrument A Sambuke Dulcarron is a proportion in Euclid lib. 1. Theor. 33. Propos 47. which was found out by Pythagoras after a whole years study and much beating his brain in thankfulness whereof he sacrificed an Oxe to the Gods which sacrifice he called Dulcarnon Alex. Neckam an antient writer in his book De naturis rerum compounds this word of Dulia and caro and will have Dulcarnon to be quasi Sacrificium carnis Chaucer aptly applies it to Creseide shewing that she was as much amazed how to answer Troilus as Pythagoras was wearied in bringing his desire to effect Dulcisonant dulcisonus that sounds sweetly Dulcitude Lat. sweetness Dulcoration from dulcor oris a making sweet Bac. Dulocracy dulocratia a kind of Government when slaves have so much licence that they rule and domineer Dulocratical pertaining to that kind of Government Dumal dumalis pertaining to Bryers Dumosity dumositas that hath many or is full of Brambles or Bryers To Dun is a word lately taken up by fancy and signifies to demand earnestly or press a man to pay for commodities taken up on trust or other debt Duodecennial duodecennis of twelve years Duple duplex double two twice so much Duplicity duplicitas doubleness twice so much Duplicate duplico to double increase or make twice as much A Duplicat is used by Crompton for a second Letters Patent granted by the Lord Chancellor in a caâ—e wherein he had formerly done the same and was therefore thought void So a second Letter written and sent to the same purpose as the former and to the same party for fear of miscarriage of the first or for other reason is called a Duplicat and when such a second letter is written to be sent the custom is to write the word Duplicat in the head of the Letter to signifie that it is a second Letter A third Letter may also after the same manner be called a Triplicate Durable durabilis that which will last or continue long Dura-mater Lat. the outward hard skin that enwraps the brains as Pia-mater is the inner skin next the brains Dures duritia is in our Common Law a Plea used in way of exception by him that being cast into Prison at a mans suit or otherwise by beating or threats hardly used seals any Bond to him during his restraint For the Law holds this not good but rather supposeth it to be constrained Brook in his Abridgment joyns Dures and Manasse together i. Duritiam and Minas hardness and threatning See the new book of Entries verbo Dâ—res and the new Terms of Law Durity duritas hardness rudeness cruelty Duumvirate duumviratus the Office of the Duumviri at Rome or of two in equal Authority and may be taken for the Sheriff-ship of the City of London or of any other place where two are in joynt Authority Dwas-light Sax. a false or foolish fire or light misleading the Traveller Jack with a Lanthorn Sax. Dict. See Ignis fatuus Dwindle Sax. Dwinan to consume to waste to vanish to moulder away by degrees Chaucer uses Dwined the Participle Dyna a Coyn among the East-Indians valuing thirty shilling of our money Herb. Dynarchy See Dinarchy Dynasty dynastia government rule or power Dys Gr. in composition signifies evill difficil or impossible Dyscracy dyscrasia when some humour or quality a bounds in the body a distemper Dysentery dysenteria a perillous flux with excoriation and painful wringing of the bowels and some blood issuing the bloody flux Dysnomy dysnomia evil constitution or ordering of the Law Dyspathy Gr. ill
place where mad people are kept or the Bed or Chamber whereon they fling and tumble themselves the Hospital so called without Bishopsgate was founded by Simon Fitz-Mary Sheriff of London An. 1246. Stow. Bethlemites an order of religious persons that wore a star with five raies on their backs and had a Covent in Cambridge but continued not long Mat. Paris in An. 1247. Beverage Fr. Beuvrage drink Bezants Fr. Bezans in Blazon they must ever be round whole and of metal See Bizantine Bezil That part of a Ring or Jewel in which the Stone or Signet is set is called the Collet and the upper part of the Collet which fastens and encompasseth the Stone is the Bezil Bibacity bibacitas great or couragious drinking or quaffing Bibliographer bibliographus a writer of Books a Scrivener Bibliotheque bibliotheca a Library or study of Books Bibliopolist bibliopola a Book-seller Bice a fine blew colour used by Painters There is also green Bice Bicolor Lat. of two colours party-coloured changeable Bicipital Bicipitous from biceps itis that hath two heads divided into two parts or two tops Bicornous bicornis that has two horns or corners forked divided into two Bid-ale is when an honest man decayed in his estate is set up again by the liberal benevolence and contribution of friends at a Feast to which those friends are bid or invited Most used in the West of England and in some Counties called a Help-ale Bidental Lat. a place where they used to sacrifice sheep where any place was blasted with lightning whatsoever is striken with lightning Also any instrument with two teeth a fork Biennial biennis of two years continuance two years old Bifarious bifarius that which may be spoken two ways Biformed biformis that hath two shapes forms or faces Biferous bifer that bears fruit twice a year Bifront bifrons which hath two foreheads Bifurcous bifurcus which hath two forks Bigamist bigamus he that hath married two wives of which sort Lamech was the first Bigamy bigamia the marriage of two wives It is used in our Common Law for an impediment to be a Clerk and makes a prisoner lose the benefit of the Clergy For the Canonists hold that he that has been twice married may not be a Clerk and they ground it upon these words of St. Paul 1 Tim. 3.2 Oportet ergo Episcopum irreprehensibilem esse unius uxoris virum And also him that hath married a widow they by interpretation take to have been twice married and both these they not onely exclude from Holy Orders but deny all priviledges of Clergy but this Law is abolished by Anno 1. Ed. 6. cap. 12. And to that may be added the Statute of 18 Eliz. cap. 7. which allows to all men that can read as Clarks though not within Orders the benefit of Clergy in case of Felony not especially excepted by some other Statute Cowel Bigat bigatus was a piece of Roman silver Coyn so called of Bigia a Chariot drawn with two horses stamped upon the one side and it was the same with Denarius Livie Bigot Fr. an hypocrite or one that seems much more holy then he is also a scrupulous or superstitious fellow Sir K. Digby's Treatise of Bodies Bilaws are Orders made in Court-Leets or Court-Barons by common Assent for the good of those that make them farther then the publick Law binds Coke Vol. 6. fol. 63. a. Kitchin fol. 45. 79. Bilboblade from Bilboa a City of Biscay in Spain where the best blades are made Bilinguis ex bis lingua double tongued deceitful In our Common-Law it is used for that Jury that passeth between an English-man and an Alien or Stranger whereof part must be English-men and part strangers Anno 28 Edw. 3. cap. 13. Biltous biliosus cholerick melancholy churlish angry Bilk is said to be an Arabick word and signifies nothing Cribbidge-players understand it best Billet Fr. a little Bill note or ticket stuck up upon a post or door and more commonly a stick of fire-wood well known in London Bimatical from bimatus pertaining to the age or space of two yeers Bimensal from bimensis pertaining to the space of two moneths Binarchy binarchia the joynt rule or equal Authority of two Princes in one Country Binarious binarius pertaining to two Binomial or Binomious binomius that hath 2 names Bipartite bipartitus divided into two parts Binne or Bin in the old Saxon signifyed a Manger we use the name now most commonly for a place to put bread or oats in Bipatent bipatens open on both sides Bisâ—statio the chief market place in Constantinople which is every day kept open in full sale except Friday onely which is their Sabbath Bipedal Bipedancous Bipedical bipedalis that is two foot long double-footed or that hath two feet Birlings little Sea-vessels so called used by the Islanders of Scotland Spotsw Bisexous from bis and sexus that is both male and female of two sexes or kinds Bisouâ— Fr. a fault at Tennis also a compound dish of boyld meat made of young Chickens Pigeons and other ingredients c. Bissected bis sectus cut or parted in two equal parts a term in Mathematicks Br. Bissextile bissextilis Leap year so called because the sixth Calends of March are in that year twice reckoned viz. on the four and twentieth and five and twentieth of February so that Leap year has one day more then other years Thirty days hath September April June and November February hath eight and twenty alone And all the rest have thirty and one But when of Leap-year cometh the time Then days hath February twenty and nine Bissextum sextae Martis tenuere calendae Posteriore die celebrantur festa Mathiae This Leap-year is observed every fourth year and was first devised by Julius Caesar to accommodate the year with the course of the Sun Bitume bitumen a kind of clay or slime naturally clammy like pitch growing in some Countries of Asia It was of old used in Physick the best is heavy bright and clear of purple colour and having a strong smel the black is accounted naught this Bitumen was used instead of Mortar at building the Tower of Babel as appears in Gen. 11. There is al a kind of Bitumen like a liquor flowing out of Mare Mortuum and out of some fountains in the Island Sicily which is used instead of oyle to burn in Lamps Bituminous bitumineus belonging to Bitumen Bituminâ—â—ch soldered or done with Bitumen Bizante or Besant a very antient coyn of Gold so called because it was coyned at Constantinople formerly called Bizantium This coyn is not now known but Dunstan Archbishop of Canterbury as it is in the Authentical Deed purchased Hendon in Middlesex of King Edgar to Westminster for 200 Bizantines of what value they were was utterly forgotten in the time of King Edw. 3. for whereas the Bishop of Norwich was condemned to pay a Bizantine of Gold to the Abbot of St. Edmondsbury for encroaching upon his liberty as
a horse-race Hippogryph hippo-gryps a kind of feigned beast in part horse in part Griffin Hippomachy hippomachia a justing or tilting on horseback Hircine hircinus goatish of a Goat Hirculation hirculatio a disease in the Vine when it bears no fruit Hirsuts hirsutus rough hairy full of bristles sharp Hirundinous from â—hirundo inis of or pertaining to a swallow Hispanian Hispanus of or belonging to Spain born in Spain Hispid hispidus bristled or rough-haired terrible Historiography historiographia the writing an History Histriographer historiographus an historian a writer of Histories Histrionick histrionicus player-like fit for or belonging to a Stage-player or Stage-play Histrionically after the manner of a Stage-Player Hithe as Queen-Hithe in London is a petit Haven to land wares out of vessels or boats New Book of Enteries fol. 3. Col. 3. Hoane Sax. a fine kind of Whetstone softer then that which is most commonly called a Whetstone Hoblers hobellarii In Ireland there were certain Knights so called because they were wont to serve in the wars upon Hobbies also with us certain persons who were by their tenure tyed to maintain a little light Nag which in Ireland they call a Hobby and hence we say a Hobby-horse for the certifying of any invasion made by Enemies or such like peril towards the Sea side as Portsmouth c. Of these you shall read A. 18. Ed. 3. Stat. 2. cap. 7. An. 25. ejusdem Stat. 5. cap. 8. Antiq. Hibâ—rn p. 35. Hocktyde or Hockstyde of old thus Hardiknute the last King of the Danes in this Nation dying suddainly at Lambeth in the year 1042 his death was so welcome to his Subjects that the time was annually celebrated for some hundreds of years after with open pastimes in the streets and called Hockstide in some parts of this Nation not yet out of memory but observed the week after Easter signifying scorning or contempt which fell upon the Danes by his death Sir Rich. Baker See Fugalia Hocus-pocus a Jugler one that shews tricks by slight of hand Hodiernal hodiernus of to day or at this time Hodgee Persian a holy man a Priest among the Persians Herb. Ho-goo in true Fr. Haut-goust a high taste smatch or savour it is usually taken for any dish of meat that has some more then ordinary taste or savor Hogshead Brit. Hogsed is a measure of Wine or Oyl containing the fourth part of a Tun that is 63 Gallons A. 1. R. 3. cap. 13. Holocaust holocaustum a Burnt-Offering a Sacrifice wherein the whole beast was offered and no part reserved Holographical holographicus wholly written with his own hand from whom it is sent Homage Fr Hommage i. fides clientularis service fidelity In Court Barons the Jury sworn to enquire of matters is so called It signifies also a servile ceremony of duty by some Tenants to their Lords after this manner The Tenant that holds Lands by Homage kneeling on both knees before the Lord who sits and holds the Tenants hands between his saith as follows I become your man from this day forth for life for member and for worldly honor and shall owe you my faith for the Land I hold of you saving the faith I owe to our Soveraign Lord the King and to my other Lords And then the Lord sitting must kiss the Tenant An. 17. Ed. 2. Stat. 2. Glanvile lib. 9. cap. 1. Homageable that is subject to or ought to do homage Homeology homoeologia likeness of speech Homerical after the manner of Homer Homer like Bac. Homicide homicida a murtherer a man-slayer Homicide homicidium the slaying of a man and is divided into voluntary and casual homicide voluntary is that which is deliberate and committed of a set mind and purpose to kill And this is either with precedent malice or without the former is murther and is the fellonious killing through malice prepensed of any person living in this Realm under the Kings protection West par 2. Sym. tit Inditements sect 37 c. usque ad 51. where you may see divers subdivisions of it See also Glanvile l. 14. ca. 3. Bract. lib. 3. tract 2. cap. 4.15 and 17. Brit. cap. 5 6 7. Also a sort of knives so called Act. 1656. ca. 20. Homily homilia a familiar speech of men together a kind of Sermon properly of an inferior kind such as is delivered out of a Book or Manuscript by those that are not able to preach otherwise Homodox 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is of the same opinion with another Homogeneal homogeneus of one or the same kind congenerous Homography homographia like writing or painting Homologation homologatio an admission allowance or approbation a consent unto Homology homologia an agreement a confession Homonymy Gr. when divers things are signified by one word or name as Hart signifies a beast and a prinicipal Member of the body a likeness or sameness of name It is a term in Logick Holy War Homonymous Gr. whose name onely is common their essence divers doubtful ambiguous Honi soit qui maly â—ense Fr. signifies Evil or shame be to him that evil thinks it is the Motto belonging to the Order of Knights of the Garter Honor does sometimes signifie the most noble sort of Seigniories on which other inferior Lordships or Mannors depend by performance of some Customs or Services to the Lords of such Honors And it seems there are no Honors but such as did originally belong to the King and have since been given in Fee to Noble men Of this sort are the Honors of Windsor Greenwich Tickhil c. And Courts there held are called Honor-Courts 37 H. 8.18.33 H. 8.37 Honour point In Heraldry the upper part of an Escoutcheon is so called when its breadth is divided into three even parts Honorary honorarius pertaining to honour which is made for honor more then use Honorificabilitudinity honorificabilitudinitas honorableness Honorifical honorificus that brings or causeth honor Honâ—-moon applied to those married persons that love well at first and decline in affections afterwards it is hony now but it will change as the Moon Min. Hoguâ—ton Fr. a fashion of short Coat Cassock or Jacket without sleeves Horary horarius of the space of an hour hourly Hoplochrism from the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 arma and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 unguentum an anointing of arms or weapons as they do in the use of the weapon salve Dr. Charl. Hoplochristical pertaining to the Weapon-salve Horcentrick Fr. out of the Center clean without the Compass of Mathematicians apply this word to the Sun when his Center being at the full height of his Epicycle is farthest from the Center of the earth Cot. Horizon Gr. a Circle immoveable dividing the half-Sphear of the Firmament which we see from the other half we see not it hath the name of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. termino to bound or limit because it limits our sight For example imagine you stood upon Highgate or the Tower-hill at Greenwich so far as you
an ambling pace a going easie Tolutiloquence tolutiloquentia a smooth or nimble kind of speaking Toman a kinde of coyn among the Persians valuing 3 l. 6. s. sterl Tome tomus properly a severing or dividing When an Author has wrote a book which being all together would be too great and unweildy he commonly divides it into several Tomes or parts Tomboy a girle or wench that leaps up and down like a boy comes from the Saxon tumuâ— to dance and tumâ—od danced hence also the word tumbling still in use Tomentitious tomentitius made of flocks of wooll Tomin Fr. six penny weight or the weight of a Spanish Real Among Jewellers it is taken for three Carrats Tonical from tonus pertaining to tone note tune or accent Dr. Br. Tonitruate tonitruo to thunder Tonange is a Custom or Impost due for Merchandize brought or carried in Tuns and such like vessels from or to other Nations after a certain rate in every Tun 1. Jac. cap. 33. I have heard it also called a duty due to the Mariners for the unloading their ship arrived in any Haven after a rate for every Tun. Tonsils tonsillae certain kernels at the root of the tongue subject to inflammations and swellings occasioned by the falling down of humors from the head Cot. Tonsorious tonsorius of or belonging to a Tonsor or Barber Toparchie toparchia the rule of a Country or place Topaze topazius a precious stone whereof there are two kinds one of the colour of gold and the other of saffron colour not so good as the first It is written that this stone being put into seething water so cools it that one may presently put his hand into it Tophet Heb. Toph a large and wide place near Hierusalem where Jewish Idolaters after the manner of the Amonites burnt their children and offered them to the Idol Moloch set up in this Tophet being in the valley of Hinnom as we may read 2 King 23.10 Jer. 7.31 c. Topos Gr. locus a place Hence Topicks topica books that speak or entreat of places of invention or that part of Logick which treats of the invention of arguments Topical topicus pertaining to places of inventing arguments Topography topographia the description of a particular place or places be they Towns Cities Shires or Counties see Tyberiade Torcularâ—ous torcularius belonging to a Press that squieseth grapes Torico see Banditi Torminous torminosus that frets the guts or that hath torments and frettings in the guts Tornado Spa. tronada i. a return or turning about is a sudden violent and forcible storm of rain and ill weather at sea so termed by the Mariners and does most usually happen about the Aeâ—uator Tornatil tornatilis that is turned or made with a wheel Torosity torositas fleshiness fatness brawniness Torpedo a cramp-fish that being alive stupifies the hands of him that touches it though he do it with a long pole but after death produceth no such effect Torpâ—d torpidus slow dull drouzy astonied Torpor Lat. a feebleness of the mind and unaptness to do any thing a slothful heaviness Torquated torquatus that wears a collar or chain Torrefy torrefacio to broil or rost by fire or by heat of the Sun to parch to scorch Torrent torrens substantively signifies a violent stream coming down hill caused by rain or snow a land or rain flood in Summer time any strong running stream Adjectively burning or rosting as in Solinus it is used for the scorching time of Summer Aestivo torrente Torrentine from torrens belonging to or abiding in torrents or swift streams Torrid torridus dry parching burning scorching Torsion torsio a writhing wresting or wringing Torteaures Fr. torteaux a term in Heraldry for those things that seem like cakes of bread they must be round whole and of some colour not of mettal therein to make them differ from Pesants old Blazonners call them Wastels Tortile tortilis that is bent bowed or wrested winding or writhen Tortiloquy tortiloquium crooked talk Tortive tortivus that is wrung or pressed out Tortuosity tortuositas crookedness a bending or winding in and out Tortuous tortuosus crooked Torvid torvidus cruel spightful in looks stern grim sowre unpleasant Torvity torvitas sowerness lowring crabbed looking frowning Felth. Tost tostum is a place wherein a messuage hath stood West tit Fines Sect 26. Totage Fr. the whole sum substance matter of all Totality totalitas the utmost penny the total or whole sum Bac. Tournement See Turneament Tournois Fr. a French penny the tenth part of a penny sterling which rate it holds in all other words as the Sol or Livre whereunto it is joyned In France they say so much money Tournois as we say sterling Towage Fr. touaige the towing a Ship by Boats or at the Stern of another Toylet Fr. toylette a bag or cloth to put night clothes in Trabal trabalis belonging to a beam great or big like a beam Tracas or Tracasserie Fr. restless trotting ranging roaming hurrying up and down a busie or needless travel or toyling ones self Cot. Traces Fr. the foot-print of ravenous beasts as wilde Boars Bears c. Tract tracta a line or thred a discourse drawn out in length In the Mass it is two or three versicles betwixt the Epistle and the Gospel and so called because it is sung with a slow long protracted tone Tractable tractabilis that may easily be intreated handled or ordered gentle pliant Tractate tractatus an handling a describing or intreating of any thing in words also a part of a book wherein any thing is handled a Treatise Tractitious tractitius that handleth toucheth or intreats of Tradition traditio a teaching delivering or yeilding up In Divinity that is called Tradition which is delivered by hand to hand from Christ or his Apostles to the the present age Traditive traditus pertaining to tradition as a traditive Science is a Science delivered by word of mouth from father to son continued or left to posterity by tradition Traduction traductio a conveying from one place to another a translating a slandering defaming or traducing a withdrawing Tragelaph tragelaphus the great and blackish deer called a stone-buck deer-goat or goat-hart because conceived between a buck-goat and the hind Cot. Tragematopolist tragematopola he that sels confits carawaies and such other ware made of sugar a Confectioner Tragecomedy tragecomoedia a play that is half Tragedy and half Comedy such is Amphitruo in Plauius Tragedie tragoedia is a lofty kind of Poetry so called from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a goat and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an Ode or Song because the Actors therof had a goat given them as a reward The differences between a Tragedy and a Comedy are these First in respect of the matter because a Tragedy treats of exilements murders matters of grief c. a Comedy of love-toyes merry fictions and petty matters In a Tragedy the greatest part of the Actors are Kings and Noble Persons In a Comedy private persons of meaner state and