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A28464	Glossographia, or, A dictionary interpreting all such hard words of whatsoever language now used in our refined English tongue with etymologies, definitions and historical observations on the same : also the terms of divinity, law, physick, mathematicks and other arts and sciences explicated / by T.B.	Blount, Thomas, 1618-1679.	1661 (1661)	Wing B3335; ESTC R25635	507,622	698

Brit. fol. 111. In our old Saxon an Esquire was called Scyldknapa or according to our modern Orthography Shieldknave i. he that in war did bear the Shield of Arms of his Chief or Superior Verst Esqulinus one of the seven Hills in Rome As 1. Aesquilinus 2. Quirinalis 3. Viminalis 4. Coelius 5. Tarpeius 6. Palatinus 7. Aventinus which may be better be remembred by this contracted verse Aesqui Quiri-Vimin Coel. Tar. Palatinus Aventin Esquiry Fr. Eicuyrie the Stable of a Prince a Querry ship also the dignity or estate of an Esquire Spotswood Essay Fr. a proof a trial a flourish or preamble Among Comoedians the trial or proof of their action which they make before they come forth publickly upon the Stage is their Essay Essence essentia the being or natural substance of any thing Essenes or Esseans aesseni vel aessei so called from the Syriack 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Asa signifying to heal or cure diseases were certain Sectaries or Philosophers among the Hebrews of two sorts the one Practicks the other Theoricks both agreed in their Aphorisms but in certain circumstances they differed They referred every thing to Destiny deemed the Soul to be mortal would have men fight till death in defence of Justice sacrificed not with the rest of the people nor scarce conversed with them were much given to tillage and husbandry highly prizing purity of life and sanctity of conversation they lived in common never married kept no servants saying Servants were wicked and a Wife cause of discord Their life was Monastick and themselves given much to contemplation of the nature of Herbs Plants Stones and Beasts In diet meat and drink moderated by sufficiency much addicted to Moral Philosophy not caring for wealth or hoarding up treasure Josephus and Moses and Aaron p. 50. Essedary essedarius a kind of Warrior that was wont to ride in a Waggon or Chariot but fought on foot formerly in use with the antient Gauls also a Waggoner or Chariot-man Essed essedum a Wain Chariot or Waggon In antient time it was a Chariot for fight of a peculiar form Essential essentialis belonging to the essence or being of any thing Essentifical that makes or causeth the essence or being Essoine comes of the Fr. essoyné or exoiné i. causarius miles he that hath his presence forborn or excused upon any just cause as sickness or other incumbrance It signifies in our Common Law an alleadgement of an Excuse for him that is summoned or sought for to appear or answer to an Action real or to perform suit to a Court Baron upon just cause of absence c. See more in Cowel Estandard See Standard Estiferous aestifer that brings or endures heat Estival aestivalis pertaining to Summer or to the longest day in the year Estivate aestivo to summer in a place to dwell or retire to a place for the Summer season Estovers from the French estovér i. to foster signifies in our Common Law nourishment or maintenance For example Bracton l. 3. tract 2. cap. 18. num 2. useth it for that sustenance which a man taken for Felony is to have out of his lands or goods for himself and his family during his imprisonment and the Stat. An. 6. E. 1. cap. 3. useth it for an allowance in meat or cloth It is also used for certain allowances of wood to be taken out of another mans wood Mr. West part 2. Symbol tit Fines sect 26. saith that the name of Estovers contains house-boot hey-boot and plow-boot as if he gave in his grant these general words de rati●nabili estoveria in boscis c. he may thereby claim these three Cow Estreat from the Lat. Extractum or from the Fr. Extraict is used in our Common Law for the Copy or true note of an original writing For example of amerciaments or penalties set down in the Rolls of a Court to be levied by the Bailiff or other Officer of every man for his offence See Fitz. nat br fol. 75. H. 1. K. and 76. a. And so it is used Westm 2. c. 8. 13. Ed. 1. Estrepement or Estripament of the Fr. Estropier i. to maim or lame signifies in our Common Law spoil or waste made by a Tenant for life upon any Lands or Woods to the prejudice or him in the reversion as namely in the Stat. An. 6. Ed. 1. cap. 13. And sometimes it is taken for a Writ in the nature of a prohition to forbid the committing Waste Nat. br 60 61. Estuate aestuo to burn or parch with heat to rage as the Sea doth Esurini esurialis pertaining to those days whereon men forbear meat fasting hungry Esurion esurio an hungry fellow Eternize aeterno to make immortal or eternal Etesia● etesius belonging to the East winds easterly Etherial aethereus pertaining to the sky or firmament celestial Ethick ethicus moral belonging to manners Ethicks Books treating of moral Philosophy and manners Also moral Philosophers themselves are called Ethicks As Logick intreats of the Understanding and Reason so Ethick of the Will Appetite and affections Bac. Ethiopians or Moors the people of Aethiopia the particulars of their opinions wherewith they have infected the true purity I find thus registred 1. They use to Circumcise both males and females 2. They baptize males forty females eighty days after their circumcision 3. After the receipt of the Sacrament they are not to spit till Sun-set 4. They profess but one Nature and one Will in Christ 5. They accept only the three first general Councils 6. Their Priests live only by the labour of their hands for they allow them nothing and permit them not to beg 7. They rebaptise themselves every Epiphany day in Lakes and Ponds because that day they suppose Christ to have been bap●ised by John in Jordan Heyl. Ethnarchy ethnarchia principality or rule Ethnick ethnicus heathenish ungodly irreligious And may be used substantively for a Heathen or Gentile Ethology ethologia the feat of counterfeiting mens manners An interlude of a moral subject or wherein mens manners are acted and expressed Etiology aetiologia a rendring of a cause a shewing of reason E●na Aetna a hill in the Island of Sicily which continually sends forth flames of fire occasioned by the abundance of sulphur and brimston therein contained which is blown by the wind driving in at the chaps of the earth as by a pair of bellows c. of this hill there are many Poetical fictions which I omit it ●s now called Montgibal Etymology etymologia ab 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 verus and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sermo the true original or derivation of a word as lepus quasi levipes Etymologia est resolutio vocis in verum proprium effectum verbi veritatem notificat ob id eam Cicero veriloquium appellat Clau. Cantiuncula de loc legal Etymological etymologicus pertaining to Etymology Etymologize etymologizo to shew the true derivation of a word to intrepret or expound words truly Evacuate evacuo

White Pseudomartyr Gr. a false witness or martyr Pseudonymal pseudonymus that hath a false or counterfeit name Pseudoprophet pseudopropheta a false Prophet or Teacher Psorophtholmy psorophtholmia scurviness of the brows with an itch Psychomachy psychomachia a war betwixt the soul and body Ptisane ptisana barly husked and sodden in water Frumenty or as some will have it a kind of Physick drink or pottage made of barly meal Puberty pubertas the age of 14 years in men and 12 in women youth or the blossoms of it Pubescent pubescens beginning to have a beard or hair or coming to fourteen years of age in man and twelve in women Publican publicanus he that farms or collects the common Rents and Revenues of the King or People One who bought or farmed by great the Emperors Tribute It was an odious name among the Jews because they were commonly men of ill conscience that exercised that Office See Moses and Aaron p. 6. Publication publicatio a publishing or making common In Chancery we say a cause is come to Publication when the Plaintiff hath exhibited his Bill the Defendant answered and witnesses are examined then the Court either by special order or of course grants Publication or a publishing of the Proofs that is liberty for both parties to take out the Depositions of the Witnesses whereby to prepare for a Hearing Pu●lage Fr. Virginity Maiden-head Pudify pudefacio to make ashamed to make to blush to be ashamed Pudibund Pudibundous pudibundus shamefac'd bashful modest honest Pudicity pudicitia chastity honesty cleanness of life purity Pudor Lat. bashfulness chastity virginity moderation Puerility puerilitas childishness boyishness trifling simplicity Puerperous puerperus that beareth children or causeth to bear and bring forth or be delivered of a child Pugil Lat. a Champion a strong fighter one that fights with the fist Pugil pugillus a little fist a little or small handful Among Physicians it is as much as may be holden betwixt three fingers Pugillation pugillatio the exercise of Champions or of those that fight with fists Pugnacity pugnacitas a sharp desire or appetite to fight contention fighting Pugnatory pugnatorius of or belonging to a fighter Pulchritude pulchritudo beauty fairness tallness of person Pulicine pulicinus pertaining to a Flea Pulicosity pulicositas abundance of Fleas Pullation pullatio a hatching or bring up Chickens Pullulate pullulo to spring to cast forth buds to become young Pulmentarious pulmentaris of or belonging to or made with Pottage or Gruel Pulmonarious pulmonarius diseased in the Lungs Pulp pulpa the brawn of flesh or fleshy part of the body The substance or hard pith of any thing Pulsation pulsatio a beating striking or thumping a striking of strings or playing on Instruments Pulsator Lat. one that knocks or strikes Pultifical pultificus wherwith Pottage Pap or such like meat is made Pulverize pulvero to break or dissolve into dust to reduce or beat into powder Pulvereous Pulverulent pulvereus dusty of dust full of dust Pumicate pumico to polish to make smooth with or like a Pumice Pumice stone Pumex icis is spongious and full of little holes and is used to make parchment smooth and to rid away hairiness Pumpet-bal Fr. Pompette the Ball wherewith Printers beat or lay ink on the Form of Letters Pungency from pungo a pricking grieving or nipping Mr. Montagu Punick punicus red as Scarlet Punick Faith punica fides falshood perjury breach of promise Punition punitio punishment chastisement correction Puncto Ital. a point a little prick the least portion of a thing Punctillo dim of puncto a very little point a thing of no moment Puny from the Fr. puisné younger born after also that hath studied less time or been fewer years in an University Pupil pupilla the ball or apple of the eye the sight of the eye also a woman-child within age that hath no Mother alive a Ward Pupil pupillus a fatherless child a man-child within age and under Ward an Orphan In the Universities it is taken for a young Schollar under the tuition of another Purgatory purgatorium a purgation or state of purging The Council of Trent Sect. 15. defines that there is a Purgatory and that the souls detained there are benefitted by the prayers of the faithful And the Roman Catholiques hold that the souls of Christians not dying in a perfect estate remain in a condition which may be eased and meliorated by the Prayers Oblations and Charity of the living and they cite St. Augustine for it de verbo Apost Ser. 32. Purification purificatio a purifying cleansing or purging Purim a Lottery or the Feast of Lots among the antient Jews so called from the Persian word Pur which signifies a lot It was instituted by Mordecai in remembrance of their delivery from Haman Moses and Aaron p. 138. Purine from the Fr. pur i purus and lieu i. locus is all that ground near any Forest which being made Forest by Hen. 2. Ric. 1. or King John was by perambulations granted by Hen. 3. severed again from the same In which Purlue it was lawful for the owner of the ground to hunt if he could dispend forty shillings per annum of Free-hold c. See Manwood part 1. p. 151.157 Purp●rean purpureus of purple fairlike purple blewish Purulent purulentus full of matter and filthiness as is an Imposthume or other running sore filthy irksome mattery Purveyor Fr. Pourvoyeur An Officer of the King or other great Personage that provides Corn and other Victual for the house of him whose Officer he is a Provider Pusillanimous pusillanimis faint-hearted cowardly Pusilanimity pusillanimitas faint-heartedness cowardize Pustule pustula a blister Push little Wheal Bladder or Blain also small Pox. Putative putativus reputed imaginary supposed esteemed Bac. Putatory putatorius belonging to the cutting dressing or pruning Trees Puteal putealis of or belonging to a Pit or Well P●id putidus that has an ill savor stinking with too much affectation Putor Lat. a stink or ill savor Putrescence from putresco rottenness corruption Br. Putrid putridus rotten corrupt running with water or matter Pygmachy pygmachia a fighting with Hurlbats or clubs Pyker alias Pycar a kind of ship Anno 31. Ed. 3. Stat. 2. cap. 2. Pygmies Pygmaei a Dwarfish people in the uttermost Mountains oi India in height not passing one cubit their women bring forth children at Five years and at Eight are accounted old Fame goes that they have continual war with Cranes by whom they are often worsted c. But Dr. Brown in his Vul. Err. chap. 21. with good reason makes doubt whether there are or ever were any such creatures Pyladio● a kind of Song see Bachyllion Pyramid pyramis idis a great building of stone or other matter broad and four square beneath upwards the higher it goes the smaller and sharper till it ends in a point like our spire Steeples see Obelisk Pyramidal or Pyramidical pyramidicus of or like a Pyramid broad beneath and sharpning upwards

Angels c. See Epiphan Haeres 9. 14. and Moses and Aaron p. 48. Sambenito Span. or Sanbenito properly santo Benito St Benet but it is usually taken for a coat of course Sackcloth in which Penitents in Spain are reconciled to the Church And in that respect it may be called Sanbenito quasi Saco benedicto a blessed Sackcloth Sambu● sambuca an instrument of Musick which we commonly take for a Dulcimer Also an Engin of War set by a rowling Tower which by Ropes and Pullies clapt the Bridge suddenly from the Tower to the besieged walls Samian samius of or pertaining to the Isle Samos or to an earthen pot or a Whetstone because there were good ones in that Isle Samplar a corruption from Examplar a pattern or copy to imitate an extract or draught most used for a pattern of several sorts of needle-work Sampson Heb. there the second time Samuel Hebr. placed of God Sanable sanabilis that may be healed curable Sanative sanativus healing curing Bac. Sance Bell campana sancta the sanctus Bell a little Bell formerly in every Church which was rung when the Priest said Sanctus sanctus sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth S●tification sanctificatio a hallowing sanctifying or making holy a separation of things or persons from common or prophane use Sanctiloquent sanctiloquus that speaks holily Sanctimony sanctimonia holiness devoutness religiousness Sanction sanctio a Law a Decree established also a penal Statute Sanctuary sanctuarium a holy or sanctified place as Temple Church or Chappel In the old Law it was the most holy place of the Tabernacle wherein God gave visible tokens of his presence Psal 20.2 And more particularly it is a place priviledged by the Prince for the safe-guard of offenders lives being founded on the Law of Mercy and on the great reverence and devotion which the Prince bears to the place whereunto he grants such a Priviledge Of this you may read Stawnf pl. Cor. lib. 2. ca. 38. This seems to have taken beginning from the Cities of Refuge which Moses appointed them to flie unto for safeguard of their lives that had casually slain a man Exod. 21. In bastardly imitation whereof first the Athenians then Romulus erected such a place of immunity which they and he after them called Asylum The Emperors of Rome made the places of their own Statues or Images and Churches also places of Refuge as appears Cod. l. 1. tit 15. But among all other Nations the antient Kings of England seem to have attributed most to these Sanctuaries permitting them to shelter such as had committed both Felonies and Treasons so that within Forty days they acknowledged their fault and submitted themselves to banishment During which time if any man expelled them if he were Lay he was Excommunicated if a Clerk he was made irregular but after forty days no man might relieve them see Fleta lib. 1 cap. 29. And how by degrees they have been taken away you may read partly in him and partly in several Statutes Sanctum Sanctorum i.e. the Holy of Holys was the holiest place of the Jewes Temple where the Ark was kept and whereinto none entred but the High Priest and he but once a year Sandal Heb. sandal Lat. sandalium a Slipper or Pantofle also a kind of old fashioned shoo open and fastned with Latchets on the Instep such as religious persons wear Also Sandal or Saunders santalum a precious wood brought out of India whereof there are three kinds to wit red yellow and white Saunders They are all of a cooling nature especially the red which is often used in Physick against hot diseases Sandarack sandaracha the best red Arsenick or Orpine a bright Painters red whereof there are two kinds one the right and better found in Mines of Gold and Silver the other made of burned Ceruse Sanglant Fr. bloody bleeding embrued or full of blood Sanglier Fr. a wilde Bore five years old Sanguinary sanguinarius cruel thirsty bloody desirous of or delighted in shedding blood Sanguine Sanguineous sanguineus bloody full of blood cruel red Sanguin colour is a blood red colour or my Ladies Blush Sanguin in Heraldry signifies a murrey colour but is commonly taken for a complexion most inclineable to blood Sanguin flesh caro sanguinea is that which is engendred of blood of which sort is the flesh compounded in the Muscles the Heart and the rest of Sanguin Substance the Anatomists call it the proper flesh and Exanguis the improper Sanguinolent sanguinolentus bloody full of blood merciless Sanhedrim or Sanhedrin Hebr. Synedrion or Synedrium Gr. signifies generally the place where Counsellors meet to consult of and determine matters also the Assembly it self But by an appropriation of the word it is commonly taken for the highest Court of Judicature or supreme Council of the Jews which consisted of the High Priest and seventy Seniors or Elders from which number it was called by them in Hebrew words signifying Domus judicii septuaginta unius i. a Court of seventy and one Judges and it was as it were their Parliament to consult about to judge and decide the greatest matters that could arise in their Ecclesiastical or Civil Common-wealth as to determine the Controversies that might happen concerning their High Priest true and false Prophets differences betwixt Nation and Nation Tribe and Tribe c. This High Court was first by the commandment of God instituted in the Wilderness by Moses whilst under his conduct the children of Israel were on their journey out of Egypt towards the Land of Promise and afterwards it continued still in vigor till our Saviors Passion Besides this great Sanhedrim called Sanhedrim Gedola the Jews had two lesser or inferior to it the one consisting of three Judges to the Examination and Decision of which Court the most petty actions were subject As private Quarrels Thefts and the like this they called by words of their Language signifying Domus judicii trium virum The Court of three Judges The other consisted of twenty and three and so was termed Domus judicii viginti trium to whose Court belonged the Decision of weightier Sutes and capital Causes These Courts were erected in several places according to the exigence and commodity of their Country whereas their other supreme Court after their possession of the Land of Promise and the settlement of their Common-wealth was only held in Jerusalem Jews might appeal from those inferior Courts to this but from this there lay no appeal Four kinds of death were in their power Stoning Burning Sword Strangling and they fasted all that day when they condemned any to death See Moses and Aaron p. 189. The Talmudists use the word Sinhedriin for the aforesaid great Council Synedrians synedri are the Counsellors Judges or Members of that Court. Sanity sanitas health soundness good estate of wit and memory Saniacks or Sansiakes are Governors of Cities among the Turks Sante Santo● or Sancton Span. a holy man a great Saint Saphire sapphirus a precious stone

sui Anchoral anchoralis pertaining to the Anchor or Cable Anchoresse a religious woman that lives solitarily in a Cell Vide Anachorite Ancil ancile was a short Buckler or Scutcheon which was formed without corners being rebated on each side in the fashion of a decressant or Moon in the last quarter This Ancile as they say fell from Heaven into the hands of King Numa in time of a plague at Rome and he being advertised by Egeria that it was for the health of the City and ought to be kept safe caused eleven more to be made so like as they could not be known from the pattern which hereby was preserved the keeping hereof was committed to the 12. Salii Livy Fern. Andrew Gr. Andreas manly or manful Androgynal androgynus pertaining to male and female Hermaphroditical Androgyne androgynus he that is male and female an Hermophrodite Anelate a Faulchion or wood-knife which I gather out of M. Par. p. 535. 542. Angelical angelicus of or like an Angel Anfractuosity See Amfractuosity Angelot Fr. a kind of little Cheeses in France so called Angle angulus a corner nook or secret place It is also a Geometrical term for a corner included by two lines of which there are three sorts to wit a right an acute and obtuse angle 1. A Right Angle is when the two lines meeting do frame a just square Angle of 90 degrees 2. An Acute is when the two lines inclose less then a square thereby becoming more sharp and therefore Acute 3. An Obtuse Angle is when the two lines include more then the square making it thereby the more blunt and dull and is therefore called Obtuse Enchirid. of fortificat Anglicism the form or manner of speech proper to the English Angor Lat. anguish or grief either of body or mind Anguineous anguineus of or belonging to a Snake Angular angularis which hath angles or corners crooked Angularity Fulness of Angles or corners the being of a thing cornerwise Angust angustus strait narrow slender Anhelation anhelatio shortness of breath difficulty of breathing the Phthisique Anheled anhelus which breatheth with pain or difficulty puffed up broken winded Anility Anity anilitas old age of women dotage Animable animabilis that which may have life or soul Animadversion animadversio an observing considering or giving attention unto also a punishment or correction Animal Lat. ab anima a living creature that hath sense man or beast sometimes we call a Block-head or dull-head an Animal Animal spirit See in Vital Animalillio Span. a little Animal Animality animalitas the essence or being of a living creature Animate animo to hearten or encouarge to give life or inspire with life Animosity animositas liveliness courage stoutness also heart-burning or stomaching Annals annales brief histories or Chronicles of memorable things done from year to year properly spoken of acts done in former ages not in present Tacitus applies to Annals matters of State to Diaries acts and accidents of a meaner nature Annalist he that makes or writes such Annals or yearly Chronicles Annatian Law was a Law among the Romans first proposed by L. Julius a Tribune of the Commons touching the year of the age requisite to sue for any publique Office or to exercise the same Livy Annats First fruits paid of spiritual things so called because the rate so paid is also after one years profit These Annats says Pol. Virg. began first at the Popes own Benefices whereof he was Patron But Clement the fifth generally decreed it in the year 1305. Boniface the ninth and John the 22 th renewed that Decree Anne Hebr. Hannah gracious or merciful Anneale To paint upon glass to annoint or do any thing with oil Annicerians a Sect of Philosophers which took name from Anniceris Disciple to Paraebates Anniferous annifer that bears fruit all the year Annihilate annihilo is the opposite to creation as to create is to make something of nothing or to produce an effect without the help of precedent materials so to annihilate is utterly to destroy or to reduce something to its old nothing and as to create is an action proper onely to God himself so in like manner to annihilate is onely proper to Him whereas other kinds of productions and corruptions are the ordinary effects of sublunary and second Causes Anniversary anniversarius that comes every year at a certain time yearly or from year to year Those were of old called Anniversary days whereon the martyrdom or death-days of Saints were celebrated yearly in the Church or the days whereon at the years end men were wont yearly to pray for the souls of their deceased friends according to the continued custom of Roman Catholiques Annosity annositas old age agedness Annotation annotatio a noting or marking Annual annualis of or belonging to the year yearly or every year Annuity annuus reditus a yearly Rent to be paid for term of life or years or in Fee There are divers differences between a Rent and an Annuity whereof the first is that every Rent is going out of Land and an Annuity goes out of no Land but charges onely the person of the granter or his heirs that have Assets by descent The second difference is that for the recovery of an Annuity no Action lies but onely the Writ of Annuity against the Granter his heirs or successors but of a Rent the same Actions lie as do of Land as the case requires The third difference is that an Annuity is never taken for Assets because it is no Free-hold in Law nor shall it be put in execution upon a Statute-Merchant Statute-Staple or Elegit as a Rent may Doctor and Student Dial. 1. c. 3. and Dier fol. 345. num 2. speaks also to this effect Annul annihilo to frustrate make void or bring to nought Annulated annulatus that weareth Rings ringed Annulet annulus a Ring or any thing like a Ring Annunciate annuncio to declare unto to bring news or a message Anodynes anodyna medicines which by provoking sleep do asswage pains and grief Anoisance See Nusance Anomaly anomalia inequality irregularity unlikeness Anomalous anomalus inequal unlike irregular Anonymal anonymus without name without Author Anopsy Gr. want of sight dimness of sight darkness of colour Vul. Er. Anorexy anorexia queasiness of Stomack want of appetite Antagonist antagonista one that contends for mastery against another an adversary or enemy Antarchy Gr. an opposition to Government Antartick Circle antarcticus circulus a Circle in the Heavens southwards towards the Antipodes remote from our sight so called because it is opposite to the Arctick Circle and is 45 degrees distant from the Tropick of Capricorn Heyl. Antarctick Pole the South Pole of the world Ante-acts ante-acta deeds done in former times by-past actions Anteambulate anteambulo to go before as Ushers do Antecedaneous the same with Antecedent Apol. for Learning Antecede antecedo to go before to excell or surpass Antecedent antecedens that hath a Relative that goes before or excels