ancient Brittish name from Mad i. good Madrigal Ital. a kind of Song Maeonia see Lydia Maeotis a Lake in the North part of Scythia near the mouth of the River Phasis It is called by the Italians Mar della Tana and Mar Bianco by the Scythians Garpaluc Magazine French a Store-house where Armes and Ammunition of War are put as it were Mansio Gazae Magdalen Hebr. Majestical the Christian name of divers women Magdalen Colledge a Colledge in Oxford built together with a Hall near adjoyning to it by William Wainâ—let Bishop of Winchester Magdaleon lat a kind of long plaister like a rowler called also a Langate Magdeburgum or Magdeburg as it were Maidenburg from the Dutch word Magd i. a Maid the chief City of Saxony in Germany heretofore called Parthenopolis from Venus Parthenia who was there worshipped Magician lat one that professeth the Art Magick which was the same among the Persians as Philosophy among the Grecians i. e. the study of the more occult and mysterious Arts whence the 3 Wisemen of the East were called Magi but among the vulgar the word simply taken is used in the same signification as Diabolical Magick i. e. Sorcery or Witchcraft Magisterial lat pertaining to Magistery or Mastership done by or like a Master in Physick a pill or plaister c. prepared after the best manner is called Magisterial Magistracy lat the office of a Magistrate or chief Ruler Magna charta the great Charter containing a number of Laws ordained in the nineth year of Henry the third and confirmed by Edward the first containing the sum of all the written Laws of England †Magnality a greatnesse to be admired at being a made word from the Lat. Magnalia i. e. great and wonderfull things Magnanimity lat greatnesse of mind courage stoutnesse Magnes a youth of Smyrna the most beautiful of his age and excellent in musick and poetry for which he was in high esteem with Gyges King of Lydia who because the Parents of Magnes spoiled his cloths and cut off his hair made war upon the Country overcame them and brought away Magnes in Triumph to Sardes Magnetick lat belonging to the Magnete or Lodestone See Lodestone Magnificence lat as it were a making great sumptuousnesse statelinesse a carrying things on at a great heighth Magnificat the Song of the Virgin Mary so called because it beginneth with these words Magnificat anima mea c. Magnifico Ital. the title of a Noble man of Venus also the Governours of Academies in Germany are called Magnifici Magniloquence lat a lofty speaking a talking of high things Magnitude lat greatness ampleness largeness Mago the first that increased the wealth of Carthage before the first Punick war he aided the Romans in the war of Tarentum with 120 ships Magog see Gog and Magog Magonel according to Chaucer is an instrument to cast stones with Mahim or Maim in Latin Mahemium is the hurting or taking away of any member by the wrongful act of another whereby the party so hurt is made unable to fight it comes from the old French word Mehaighn and is called by the Canonists Mutilatio membri Mahumetanisme the Religion and Law of the Turks founded by Mahomet the first Emperour of the Saracens there was also of this name a great Emperour of the Turks who overthrew the Greek Empire took twelve Kingdomes and two hundred Cities from the Christians whereof the chief were Constantinople the Island Chalcis Scodra Trapezuntium and Hydruntum in Italie but at the siedge of Belgrade or as some say of Taurinum he was overthrown and put to flight Maia one of the seven Pleiades on whom Jupiter begat Mercury she was the daughter of Atlas and Pleione Maid Marrian or Morion a boy dressed in womans apparel to dance the Morisco or Mâ—rrisdance Maiden-hair a kinde of plant called in Latin Adiantum or Capillus veneris Maidenhead a Town in Bark-shire so called from a Maids head that was had in great reverence being one of those 11000. who returning from Rome with their Leader Vrsula were taken by Attila and martyred at Colein in Germany Maidstone a pleasant Town in Kent situate upon the River Medway and therefore anciently called Medweg-ston and thought to be the same with the old Town Vagniacae Maim see Mahim Mainour Manour or Meinour from the French word Maniere signifieth in Common-law an apprehending of one that hath stollen any thing and is followed with Hue and Cry with the manner that is having the thing Mainprise from the French words main i. a hand and prins i. taken signifieth in Common Law the receiving a man into friendly custody that otherwise might be committed to prison giving security for his forth comming at a day assigned those that do thus undertake for any are called Mainpernours he that is taken into custody Mainpernable Maint Saxon mingled Maintenance in Common Law is upholding of a cause depending in suite between others either by lending of money or making of friends for either party Majo a County of Ireland in the Province of Conaught Major signifieth in Latin greater but with us it is commonly taken sometimes for a Praetor or Governour of a City sometimes for a Military officer also in Logick the first part of a Syllogisme is called the Major or the proposition the second the Minor or the assumption Majoration lat a making greater Maisnilwarings and by contraction Manwarings the name of a great and ancient Family in Cheshire Master of the Rolles is an assistant unto the Lord Chancelour of England in the high Court of Chancery and in his absence heareth causes and giveth orders Maisters of the Chancery are assistants to the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal in matters of judgement of these there are 12 in number whereof the chief is the Master of the Rolles Masters of the Court of Wards and Liveries the principal officer of that Court named and assigned by the King to whose custody the Seal of the Court is committed Master of the Horse is he that hath the rule and charge of the Kings stable Make in Common Law signifieth to perform or execute as to make his Law is to perform that Law which he hath formerly bound himself unto that is to clear himself of an action commenced against him by his Oath and the Oaths of his Neighbours also to make ones beard an old phrase to deceive Malachias Hebr. my messenger Malachite Greek a kinde of precious stone so called Malacissation a kneading a making soft Malacy Greek a calm on the Sea also a longing of women with childe Maladie French a disease sicknesse or infirmity Malaga a Citie and Port-Town of Andalusia whence we have that sort of wine which is called Malago Sack it is said to have been so called because Cava the daughter of Count Julian after that her being ravish't by King Roderigo had been the occasion of the losse of Spain to the Moors threw her self from a high Tower crying out Malacà i.
Combustion is when any Planet is not distant from the Sun eight degrees and three minutes either before or after his body and a Planet still remains under the Sun until he is fully elongated 17 degrees Comedie see Comaedie Comessation lat revelling inordinate eating and drinking Comestion lat a devouring or eating up Comet Greek a certain Meteor called a blazing Star being a hot and dry exhalation set on fire in the upper Region and portending many strange events of their several Sects Vide Plin. l. 2. c. 25. de Nat. Comical Greek merry facetious pertaining to Comedies Comitatu Commisso is a VVrit or Commission whereby the Shriffe is authoriz'd to take upon him the sway of the County Comitie lat courtesie gentlenesse civility of behaviour Comitial lat belonging to a Convention or Assembly of people which is called Comitium also in Physick the Comitial disease signifying the falling sicknesse Comma Greek a point in a part of a sentence without any perfect sense Commaculate lat to defile or pollute Commandment in Common Law is taken either for the Commandment of the King when upon his meer motion he commandeth any thing to be done or else for the offence of him that willeth another to transgresse the Law Commaterial lat made of the same matter or substance with another Commaundry was in ancient time a Mannour or chief Messuage by which lands belonging to the Priory of St. Johns in Jerusalem were holden in England A Commeatur lat one that passeth as a messenger from one place to another Commemoration lat a mentioning or rehearsing the deeds of any one worthy of praise To Commence French to begin also a term in Common law signifying to proceed in any action or suite against any one also to take a degree in the Universities Commendaces French prayers for the dead also verses or orations made in praise of the dead Commendam a word used by Ecclesiastical Writers whereby is signified the intrusting of a Benefice which is void to the charge and care of a sufficient Clergy-man until it can be conveniently supplied Commendation lat a praising or extolling Commensal lat a companion at the Table a fellow Commoner Commensuration Lat. a measuring one thing with another A Commentary French an explaining or exposition of a thing it signifieth also metaphorically a comprehending the depth of any misery Commerce French a traffiquing or exchanging of wares Commigration Lat. a removing from one place to another Commination Lat. a fierce and vehement threatning Comminution Lat. bruising or breaking to pieces Commiseration Lat. tender-heartednesse or compassion Commissary according to the acception of the Canâ—nists is he who exerciseth Ecclesiastical jurisdiction in places of the Diocesse so far distant from the chief City that the Chancelour cannot call the subjects to the Bishops principal Consistory without their great molestation also an Officer in war is he who is to look to the distribution of victuals provided for the Army and Garrisons Commission Lat. a delegation or mandate given for the warrant for the exercising of a jurisdiction given by Letters pattents or the publick Seal Commissure Lat. a word used in Architecture being a close joyning of planks or stone or any other material together Committee is he or they to whom the consideration or ordering of any matter is referred either by some Court or consent of parties to whom it belongeth Commixtion Lat. a mingling together Commodious Lat. profitable gainful Common signifieth in the Common law that soile or water whereof the use is common in a Town or Lordship Commonality French the common people Common-pleas is one of the Courts in Westminster but in ancient time moveable It was erected in Henry the thirds time for the trying of all civil causes both reall and personal The cheif Judge whereof is called Lord cheif Justice of the Common-pleas the rest of the Officers are Custos brevium four Exigenters fourteen Filazers a Clark of the warrants a Clark of the jurata writs Clark of the Treasury Clark of the Kings Silver Clark of the Essoynes and Clark of the Outlawries Commoration Lat. a tarrying in a place Câ—mmotion Lat. a tumult or uproar Commotes or Commoithes a word used by the Welch for a part of a shire or a hundred also a gathering made upon the people of a hundred Communication Lat. an imparting one to another Community or Communion Lat. injoying in common or mutual participation Communition Lat. a fortifying Commutation Lat. a changing one thing for another Commutative justice is the justice of a contractor or his performing a covenant in buying and selling lending and borrowing c. Comaedie or Comedie a Stage-play wherein are represented the actions of human life Compact Lat. an agreement Compaction or Compage lat a fastning or joyning close together In Philosophy the contracting of a substance by having lesse parts or by the more close sticking together of the parts and it is opposed to diffusion Companage Ital. the same as cates all kind of victuals eaten with bread A Comparition lat an appearing to open view A Compasse a Mathematical Instrument wherewith to make a round Circle also a Mariners Compasse is a certain Instrument used by Seamen for the better guiding and directing them in their Navigation Compassionate French full of tendernesse and compassion Compatible French which can agree together Compatient lat suffering together Compatriote lat one of the same Country a fellow-Citizen Compeer lat Compar or Compater a consort or fellow also a Gossip also in the Isle of Zant those young men invited together to Weddings are called Compeers Compel lat to force to constrain Compellation lat a calling any one by their name also a mentioning with disgrace Compendiousnesse lat shortnesse brevity A Compendium lat an abridgement also a gaining by thriftinesse Compensation lat a making recompence a repaying a good or bad turn Comperennitation lat a deferring or putting off Competency lat sufficiency or having enough Competitour lat a rival one that seeks after the same thing another sues for Compile French to heap together Compital lat belonging to the Compita or crosse wayes Compitals certain feasts solemnized in those crosse wayes Complacential lat milde in behaviour of a curteous or affable nature Artamenes Complainant to a Magistrate making ones case known suing for relief Complaisance French the same as Complacence an obliging carriage an aptnesse to comply Cleopatra Complement lat a filling up also Ceremony in speech and behaviour also a Geometrical Term signifying those parts of a Quadrangle which being added to the Gnomon and the Diagonal make up the whole Complement of an Angle is so much as the Angle wanteth of ninty degrees The Completes Spanish a piece of service said in the evening Complex Lat. compound containing several things together Complexion lat the state and constitution of the body Complicate Lat. to wrap or fold up A Complice differs from a partner in this that a partner may be said
dutch word Iskekel a tappe of ice a drop of water frozen Isis a goddesse worshipped by the Egyptians she was at first called Io and was the daughter of Inachus King of Argos see Io. Isis the river Ouse in Wiltshire which meeting with Thames is called Thamisis Islip a Town in Oxfordshire anciently called Gistlipe famous for being the birth-place of King Edward the Confessour Ismaelite one descended from Ismael the son of Abraham by his Concubin Agar Isonomy Greek an equality Isoceles Triangle in Geometry is that which hath two equal sides and two equal opposite Angles Isota de Nugarolis a Virgin of Verona the daughter of Antonius de Nugarolis she was very famous for Philosophy Philology and Poetry Isped old word dispatched Israel Hebrew prevailing in the Lord. Issue in Common law signifieth either children begotten between a man and his wife or the profits of lands or the profits growing from a fine or a matter depending in suit whereupon the parties joyn Isthme Greek a narrow neck of land lying between two seas the most famous Isthmus is that of Greece whereupon Corinth stands from thence were denominated the Isthmian Games instituted by Theseus in honour of Neptune Istria a Country of Italy joyning to Illyricum Isurium Brigantum the name of an ancient City in York-shire so called from the River Vre running by it It was many ages since rased to the ground but out of the ruines of it was built a Town now called Ealdburgh or Aldborow I T Italia or Italie one of the most famous Countries of Europe so called from Italus otherwise called Atlas an ancient King thereof who had two daughters Electra whom he marryed to Camboblasco King of the Janigenae and Roma whom he made Queen of the Aborigenes she is said to have laid the foundation of the City Rome which was afterwards finished by Romulus others derive Italy from the Greek word Italos an Ox because that Country abounded with Oxen it was anciently called Hesperia from Hesperus the brother of Atlas To Italianize a made word signifying to speak or do like an Italian Iteration lat a saying or doing the same thing over again a repeating Ithaca an Island in the Ionian sea where Vlisses was born it is full of Goats but no Hare can live there Itinerary lat belonging to a journy also substantially used for a Calender of miles or a note-book wherein are set down the passages of a journy Itylus the son of Zethus and Aedon see Aedon Itys the son of Tereus King of Thrace by Progne the daughter of Pandion King of Athens he was slain by his mother and set before Tereus to eat at a banquet because he had deflowred her sister Philomel who after her hands and tongue were cut off wrought the relation of it with her needle but Tereus discovering in the midst of the banquet the slaughter of Itys by seeing the head of the child he pursued Progne and her sister with his sword drawn who running from him Progne was changed into a swallow Philomell into a Nighingale and Itys into a Pheasant J U Juba a King of Mauritania he was a constant friend to Pompey's party he overthrew Curio and all his forces sent into Africa by Caesar when Pompey was overcome he joyned his forces with Scipio and dyed fighting with Petreius Jubarb q. barba jovis because of its perpetual greennesse a kind of plant otherwise called Housleek Jubeb fruit or Jujubes Arab. zufalzef a kind of Pruan used much in Physick and sold by Apothecaries it was a fruit known among the Seres a people of Scythia and therefore called in Latin Sericum Jubilation lat a solemn rejoycing a shouting for joy A year of Jubile a great festival or time of rejoycing celebrated every 50th year by the Jews in remembrance of their deliverance from Egypt it came at length to be solemnized among the Christians being first instituted by Pope Boniface the eighth in the year 1300 who ordained it to be kept every hundred years it comes from the Hebrew word Jocel rejoycing Jucundity lat pleasantnesse Judea a Country of Syria in Asia the greater bordering eastward upon the dead sea it is also called Chananaea or the land of Promise Judaisme lat the faith or religion of the Jews Judicatory lat a place of Judgement or hearing of causes Judicial or Judiciary lat belonging to a cause tryal or judgement Judith Hebr. praising a proper name of women Ivetot a Town of lower Normandy in France which hath in former times been governed by a titular King whence a man of a great Title and a small inheritance is in derision called a King of Ivetot Jugal lat belonging to a yoak Jugament lat a yoaking or coupling Jugular or Jugularie lat belonging to the throat whence the jugular veins are those veins which ascend along the sides of the neck to the bottom of the head Jugulation lat a cutting the throat of any one a killing Jugurth the son of Manostabales brother of Micipsa King of Numidia whom his Uncle dying constituted heir of his kingdom together with his two sons Adherbal and Hiemsal but Jugurth that he might possesse the Kingdom to himself slew them both whereupon the Romans made war upon him for a long time wherein at length being overthrown by Marius he fled to Bocchus King of Mauritania by whom he was betrayed to Sylla and being brought to Rome dyed in prison Jujubes see Jubeb fruit To Juke to pearch or roost as a Hawk Julep a kind of physical medecine to open the inward parts and prepare for purgation being a decoction mingled with sirrups or sweetned with sugar Jullaber a certain hillock in Kent so called from one Jullaber a Giant or as some say a Witch who was here enterred but Cambden rather thinks it so named from Laberius Durus a Captain of Julius Caesars who was here slain Julian sirnamed the Apostate because that being brought up in the Christian religion he fell back to Heathenisme he was the son of Constantius and by his valour came to be made Roman Emperour he prohibited to the Christians all kind of learning that through their ignorance they might become uncapable to defend their religion at last in an expedition against the Persians being mortally wounded he cryed out vicisti Galilaee Thou hast overcome O Galilaean meaning Christ and soon after dyed also a proper name of women contracted Juliana some write it Gilian Julian account see Gregorian account Julio a kind of Italian coin made by Pope Julius valuing about six pence of our mony Julius Caesar the first of the Roman Emperours he subdued France Spain Brittain the Low Countries and the greatest part of Germany afterwards he entred into a civil war with Pompey whom he utterly defeated at the battle of Pharsalia and his two sons Cneus and Sextus Pompeius in Spain and having reigned three years in Rome as absolute Emperour he was at length slain in the Senate house by Brutus and Cassius the
word signifies in Greek softhaired Julius the sirname of Ascanius the son of Aeneas and his first wife Creusa he came along with his father into Italy and built the City Alba in the place where he found the white Sow with the 30 Pigs also the son of Ascanius who stood in competition for the kingdom of Alba with Silvius Posthumus the son of Aeneas by his second wife Lavinia the word signifieth in Greek the soft down appearing on the chin of a young man before he comes to have a perfect beard July the name of the fifth moneth from March which was heretofore accounted the first moneth of the year it was so named from Julius Caesar being in former time called Quintilis Jumentarious lat belonging to a horse or any kind of labouring beast called in Latin jumentum Juncture lat a joyning together also a joynt also juncture of time the very nick or moment of time June the fourth moneth of the year from March the first Some say it was so called from Juno as it were junonian moneth Others from Junius Brutus who begun his Consulship in that moneth it is called in Greek Hecatombaeon from the Hecatombs or Sacrifices of a hundred Oxen which used to be offered to Jupiter in this moneth Junke in Navigation is any piece of an old cable Juno the daughter of Saturn and Ops and both wife and sister to Jupiter to whom she brought forth Vulcan and Mars and a daughter called Hebe whom she conceived by eating of green Lettice she is called Juno a juvando i. from giving help also Lucina from causing men to see the light of the World being said to be present at the birth of all children that come into the World and to sit crosse-legged when any miscarry She is also called Sospita a Sospitando i. e. keeping in safety Juno's teares a kind of plant otherwise called Vervain Junto or Junta Span. a meeting together of men to â—it in council Ivory French the Elephants tooth being the finest and whitest kind of bone of which boxes and several sorts of things are made Jupiter the son of Saturn by his wife Ops born at the same birth with Juno and hid in the mountain Ida in Creet where he was bred up by the Curetes unknown to his father Saturn who intending to devoure all his male children his wife Ops gave him a great stone wrapt up in swadling clouts to eat instead of his son Jupiter who coming to age and understanding his fathers designs against him conspired against him and cast him out of his dominions and divided the government of the World between himself and his two brothers the Heavens he reserved to himself to Neptune he gave the Empire of the Sea and to Pluto the lower Regions of the Earth Jupiter Belus the second King of Babylon or as some say the first he was the son of Nimrod called also Saturn Juration lat a swearing or taking an oath Jurats French certain officers otherwise called Eschevins or Sheriffs Jurden or Jordon a kind of Urinal or Chamberpot also Jordan is the name of a River dividing Perea from the rest of Judaea Juridical lat belonging to the Law judicial or which will bear an action Jury in lat Jurati signifieth in Common Law a company consisting of 24 or 12 men empanelled and sworn to deliver a truth upon such evidence as shall be delivered them touching the matter in question there being three sorts of trials either by Assize or Jury by Battel or by Parliament In every general Assize there is both a Grand Jury consisting of 24 substantial men chosen indifferently out of the whole County and others called Petit Juries consisting of 12 to whom are referred such things concerning life and death as the Grand Jury have approved of Jurisdiction lat authority to make or execute Laws Also it is used for any kind of power or authority A Jurist a Lawyer Jurisprudence lat knowledge or skil in the Laws Jurn or Journchoppers the regraters or changers of yarn Juror one of the twelve men in a Jury Jury-mast is one made at sea in case of necessity by fastning several pieces together Jussel a minutal from jus signifying a dish made of several meats minced together Jussulent lat full of broth or pottage Justes French tikings or combats on horseback with Speares and Lances Justice or Justicer French an officer deputed by the King or Common-wealth to act by way of judgement Justice of the Kings Bench is the capital or chief Justice of England he is a Lord by his office which is most especially to hear and determine all pleas of the Crown that is such as concern offences committed against the Crown Dignity and Peace of the King as Treasons Mayhems and the like Justice of Common pleas is he who hears and determines all causes at the Common Law that is all civil causes between common persons as well personal as reall He is also a Lord by his office Justice of the Forrest or Justice in eyre of the Forrest is he that hath the hearing and determining of all offences within the Kings Forrest committed against Venison or Vert and is also a Lord by his office Justices of Assises such as were wont by special commission to be sent into this or that County to take Assises for the ease of the subjects Justices of oyer and terminer are Justices deputed upon some special and extraordinary occasions to hear and determine causes Justices in eyre those that were wont to be sent with commissions into divers Counties to hear such causes as were termed the Pleas of the Crown and were for the â—ase of the subjects who must have come to the Kings Bench if the cause were too high for the county-County-Court from the French word Erre a journey Justices of Goale delivery are such as are sent with commission to hear and determine all causes appertaining to such as for any offence are cast into Goale Justices of Nisi prius the same now adayes with Justices of Assises Justices of tryal baston or trayl baston were certain Justices appointed by Edward the first to make inquisition through the Realme upon all Officers as Mayors Sheriffs Escheatours c. touching extortion briberies intrusion into other mens lands and Barratours that used to take money for beating of men and they had power either to punish by death or to exact a ransome This term comes from two French words treille an arbour or form and baston a staff or pole to note that the Justices imployed in this commission had authority to proceed without any solemn Judgement-seat but wheresoever they could apprehend the malefactours Justices of peace are such as are appointed by the Kings commission to attend the peace in the County where they dwell whereof such whose commission begins Quorum vos unum esse volumus are called Justices of the Quorum Justicies a Writ directed to the Sheriff for the dispatch of justice in some especial cause wherewith
a freehold an adjunct to a subject Appendix Lat. an Addition a thing that depends upon another Appetency Lat. earnest desire Appeteth desireth a word used by Chaucer Appian way a high-way leading from Rome through Campania as far as Brundusium which Appius Claudius in his Consulship paved and walled Applauds expressions of extraordinary praise and congratulation toward the performers of great atchievements Artam Application Lat. the making an addresse to any person or the applying of one thing to another †Applombature Lat. a soldering with Lead Appoast French to subborn to procure Apposen to demand Apposite Lat. put to also to the purpose Appostile French a small addition to a discourse in writing set down in the margent Apprehension Lat. understanding also according as it is used with expressions either of danger or happinesse it denotes either fear or joy Cassandra Apprentice skill Chaucer Appretiation Lat. a high valueing a setting a high price upon a thing Approbation Lat. liking Approperate lat to hasten Appropinquate lat to draw nigh Appropriation lat a taking to ones self also a Term in law a converting the profit of an Ecclesiastical living to ones proper use onely maintaining a Vicar Approver Lat. a Term in Law one who confessing himself guilty of Felony accuseth another he is also called appellour †Appuyed French stayed supported Aprication Lat. basking in the Sun Aprize old word adventure Apsonus a Citie near the Euxin Sea where Medea slew her brother Absyrtus Ap-thanes the Superiour sort of the Nobility of Scotland were anciently so called the lower sort Vnder-Thanes Aptitude Lat. fitnesse Aptote Greek a Term in Grammar being a Noun not declined with cases Apulia a Region in Italy vulgarly called Puglia formerly called Iapygia from Iapyx the son of Daedalus A Q Aqua Caelestis a liquor which the Chymists call rectified wine Aquarius one of the twelve signs in the Zodiack whereinto the Sun enters in January Aquatile Lat. that lives in the water Aqueduct Lat. a Conduit that convey's waâ—er by a pipe Aqueous Lat. waterish Aquila Lat. an Eagle in Astronomy it is one of the heavenly signs Aquileia a Citie in Italy which being besieged by Maximinus held out so stoutly that when they wanted ropes for the moving of their Engins the women suffered their hair to be cut to supply the want Aquiliferous Lat. an Epithete of the Roman standard that bears the picture of an Eagle upon it Aquisgrane a Citie in Gulick now called Aixcovit built by Granus as some suppose the brother of Nero. Aquitania the third part of France now called Guien Aquite old word to match Aquiter old word a Needle case Aquosity Lat. waterishnesse A R Arabesque French a curious flourishing or branched work in painting or Tapestry Arabia a Countrey in Asia so called from Arabus the son of Apollo reaching from India to Aegypt it is divided into three parts Arabia Petraea Arabia deserta and Arabia foelix Arable Lat. plowable Arace old word to deface Araneous Lat. full of Spiders webs Arausia the Citie of Orange in France now under the Princes of Nassau Aray order from the French Arroy Aray to apparel Arbela Hebr. a womans name signifying God hath revenged Arbitratour Lat. an Umpire a Commissioner chosen by mutual consent to decide controversies between party party Arblaster a word used by Chaucer signifying a Cros-bow Arborist Latin he that hath skill in Trees Arcadia a Countrey of Peloponnesus famous for shepherds and for the residence of Pan the God of shepherds it was first called Pelasgia from Pelasgus an ancient King afterwards Arcadia from Arcas son of Jupiter and Calisto daughter of Lycaon King of this Countrey Arcade French an Arch. Arcane Lat. mysterious secret Arch Dapifer a chief sewer one of the prime Offices of the Empire which belongeth to the Count Palatine of the Rhene Arch Duke a title belonging to the house of Austria Archebald see Eâ—chembold Arches or Court of Arches the chief Consistory belonging to the Arch-bishop of Canterbury for the debating of spiritual causes Archetype Greek the first figure or Original Arch-flamin Prince or chief of the Priests among the Heathens by some called Pontifex Maximus of whom Numa Pompilius was the first instituter Archimandrite the chief of a Hermitage Architectonick belonging to the chief Overseer of buildings Architecture the Art of building containing under it all those Arts that conduce any thing to the framing of a house or Temple Architrave a word much used in Architecture the chapiter of a Pillar or chief beam in a building Archive a place where ancient Records are kept Archontes Greek certain Governours created in Athens after Kingly Government was abolish't Archonticks certain Hereticks so called from Archon the first of that Sect which began in the year 334. they denied the Resurrection and held the world to be the work of Princes Archytas a famous Mathematician whom Horace mentions in one of his Odes he made a wooden Dove to fly by art Arcitenent Lat. carrying a Bow and Arrow's Arctation Lat. a streightning Arctick as the Arctick Pole or Northern Pole and the Arctick Circle or Northern Circle so called from the Star Arctos or the Bear Arcturus a constellation near the North-pole Arcuare to bend to make after the fashion of an Arch. Arcubalist an Engine anciently used in war which was to cast forth great stones Ardenna a great Forrest in Germany reaching from the River Rhene to the Citie of Turney which is 500 miles There is another great Forrest in Warwick-shire so called the word signifying in the ancient and Gallick tongue a Wood. Ardour Lat heat vehemency burning desire Arduity Lat. steepnesse Arefaction Lat. a drying Arelatum a Citie of France in the Province of Narbon now called Arles the seat of the Kings of Basilica the last wherof called Boso was thrust into a Monastery by the Emperour Otho for striking the Bishop Areopagites certain Judges of a Council in Athens instituted by Solon they were so called from Areopagos a street in Athens where they sate Aret old word an account Aretaphila a womans name signifying in Greek a friend of virtue Arethusa the daughter of Nereus and Doris the wife of Alpheus she was fain'd to be a River of Sicily Also a Fountain in Armenia wherein nothing can be made to sink Argent Silver or Coin also a Term in Heraldry whereby they expresse white Argentina a Citie in Germany by the Rhine first subdued by Casar afterwards by Allila who called it Stratsburgh which name it retains to this day Argile a County of the North part of Scotland lying over against the Coast of Ireland and therefore called by the Natives Arguithil i. near the Irish in Latin Argathelia Argiletas a place near the Palace in Rome so called from Argos Captain of the Argives who having been intertained by Euander was at length slain and buried there Argillous Lat. clayie of a clammy substance Argoil Clay a word used by Chaucer Argonautes see Jason Argos a
Cauphe a kinde of drink among the Turks made of a brown Berry Cauponate Lat. to sell for gain especially wine or victuals Caurus the name of the North-East winde blowing commonly out of the Brittish Sea Causal Lat. causing or expressing the cause of any thing Causam nobis a vvrit to a Mayor of a Town who hath denied seisin to one to whom the King hath given a grant of Lands or Tenements Causation Lat. an excusing or alleadging of a cause Causidick Lat. a Lawyer or Pleader Caustick Greek searing or burning a word used in physick signifying that which is applied to sear any part of the body Cautele Lat. a warinesse or taking heed Cautery Greek an iron which physicians use to sear withall also a hot oyntment which hath the same quality Cauterize to sear Cautionary Lat. given in pledge or pawn for the fulfilling of Articles Cautione admittenda a writ against a Bishop for holding an excommunicate person in prison notwithstanding that he offereth caution to obey the orders of the Church Cayer a quantity of paper also a part of a written book Cazimi Arab. or a Planet in the heart of the Sun is when he is not distant from the Sun 17 minutes C E Cebratane French a Trunk to shoot at Birds with clay pellets Ceca a certain religious house in Corduba whence they say Andar de Ceca en Meca i. e. to turn Turk Cecity Lat blindnesse Cecrops the first or as some say the second King of Athens he was an Aegyptian born and called by Eusebius Diphyes or Biformed because he was the first who civilized mens manners and instituted marriage in Athens Cedent Lat. giving place Cedrosii a certain wild barbarous people that go cloathed in the skin of wild beasts Cefala an Island of Africa found out by the Portugals in the year 1500. being three miles in length and one in breadth It hath two Villages and one strong Castle In the year 1505 the Ilanders rebelled but were quickly subdued by the Portugall's who killed the King they had chosen among themselves and set up another King as Deputy to the King of Portugal Celaenae a hill in Asia where Marsyas is said to have contended with Apollo for the mastery upon the Fluit Celandine a kind of herb called in Latine Chelidonium Celature or Caelature Lat. a carving or engraving Celebration Lat. a solemnizing or making famous Celebrity Lat. famousnesse Celerity Lat. swiftnesse expedition Celestial Lat. heavenly Celestines an Order of Fryers instituted in the year 1215. by one Peter a Samnite who was afterwards chosen Pope and called Celestine the fifth Cellarist he that keepeth the cellar or buttery in a Religious house Celsitude Lat. tallnesse heighth also a terme attributed to a Prince as a Title of honour Celsity the same Celtae a people anciently inhabiting Gallia Comata between the Rivers Garonne and Sein they were so called from Celtus the son of Polypheme Celtiberia a part of Spain anciently so called now Arragonia Celurca the ancient name of a Town in the Province of Angus in Scotland now called Montros Cemented close joyned or united from Cement a strong and cleaving morter Cemetery see Caemetery Cenchris a green and venomus biting Serpent Cenotaph Greek a hearse or empty tombe erected in honour of a great person Cense Lat. a mustering of an army a cessing of people Censer a vessel wherein the Priest burneth incense at any sacrifice or religious rites Censor lat an Officer among the Romans who was to cesse and valew mens estaâ—es also to judge of discipline and reform manners whence cometh to censure i. e. to judge or give sentence Centaures a people of Thessaly who waged war with the Lapithae they descended as the Poets feign from Ixion who falling in love with Juno lay with a cloud which was formed into her shape They were thought to be half men and half horses because riding their horses to water while their horses held down their heads to drink they seemed to those who beheld them a far off like a strange kind of monster whose former part resembled a man the hinder part a horse Centaury a kind of herb which some call Feverfew Centenary lat belonging to a hundred Center lat that point which is in the midst of every Circle or Globe Centoculated lat having a hundred eyes an Epithet belonging to Argos whom Juno set to watch Io. Centinodie an herb called knot-grasse as it were having a hundred knots Centon lat a garment made up of several patches a work composed of many pieces Central situate in the center or middle Centrie a word contracted from Sanctuary a place of refuge for malefactours Centumviri certain men among the Romans chosen out of the 35 Tribes to be Judges who although they were more in number than a hundred yet for the easier naming of them were called Centumviri Centuple lat a hundred-fold Centurie lat the number of a hundred the space of a hundred years a band of a hundred men or the like Centurion a Commander of a hundred men a Captain Cephalics Greek medicines properly applyed to fractures of the head but generally taken for all medicines peculiar to the head Cephalic vein see vein Cephalus the son of Eion he married Procris the daughter of Erichtheus King of Athens and being loved of Aurora would not answer her love one morning after he had been a hunting with a dart which Procris gave him and a dog called Lelaps he sate down and called upon Aura to refresh him but his wife having followed him out of jealousie had hid her self in a bush Cephalus perceiving the bush to move thought it had been a wild beast and shot his wife and afterwards was turned into a stone Cepi Corpus a return made by the Sheriff that upon an exigent he hath taken the body of a man Ceramite a kind of precious stone Ceratine lat made of wax dissolueable Cerberus quasi creoborus or flesh devouring a three-headed dog â—aid to watch constantly at the gates of Hell whom Hercules overcame and carried away in a chain Cerebrosity lat a being cock brain'd or brainsick Cerdonists a sect of Hereticks who held that there were two contrary principles in the cause of every thing a good God and a bad they were instituted by one Cerdo in the year 150. Ceremonies rites of the Church from the ancient Latin word Cerus which signifieth holy or else from the Caerites a people of Hetruria who chearfully entertained all the sacred things of the Romans which were brought to them by the Vestals when Rome was taken by the Gaules whereupon the Romans out of gratitude ordered that all things belonging to Religious Worship should be called Ceremonies Ceres the daughter of Saturn and Ops by whom Jupiter had Proserpina and being snatcht away by Pluto Ceres wandered through the world to seek her and came to the Court of Eleusius King of Attica whose son Triptolomus she made immortal and seating him in a Chariot drawn
with winged Dragons through the air she sent him to teach mortals the use of corn whence she was adored as the Godesse of Agriculture Cerinthians a sort of Hereticks who held that Christ at his second coming should give to his people all carnal delights and pleasures they had their original in the year 97 from one Cerinthus Cerna an Island in the Aethiopick Sea where the North Pole is not seen by some thought to be the same with Madagascar Ceromatick Greek anointed with oil Cerones a certain people anciently inhabiting that part of Scotland which is now called Assinshire Cerote Greek a kind of sear-cloth or plaister A Certificate a writing made in any Court to give notice to another Court of any thing done therein Certification of Assize of novel disseâ—sin a Writ granted for the examining of a matter passed by Assize before the Justices and is called a Certification of new disseisin Certificando de recognitione stapulae a Writ directed to the Maior of the Staple taken before him in a case where the party himself refuseth to bring it in Certiorari is a Writ issuing out of the Chancery to an inferiour Court to call up the Records of a cause depending there upon complaint made by the bill that the party seeking the said Writ hath received hard dealing Cervine Lat. belonging to a hart also of a taâ—ny or hart-colour Ceruse Lat. white-lead refined out of the Mine used by Chyrurgians for ointments by painters for the painting of a white colour Cesata or Cesada a City of Spain between Emerita and Caesar-Augusta To Cespitate Lat. to stumble Cessation Lat. a leaving off a ceasing Cessavit a Writ lying upon this general ground where a man hath neglected to perform such service or to pay such rents as he is tied to by his tenure To Cesse from the Lat. Censere to leave off to be idle also to tax Cession Lat. a yeilding or giving place Cest Lat. a marriage-girdle which the Bride useth to wear and which is loosed by the Bridegroom the first night Cetaceous Lat. belonging to a Whale Ceus an Island where all men above 60 years old were commanded by the law to poison themselves that there might be no scarsity of provision for the rest C H Cha the leaf of a tree in China which being infused into water serves for their ordinary drink Chace French a warren also a term in the game at tennis Chafewax an officer in Chancery that fits the wax for the sealing of Writs and such other instruments as are thence to be sent out Chaffare a buying and selling from the Dutch word Kauffer a Buyer Chaffinch a kind of bird so called because it delighteth in chaff Chagrin French care heavinesse also a disease caused by melancholy Chaine the decimal chaine is an instument used in surveying made of round wire 16 foot in length Chaines is used by a figure called metonymie of the Adjunct for captivity and sometimes in an amorous sense Cleopat Chalcedon a Citie of Asia near Bosphorus Thracius it was built by the Megarenses who were called Caeci or blinde because they did not choose the other side where Constantinople stands Chalcographer Greek an ingraver in brasse Chaldaea a Countrey of Asia the greater bordering upon Arabia their chief Citie is Babylon and the people have ever been famous for Astrology and Magick Chaldron a certain measure of coales containing 36 bushels Chalice a holy vessel wherewith they had wont to sacrifice Challenge a Term in Common-law signifying an exception against persons or things as a prisoner may except against the partial impanelling of a Jury or against the insufficiency of the Jurors Chalons blankets or coverings Chalybeate Lat. of the temper or quality of Steel Chalybes a people of Asia the lesse dwelling upon the banks of Thermodoon Strabo calls them Chaldaeans they had great store of Iron Steel Mines whence some think Chalybs comes to signifie Steel A Chamber in gunnery is a charge made of brasse or iron to put in at the breech of a Murtherer Chamberdekins Irish beggars Chamberlain of a Citie is the chief keeper of the publick treasury from Camera or Chamber the place where the Treasury is kept there be also two Officers of this name in the K. Exchequer Chameleon see Cameleon Chamelot or Chamblet a kinde of water'd stuff mixed with Camels hair A Chamfer a word in Architecture being an artificial gutter or crevice made in a pillar Chamois or Chamoy a wilde Goat of whose skins they make Chamois leather Champernouns see Campernulphs Champerty French signifieth in Common-law the maintenance of a man in his suit depending on condition to have part of the Land or Goods when they are recovered Champion French one that fighteth in anothers behalf the Kings Champion is one who is to come armed on hors-back upon the Kings Coronation day and in the presence of the Nobles to challenge any who shall affirm the King not lawfull Heir to the Crown by this Tenure the Dimmocks hold a manner at Scrivelby in Lincolnshire Chananaea the holy land bounded on the East by Euphrates and the River Jordan on the West by Aegypt on the South by Arabia on the North by Libanus Chancellour from the Latin word Cancelli Latices with which in former time the judgement seats were compassed it is a title of honour given unto him who is the chief man next unto the Prince for matter of justice in civil affairs having power to moderate and temper the written Law according to equity also the Chancellour of the Exchequer is a supream Officer appointed to moderate the extreamities in Exchequer Chancery the Court of Equity Conscience moderating the severity of other Courts that are more strictly tied to the rigour of the Law the Officers belonging to this Court are the Lord Chancelour who is chief Judge twelve masters of the Chancery whereof the master of the Roll's is chief the Clerk of the Crown the six Clerks with many others Chanfron the name of an Italian coyn valuing about twenty pence A Chantepleur French he that singeth and weepeth together A Chanter he that singeth divine service in a Church or Chappel Chanticleer French a name often given to a Cock for its clear singing Chaonia the hilly part of Epirus which Helenus the son of Priamus so named from his brother Chaon whom he there slew against his will while he was a hunting Chaos Greek a confused indigested heap Chapin Spanish a high Cork-heel'd shooe Chaplain from Capella a Chappel he that dependeth upon the King or other great person for the instruction of him and his family Chaplet a wreath or Garland for the head from the Latin word Caput Chapter in the common and Canon-law signifieth a company of Clergy-men met together in a Cathedral conventual or collegiate Church and this company is a kinde of head to rule and govern the Diocesse in the vacation of the Bishoprick it is also a word of Architecture signifying the top
Consuetudinal Lat. usual or accustomed Consuetudinibus servitiis a Writ that lieth against a Tenant who deforceth his Lord of the rent or service due unto him Consul from the Latin word Consulere to give counsel it was a place of highest dignity among the Romans brought in after the expulsion of their Kings and at this present day the chief Governours of divers Cities are called Consuls Consultation Lat. a taking counsel also the name of a Writ whereby a cause being formerly removed by prohibition from the Ecclesiastical Court to the Kings Court is returned thither again Consummation lat a fulfilling or finishing also a making up an account Consumption lat a falling away or consuming also a disease which dries and wastes the body Contabulation lat a fastning of planks or boards together Contaction lat a touching of two things together Contagion lat infection the spreading of a disease Contamination lat a polluting or defiling by touch Conteke old word strife or contention Contemeration lat a deflowring Contemplatives certain Fryers of St. Mary Magdalens Order who wear black upper garments and white underneath Contemplation lat a deep considering Contemporal or Contemporary lat of the same time with another Contemptible or Contemptuous lat worthy of disesteem and scorn Contenement a term in law being the freehold land which lieth to a mans house or tenement Contention lat a striving Contermination lat a bordering upon or lying near Conterpleted old word controlled Contesseration lat a entering into league or amity with strangers Contestation lat a calling to witnesse Context or Contexture lat a weaving together also the stile or form of a processe or discourse Contignation in Architecture signifies the floor-work Contiguity lat a nearnesse or close touching Continent lat temperate containing ones self from any thing also substantively taken it signifies the firm or main land Contingency lat a hapning by chance Continual claim a term in Common law signifying a claim made from time to time within every year and day to land or any other thing which at present we cannot attain without danger Continuance seemeth to signifie in Common law the same as prorogation in the Civil law as continuance until the next Assises when it chanceth that a Record cannot be found Continuation or Continuity lat a lengthning or going on with any thing a holding out intire Contorsion lat a pulling awry a wresting Contrabanded prohibited from the Italian word Bando a Proclamation as contrabanded goods are goods forbidden by Proclaimation to be imported Contract lat a bargaining or making a match as contract of marriage in Common law it is a covenant or agreement with lawfull consideration or clause Contractation or Contratation lat and Span. a contract or bargaining Contraction lat a drawing together Contradiction lat a gainsaying Contra formam collationis a Writ against an Abbot for him that hath given lands to an Abby and findeth that the Abbot hath made a feoffment thereof Contra formam feoffamenti a Writ for the Heir of a Tenant infeoffed in certain lands by Charter of feoffment by a Lord to do certain services to his Court and afterwards is distrained for more than is contained in the Charter Câ—ntramure a term in Architecture or fortification signifying an out-wall built about the wall of a City a counter-scarfe Contrasto Spanish contention or strife Contrâ—ctation lat a wanton handling of a woman Contribution lat a joynt giving of money or supplies towards any businesse of importance Contributione facienda a Writ that lieth in case more are bound to one thing yet the whole burthen is put upon one Contristation lat a making sad Contrition lat remorce or penitence Controller an officer who keepeth a Roll of other officers accounts Controller of the Hamper an officer in Chancery who takes all things sealed from the Clark of the Hamper inclosed in leather bags and takes a special charge of them Controller of the pipe an officer in the Exchequer who writes summons to the Sheriffs to levie the debts of the pipe Controller of the Pell an officer of the Exchequer who keeps a controlment of the Pell of receipts and goings out To Controve old word to devise Controversie lat contention in dispute Contumacy lat stubbornnesse rebellion Contumely lat injury reviling Contumulation lat an intombing together Contusion lat a bruising or beating in pieces Convalescency lat an increasing in health or strength To Convene lat to warn into any Assembly Conveniency lat fitnesse or meetnesse Convent or Covent a great Assembly of people also a Society of Religious men dwelling together in a house Conventicle lat a private Assembly Conventual lat belonging to a company of religious persons Conventual Church a Parish Church Conversation lat a keeping company or being familiar with any Conversion lat a changing from one state to another especially from bad to good Convexity lat the outside of a globous body which is hollow Conviction lat in Common law is the proving a man guilty by the verdict of a jury or when a man that is outlaw'd appeareth and confesseth Convivial lat belonging to a feast Convocation lat a calling or assembling together convocation house the house where the Clergy assemble to consult about Ecclesiastical affairs Convoy French a guide or conduct Convulsion lat a violent pulling together also a disease wherein the sinews are shrunk up and drawn together Cooperate lat to bear another company in the same work Coote a kinde of bird otherwise called a Moorhen Copal a kinde of white Rosin brought from the Indies which they use for a perfume Cope a Cloak also a vestment that Bishops were wont to wear Coparceners or parceners signifie in Common-law such as have equal share in the inheritance of their ancestours Copia libelli deliberanda a Writ that lyeth in a case where a man cannot get the Copy of a Libel at the hands of a Judge Ecclesiastical Copyhold signifieth in Common-law a Tenure for which the Tenant hath nothing but the Copy of the Rolles made by the Steward of his Lords Court this is also called a base Tenure or Tenure in Villenage Copious lat plentifull Copise from the French Couper to cut down a little Wood which consists of underwoods that are to be cut down before they grow to be great Trees Copperas a kinde of mineral otherwise called vitriol being mixed of humours strained by drops into small holes Copthall the name of a stately house belonging in ancient times to the Fitzauchers and afterwards very much beautified by Sir Thomas Heneage Copulation lat a joyning or coupling together Coquettery French a pratling like a a Gossip Coquination lat a dressing or Cooking of meat Cor Scorpii the heart of the Scorpion Coraage in Common-law is a certain extraordinary imposition upon certain measures of Corn which is upon some unusual occasion Coral a certain Maritime plant growing under water which when it is taken out petrifies and becomes red
Coralline a kinde of plant called Sea-mosse or Coral-mosse Coralyse chaffe or drosse of Corn. Corban an Hebrew word signifying a a gift dedicated to God Corbel or Corbet a Term in Architecture signifying a shouldering piece in Timberwork a jutting out like a bragget Corbets the name of a very ancient family in Shropshire who about the coming in of the Normans held divers Lordships by the service of Roger Mountgomery Corciousnesse old word corpulency Corck or Orchall a kinde of blue colour used in painting Cordage the tackle of a ship a word used in Navigation also stuffe to make ropes on Cordelier a Gray Fryer of the Order of St. Francis so called because he wears a cord full of knots about his middle Cordial latin comfortable to the heart Cordon an old English word signifying reward in like manner also the French word Guerdon is used by us Cordovan leather leather made of Goat-skins so called from Corduba a Citie of Andaluzia in Spain where the best sort of that kinde of leather is made Cordwainer or Cordiner French a shooe-maker Corinaeus one of the companions of Brutus whence Cornwall is said to have taken its denomination being in old time called Corinaea it is fabulously reported of him that he fought with a Gyant called Gogmagog and threw him down a steep Rock Corinth a Citie of Achaia in Greece in ancient time called Ephyre which after it had been destroyed was restored by Corinthus the son of Marathon or as some say of Pelops and by him called Corinth Corinthian order a Term in Architecture signifying an adornment of Pillars after the Corinthian manner there being five orders of pillars in Architecture Dorick Ionick Tuscan Corinthian and Composite Coritani a people anciently inhabiting that part of this Island which containeth Northamptonshire Leicestershire Rutlandshire Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Cork a County of Ireland in old time reputed a Kingdom the people whereof were anciently called Vodiae Coriondi Cormorant a Sea Raven Metaphorically taken for a glutton Cornage is in Common-law a certain Tenure whereby in the North men used to hold their Lands which was to blow a horn when any invasion of a Northern enemy was perceived Cornalin a kinde of precious stone which some think to be the same with Corneol Cornavii the name of a certain people who in ancient times possessed that part of this Island containing those Counties which are at present called Warwick-shire Worcestershire Stafford-shire Shrop-shire Cheshire Corn-flowr a kinde of flowr called blue-bottle Cornelian the same as Corneol a kinde of precious stone also Cornelian Law was a Law made by Cornelius Sylla that any who would follow him in should be capable of Office before they had attained their full years Cornelius lat a proper name of men from Cornu a horn Cornel an old word signifying a corner also the fore-part of a house Corneol a kinde of precious stone apt to be ingraven and therefore much used for the making of seals It is also called a Sardy or Onyx Corneous lat of a horny substance Cornet French a kinde of black Taffata which Doctors of Physick or Law used to wear on the collar of their robes as an Ensign or badge of their degree also the Ensign of a Troup of horse so called because it was used to be made of that kinde of Taffata Cornice a Term in Architecture signifying the crests or flourishing work at the upper end of a pillar it is also called a frize Cornigerous lat wearing horns an Epithet of Bacchus Cornil-tree a Tree called a Horn-tree because its branches are hard like a horn Cornimuse lat a kinde of musical ininstrument which some take for a kind of Bag-pipe Cornix see Cornalin and Corneol Cornucopy a horn which Jupiter gave to Amalthea whereby she injoyed plenty of all things it is Metaphorically taken for plenty Cornuted lat horned Corody from the Latin word Corrodo it signifieth in Common-law a summe of money or allowance of meat and drink toward the maintenance of any of the Kings servants out of an Abby or religious house whereof the King is the founder Corodio habendo a Writ for the exacting a Corody out of an Abby or religious house Corollary an advantage above the ordinary measure also a gift bestowed on the people at publick feasts Corona by the Greeks called Halo that is to say a clear Circle appearing in a Cloud about the Sun or any other bright Star but especially about the Moon also a coelestial constellation upon the shoulder of Bootes Coronal Suture this is by Chirurgons called the formost seam of the skull passing from one bone of the Temples to the other Coronation lat a Crowning Coroner an ancient Officer belonging to the Crown and Common-wealth of England his Office is to enquire of every man that is slain or cometh to an untimely end and what Corn Cattel or freehold the Felon had at the time of the fact committed and to seize them to the use of the King or State there are four of these Officers in every County Coronet a little Crown or Chaplet Corporal lat belonging to the body also a Commander or band of ten Souldiers also the fine linnen wherein the Sacrament is put Corporation lat in the Civil Law signifieth a body politick authorised by the Kings Charter to have a Common Seal one or more head Officers and Members able by their common consent to grant or receive in Law any thing within the compasse of their Charter Corporature lat the form or constitution of the body Corporeal lat of a bodily substance Corporeity or Corporeature lat Philosophick Term Corporeature bodily substance Corps Fr. a carcasse or dead body Corps du guard French a Term in Military Discipline signifying a Company of Souldiers set to watch Corpulency lat fulnesse of body Corpus Christi a Colledge in Oxford built by Richard Fox Bishop of Winchester Corpus cum causa a Writ issuing out of Chancery to remove both the body and the record touching the cause of any man lying in execution upon a judgement for debt into the Kings Bench. Corr a certain measure containing two quarts Corrade lat to scrape together to extort Correction lat an amending also a chastising Correctour of the Staple a Clerk belonging to the Staple that recordeth the bargains of Merchants there made Correlatives lat a Term in Logick signifying things that have mutual relation one to another as Master and servant father and son c. Correption lat a snatching suddenly away Correspondency lat a holding mutual Commerce and familiarity an answerablenesse or proportion of one thing to another Corridor a Term in fortification otherwise called Cortina or Curtain Corrigible lat easie to be corrected or made better by correction Corrival a competitour one that makes suit in the same businesse Corroboration lat a strengthning or making firm To Corrode lat to gnaw to fret Corrosive lat having a gnawing or fretting quality it is spoken of
Ordinary formed of a threefold line representing the shape of the Escutcheon Inestimable or Inaestimable lat which cannot be rated of too high a price to be valued Inevitable lat not to be shuned or avoided Inexaturated lat not to be filled or satisfied of an unsatiable appetite Inexhaustible or Inexhaurible lat not to be drawn out or emptied Inexorable lat not to be perswaded or intreated Inexpiable lat not to be purged or cleansed from sin never to be satisfied for Inexpleble lat not to be filled Inexplicable lat not to be unfolded or explained Inexpugnable lat not to be taken or won by force Inextinguible lat not to be put out or quenched Inextirpable lat not to be rooted out whose stock or linage can never be utterly destroyed Inextricable lat not to be wound out or disentangled Inexuperable lat not to be overcome or surpassed Infallible lat not to be deceaved never failing Infancie lat the first age of man which is from the first year till the seventh Infandous lat not to be spoken monstrously wicked and hainous Infangtheft a word used in the practic of Scotland signifying a liberty to sit and decide upon any theft committed within a mans own jurisdiction by his own servant Out-fangtheft being the like liberty when a theft is committed by a stranger Infantes and Infantas of Spain all the Sons and Daughters of the King of Spain are so called 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or by way of eminence except the Eldest who are called Principe and Princesa Infanterie Ital. the Foot Souldierie of an army Infanticide lat Infant-killing a murdering of Children or Infants Infatigable see Indefatigable Infatuation lat a besoting a making foolish Infaust or Infaustous lat unluckly unfortunate Infelicity lat unhappinesse To Infeof a Law Term to grant in Fee Inferial lat belonging to Funeralls Inferiour lat lower of a meaner degree Inferiour Planets are those which are placed below the Globe of the Sun Infernal lat belonging to the deep or hell To Infer lat to bring in to conclude from something gone before Infertil lat barren unfruitful Infestation lat a troubling molesting or disturbing †Infestive lat without sport joy or solemnity Infibulation lat a buttoning or buckling in Inficiation lat a denying Infidelity lat untrustinesse unfaithfulnesse Infimous lat lowermost meanest Infinitive lat having no end or measure the Ifinitive Mood in Grammer is that Mood which hath neither number nor person as other moods Infirmary an Hospital or Spittle for sick folks Infirmity lat weaknesse indisposednesse To Infix lat to fasten in Inflammation lat an inflaming a swelling or burning with heat Inflate lat swelling or puft up with wind hence an inflate expression is an expression swelling with big words but to little purpose Inflexible lat not to be bowed or bended and by metaphor unruly it is also taken in an amorous sense when a Lady is not to be moved by the most earnest importunity of her servant Artam Infliction lat a laying a punishment upon Influence lat a flowing in also the power which celestial bodies have over earthly things Influx lat a flowing in Infacundity lat unfruitfulnesse barrennesse Information lat an informing telling nor making known Informatus non sum a formal answer made by an Atturny that is commanded by the Court to say what he thinks good in defence of his Client whereby he is deemed to leave his Client undefended and so judgement passeth for the adverse party Informers certain Officers belonging to the Kings bench who complain of those that offend against any penal statutes they are also called Promoters and by the Civilians Delatores Informity lat unhandsomenesse uglynesse a being out of shape or form Infrangible lat not to be broken or discouraged Infriction or Infrication lat a rubbing or chaâ—ing in To Infringe lat to break to pieces also to indamage or diminish Infucation lat a laying on of drugs or artificial colours upon the face Infuscation lat a making dark or dusky Infusiâ—n lat a powring in it is used in Physick for a steeping of roots or leaves or any kind of medicine in some liquid substance for a certain time till the chiefest of their virtue be drawn out Ingannation Ital. a deceaving Ingemination lat a doubling also a repeating the same word over again Ingenerable lat not to be begotten or produc't Ingeniculation lat a bending of the knee a kneeling †Ingeniosity or Ingenuity lat ingeniousnesse wittynesse also Ingenuity is taken for a free condition or state of life also a liberal or free nature Ingestion lat a carrying or conveying in Ingle see Caâ—amite Inglorious lat without glory obscure Ingot a little wedge or masse of gold from the French word Lingot because it something resembleth a tongue Ingrailed from the Latin Ingredior a term in Heraldry as a bordure ingrailed is when the line of which the bordure is made crooks inward toward the field Ingrate lat displeasing not accepted also unthankful whence Ingratitude unthankfulnesse Ingredient lat is taken in Physick for one of the simples put into a compounded medecine Ingree old word in good part Ingression lat an entring or walking into also a beginning Ingressu lat a writ of entrie whereby a man seeketh entrie into Lands or Tenements Ingrosser in Common law signifies one thnt buys up corn growing or dead victuall to sell again Ingurgitation lat a greedy swallowing or gluttonous devouring as it were a craming a bottomlesse pit Ingustable lat untastable not to be tasted Inhabitable lat not to be dwelt in or inhabited but the praeposition in hath not the same force in the word Inhabitant this signifying a dweller or one that lives in this or that place Inhalation lat a breathing in a breathing upon Inhesion or Inhaesion lat a sticking close a cleaving unto Inheritance in Common law is a perpetuitie of lands or tenements to a man and his heirs Inhibition lat a forbiding in Common law it is taken for a writ forbidding a Judge to proceed farther in the cause depending before him but inhibition is a writ issuing out of a higher Court Christian to an inferiour whereas prohibition issues out of the Kings to a Court Christian or to an inferiour temporall Court Inhonestation lat a shaming or disgracing a making dishonest Iahospitality or Inhospitability lat a not affording intertainment a churlishness to strangers also an unfitnesse for intertainment Inhumanity lat cruelty barbarousnesse as it were a putting off and devesting ones self of human nature Inhumation lat a burying or putting into the ground †Inideous lat unfit Injection lat a casting in it signifieth in Physick particularly a conveying of any liquid substance into any part of the body by glister or Syringe or the like Inimitable lat not to be followed or imitated Iniquity lat want of equity corruption injustice Iniswen the white Island a name which in ancient times was attributed to this Island of Brittain Initiation
minde dotage stupidity Vectarious lat belonging to a Waggon or carriage Vection lat a carrying To Veer in Navigation to put out more rope or more sheat Vegetable Vegetal or Vegetive Lat. living after the manner of Plants and Minerals indued with vigour moisture and growth Vehicular lat belonging to a Vehicle i. a Cart Wagon or Coach or any thing whereby another is carried or conveyed A Vein is defined by Anatomists to be a common Organ of the body round and oblong apted for the conveyance of bloud and natural spirits through all the parts and according to the several parts it passeth through it taketh several Denominations as the Basilick vein that which passeth from the Liver through the inward processe of the arm the Cephalick the head vein the Coeliacal that which runs into the blinde Gut the Cystick that which runs up toward the Neck of the Gall the Epigastrick the flank veins Gastroepiploick that which spreads it self through the bottom of the Ventricle Intercostal those which run through the upper Ribs Port vein that which is rooted in the Liver and from thence passeth into the Ventricle Mesentery and other parts Ranular that which ascends from the Throat to the tongue Salvatel that which from the Liver runnes through the wrist into the hand Saphaena that which runnes through the inward part of the Legge to the Ankle Subclavicular a branch of the hollow vein which runnes under the Neck bone Thymick a branch of the Subclavicular Torcular that which ascends by the inside of the scull to the brain Velification lat a hoising of sayls Velites lat the light armed Souldiers among the Romans see Triani whence Velitation a light skirmishing Velivolent lat flying as it were with full sayl Vellication lat a plucking twitching or giving a sudden pull In Physick they are said to be certain convulsions that happen in the Fibers of the Muscles Velocity lat swiftnesse Venality lat a setting to sale a being saleable Venatick or Venatorious lat belonging to hunting or chacing Vendible lat saleable fit for sale Vendication a challenging to ones self a claiming Venditation lat ostentation a bragging or vain setting forth of ones self Vendition lat a selling Venedotia the ancient name of all that part of Wales which is otherwise called Guinethia or Nâ—rthwales Venefick or Veneficious lat belonging to Venefice i. the art of making poysons also witchcraft or sorcery Venenous lat venemous or full of poyson Veneration lat a reverencing or worshipping Venereal or Venereous lat given to Venery i. lust or carnal desires Venereal disease lat Morbus Gallicus or Lues Venerea a certain virulent and contagious disposition of the body contracted by immoderate Venerie or coupling with unsound persons it is vulgarly called the French Pox. Venetiae a famous Citie of Italy built in the year 421. upon certain Islands of the Adriatick Sea 60 in number by the inhabitants of Aquileia and Pavia who fled thither for fear of the Huns it is now become a great Common wealth and hath large Territories both in Italy and other places Venew in Common-law is taken for a a neighbouring or near place Venial lat worthy of pardon or forgivenesse whence in Theologie they make a distinction between mortal sins and Venial sins Vent lat a winde or breath also a place for aire to come in and out at Venta Belgarum the ancient name of Winchester a pleasant Citie in Hantshire called by the Brittains Caer Guente by the Saxons Windanceaster and by the vulgar Latins Wintonia Venta giveth name also unto two other Towns Caster in Northfolk called Venta Icenorum and Caerwent in Monmouthshire called Venta Silurum Ventelet Dimin a small gale of winde Ventiduct lat a conveyance of winde by pipes or otherwayes Ventilation lat a fanning or gathering of winde also a winnowing of Corn. Ventosity lat windinesse Ventricle lat the stomack it is also taken for any round concavity of the body Ventriloquy lat a speaking inwardly or as it were from the belly Venundation lat a buying or selling Venus lat the goddesse of love pleasures and delights whom the Poets faign to have sprung out of the foam of the Sea after that the Testicles of Caelus had been cut off and thrown in by Saturn whence she was called Aphrodite also the name of one of the seven Planets or wandring Stars Venâ—station lat a making handsome or beautifull Veracity lat a saying truth Verbal lat consisting of words or delivered onely in words Verbatim lat word for word Verbeia a certain goddesse among the ancient Brittains to whom the Captain of the second Cohort of the Lingones erected an Altar near Ilekly in York-shire she is thought by Cambden to have been the Nymph or goddesse of the River Wherf which was also anciently called Verbeia Verberation lat a beating or strikeing Verbâ—sity lat a being full of words Verecund lat shamefaced modest bashfull Verdant lat green fresh flourishing Verderer lat Viridarius a judiciall Officer of the Kings Forrest who receives and inrols the attachments of all manner of trespasses of the Forrest of Vert and Venison Verdie or Verdea a kinde of rich Italian wine Verdict the answer of a Jury or Inquest made upon any cause Civil or Criminal committed by the Court to their consideration or tryal Verdigrease lat Aerugo a green substance taken from the rust of Brasse or Copper Verditure a green colour among Painters Verdoy a Term in Heraldry when a bordure is charged with leaves fruits and flowrs and other the like vegetables Verdure French greennesse Verge French a rod wand or Sergeants Mace also the compasse about the Kings Court that bounds the Jurisdiction of the Lord Steward of the Kings houshold and of the Coroner of the Kings house and is accounted twelve miles compasse also a rod whereby one is admitted Tenant holding it in his hand and swearing â—â—alty to the Lord of the Mannour and for that cause is called Tenant by the Verge Vergobert French a chief Officer or Magistrate among the ancient Hedui Veridical lat telling or speaking truth Veriloquent lat the same Verisimility lat the probability or likelyhood of a thing Vermiculate lat worm-eaten also imbroidered with several colours Vermillion French a ruddy or deep red colour Vermination lat a certain disease wherein worms are bred and cause a griping of the guts Vermiparous lat breeding or bringing forth worms Vernaccia a kind of Italian Wine Vernaculous lat proper and peculiar to a Country Vernal or Vernant lat flourishing or belonging to the Spring Vernility lat servilenesse or slavery Verona a famous City of Italy built as some say by Brennus the Gaul heretofore governed by the Family of the Scaligeri and now under the jurisdiction of the Venetians Verrey a term in Heraldry the same as Varry i. Fur consisting of Or and Azure or Or and Vert. Verrucous lat full of warts or little excrescences of the flesh Versatile lat apt to be wound