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 Puâ—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 Purpâ—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 Pâ—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 Pyladioâ— 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
one recovers again that was lost in war or taken from him by any unlawful means Postliminious from Postliminium pertaining to Postliminiage Postmeridian postmeridianus done in the afternoon Postnate postnatus born after taken substantively it may be the same with Posthume Postpone or Postpose postpono to set behinde to esteem less to omit or leave Postposure from postpono a setting behinde or esteeming less Mr. Montagu Postriduan postriduanus done the next day after or following Poâ—vene posâ—venio to come or follow after Postulate postulatum a request demand or suit Postulâ—toâ— postulatorius of or belonging to a request or demand Potable potabilis drinkable or which may be drunk Poteâ—als from potentia things apt to breed or give power strength or ability Potentially potenter powerfully mightily substantially effectually Potâ—states potestates men in authority Rulers great Magistrates Potorious potorius of or belonging to drink drinking Potulent potulentus any thing that may be drunk also half drunk Pouldabis Oulderness Medrinacles the course Canvas wherewith Taylors stiffen Dublets or whereof Sails of ships are made An. 1. Jac. 24. Poundage is a Subsidy granted to the King of all manner of Merchandizes of every Merchant Denizen and Alien carried out or brought into this Realm by way of Merchandise to the value of twelve pence in every pound An. 12. Ed. 6.13 An. 31. Eliz. cap. 5. and 1 Jac. 33. Pourcoutrel See Polypus Pourmenade Fr. a Walk Poursuivant Fr. a pursuer suitor or follower but more particularly a Messenger attending the King in Wars or the Council Table Exchequer c. to be sent upon any occasion or message Those that are used in Marshal causes are called Pursuivants at Arms. Anno 24. H. 8. cap. 13. whereof there are four of special names which see in Herald And Stow speaking of Richard the Thirds end p. 784. hath these words For his body was naked to the skin not so much as one clout about him and was trussed behinde a Pursuivant at Arms like an Hog or Calf c. The rest are used upon other Messuages in time of Peace especially in matters touching Jurisdiction Also a sort of mean persons that procure Commissions to prosecute the Romanists on the account of Religion Pourpresture from the Fr. Pourpris i. a close or enclosure is thus defined in Glanvile lib. 9. cap. 11. Pourprestura est propriè quando aliquid super Dominum Regem injustè occupatur c. Cromp. in his Jurisd fol. 152. defines it thus Pourpresture is properly when a man takes to himself or incroaches any thing that he ought not whether it be in any jurisdiction Land or Franchise and generally when any thing is done to the Nusance of the Kings Tenant c. Pourtrait pourtractus an Image Picture counterfeit or draught of Pourtraiture Fr. Portraicture a drawing or deliniating Powers the third order of the second Hierarchy of Angels so called by reason of their peculiar Jurisdiction over Fiends and all infernal spirits See Hierarchy Poynings Law is an Act of Parliament made in Ireland 10 Hen. 7. and was so called because Sir Edw. Poynings was Lieutenant of Ireland when that Law was made whereby all the Statutes of England were made of force in Ireland For before they were not neither are any now in force in Ireland which were made in England since that time Cokes 12 Rep. fol. 109. Practick Gr. pertaining to the practise or actual exercise of any Art or Science Pragmatical pragmaticus that is expert in doing things practised in the Law and in many matters Pragmatic Span. Pragmatica a Proclamation or Edict sometimes used for a kind of agreement or paction between a secular Prince and the Pope or some other Bishop c. Prandicle prandiculum a Breakfast a little Dinner a small pittance or repast Pransorious pransorius belonging to or serving for dinner Pratique from the Span. practica practise or a thing done by practise but among Merchants it is a Licence to Traffick as in the Ports of Italy and the Streights if the Mr. of the ship brings a Bill of Health that is a Certificate that the place from whence he came is not infected with any contagious disease then the Chief Magistrate or Signors of Health grant him Pratique that is leave to come in and Traffick Sands Pratical from the Span. done by practise or experience Pravity pravitas crookedness overthwartness lewdness naughtiness Prebend from praebeo to give is the portion which every member or Canon of a Cathedral Church receives in right of his place for his maintenance Prebendary praebendarius he that hath such a Prebend and is called so a Praebendo auxilium consilium Episcopo for to that end were Prebends ordained in Cathedral Churches that the Prebendaries thereof should be assistants and of Council to the Bishop in his Episcopal Function Pre Lat. prae a Preposition signifying before or in comparison often compounded Prebition praebitio a giving a shewing an offering a setting before one Precaution praecautio a preventing a thing before it comes a fore-seeing Precention praecentio a singing before the on-set or flourish of a Song Precarious praecarius granted to one by prayer and intreaty to use so long as it pleaseth the party and no longer Precedential from praecedens that goes before or surpasseth that gives a precedent or shews the way Precellâ—cy from praecello an exceeding surpassing excellency Bac. Precenâ—or Lat. the chanter he that beginneth the Tune It is used in an Act of Parliament of 31 July 1649. Preceptivâ— praeceptivus of or belonging to precepts Preceptor praeceptor a Master a Teacher an Instructer Precidaneous praecidaneus that which goes before or is cut or killed before Precinct praecinctus is used for a Territory or certain parcel of Land encompassed with some River Hedge or other mark to distinguish it from other lands adjacent Prâ—cipice praecipitium a steep place dangerous to go upon a downright pitch or fall Precipitate praecipito to hurl or cast down headlong to do unadvisedly or rashly It is also the name of a corrosive powder commonly called Red Mercury used by Chyrurgeons to eat corrupted flesh Precocity from praecox ocis early ripeness forwardliness in ripening over-hasâ—iness in ripening Dod. Grove Prâ—cognition praecognitio fore-knowledge prenotion or former notice of Preconious praeconius of or belonging to a Common-Crier also to praise or commendation Preconsultor Lat. a Pre-adviser there is a Colledge of these at Venice see Rel. Wotton p. 170. Precursor Lat. praecursor a fore-messenger a fore-rider a fore-runner or goer Predatory praedatorius of or belonging to robbing spoiling and piracy Predestination praedestinatio fore-appointment an ordaining before what shall come after It is most used in Divinity and is thus defined by Sir Walt. Ral. in his first Book fol. 16. We can saith he difference Predestination no otherwise from Providence and Prescience then in this That Prescience onely foresees Providence foresees and cares for and hath respect to all creatures even from the brightest
understood Abstrusity from abstrudo darkness secresie Dr. Brown Absurd absurdus foolish harsh without wit or grace Abvolate abvolo to flye or vanish away Abyrtace a dainty kind of meat with the Medes and other barbarous Nations sharp and quick of taste to provoke and please the appetite composed of Leeks Garlike Cresses Senvie Pomgranate kernels and such like Plut. Mor. Abysme abysmus the same with Abyss Abyssines Abyssini the people of that part of Aethiopia which is subject to Prester John Abysse abyssus a bottomless gulph or pit any deepness that cannot be sounded Hence Abysmal Deep bottomless Academy Academia a woody or shady place near Athens where Plato taught so called from Ecademus one of the Hero's now taken for any famous Shool or University hence Philosophers of the Sect of Plato are called Academicks In Alexandria now called Scanderia in Aegypt Gautenus saith Heylyn read Divinity and Philosophy in the year 180. from whom it is thought the Orders of instituting Universities first began in Christendom Academick Academical academicus belonging to such a School or Academy Acatalepsy acatalepsia incomprehensibleness the Opinion of the Sceptiques Accelerator Latin a hastner Bac. Accelerate accelero to hasten or make speed unto Accent accentus tune tenor the rising and falling of the voice the due sound over any word or letter or the mark of any letter which directs the pronunciation There are also accents of sentences as in the close of a period we let fall the voice in a demand raise it Acceptilation acceptilatio a verbal Acquittance Accerse accersio to call forth to send for to provoke to accuse Accesse accessus an approaching or coming to an increasing a growing a passage or a way to a place The Access of an Ague is the approach or coming of the fit and the Recess is when the fit is over or leaves the Patient In Lancashire they call the Ague it self the Access as such a one is sick of the Access Accessory Accessary accessarius guilty of a saâ—ilâ— in our Common Law it signifies a man guilty of a fellonious offence not principally but by participation as by commandment advise or concealment Acclamation acclamatio a shouting or crying out in liking or disliking Acclivity acclivitas steepness Accolyte See Acolyte Accommodate accoÌ„modo to compose fit apply to or lend Accommodatitious accommodatitius proper fit convenient also applied inclined or disposed Accordant Fr. agreeable well fitting unto concordant Accordance Fr. an accord or agreement a concord in musick Accort Fr. discreet advised circumspect foreseeing also subtile and cunning Accost from the Fr. Accoster or Ital. accostare to joyn side to side to approach or draw near to also to affront Accoutred from the Fr. Accoustre attired arraied decked apparelled Accoutrement Fr. Accoustrement attire dressing apparalling also habit cloathing or rayment Accretion accretio an increasing or growing Accumbing accumbens sitting at a Table lying down Dr. Br. Accumulate accumulo to heap up to encrease or load to gather in heaps Accurate accuratus curious diligent exact Accusative accusativus that whereby one is accused Ac-drinc Sax. a kind of drink made of Acornes used of old in time of dearth and necessity Sax. Dict. Acephalick acephalus without head title or beginning Acephalists acephali a kind of Hereticks that had no Author or beginning the word importing as much Acerbity acerbitas a sour or sharp taste cruelty roughness Acerote acerotus full of chaff or straw course brown Acervate acervo to heap to gether to mough up Acersecomick Acersecomes one whose hair was never cut Acetars acetaria sallets or sawces made of roots or herbs mixed with vinegar to stir up appetite Acetosity acetositas sourness sharpness the substance or taste of vinegar Acherontick acheronticus wanting joy and comfort also pertaining to Hell from Acheron a Lake in Epirus which as Poets feigned who ever passed over should never return hence and for its ill colour and taste it is taken for Hell Acherusian acherusius pertaining to the Lake or River Acherusia which is taken for the entrance into Hell Acidity aciditas sharpness sourness Lord Bac. Acid acidus sour sharp biting Acoustick Gr. pertaining to the sense of hearing or that helps the hearing Bac. Acolastick acolastus that liveth under no correction riotous Acolyte acolythus a Minister whose office is to bring water wine and light to the Altar also a novice or young proficient Aconick from aconitum poysonous or pertaining to the venemous herb called Aconite Acqueste Fr. from acquiro purchases made or things bought by the unmarried or by or for onely one therein different from conquests Acquiesce acquiesco to be at rest or quiet to rest upon to lean or assent unto Acquisition acquisitio a getting obtaining or purchasing Acre Sax. Aeker is a certain quantity of land containing in length 40 Rods Poles or Pearches and sour in breadth or to that quantity be the length more or less And if a man erect a new Cottage he must lay four Acres of land to it after this measure ordained by Stat. 31. Eliz. ca. 7. Acrimony acrimonia sharpness sourness Acreamatick acreamaticus that hearkens or gives ear to any thing that requires much study and search also musical harmonious or delightful to the ear and eye Acroatick was that part of Aristotles doctrine which he taught in the Lyceum wherein his more remote and subtile Philosophy was handled and such things as appertained to the contemplation of Nature and dialectic disceptations Hist Phil. Acrocomick acrocomus that hath long hair Acronychal acronychus belonging to those stars which rise in the twi-light soon after Sun setting Acrosticks acrostichis a kind of verses when the first or last letters of every verse make some name word or sentence As these upon Mors. M ors solet innumeris morbis abrumpere vita M O mnia mors rostro devorat ipsa su O. R ex princeps sapiens servus stulius miser aege R S is quicunque velis pulvis umbra sumu S. Acteoned Horned A word made from Actaeon who is poetically feigned to have been turned into a Stag and it is sometimes used in a waggish sense for Cuckolded Actifs an order of Friers that wear Tawny habits and feed on nothing but roots Cotgrave Actitation actitatio a debating of a cause in the Law Actuality actualitas among Philosophers signifies the perfection of existence or being above formes as when we say a man is we say more then when we say a man Actual sin See Venial Actius Naevus a Roman South-sayer of great fame in the presence of Tarquin did cut a Whetstone in two with a Razor hence it is we use to say proverbially sharper then Actius his Razor as in Rel. Med. Aculeate aculeatus that hath a sting or prick biting vexing Bac. Acuminate acumino to make sharp-edged or pointed Acuminous from acumen minis sharp edged or pointed subtile in wit of a penetrating judgment Acupictor Lat. an Embroiderer or any one that works with the
at a price Censorious Censorian censorius pertaining to the Censor severe grave Centaurs Centauri people of Thessaly who first devised to break horses for war whence they being seen by other people on horseback were supposed to be but one creature which had the upper part of his body like a man and the nether part like a horse This was in the time of the war between the Thessalians and the Lapithae Ann. Mundi 2724. Rider Or as Servius declares when some yong Thessalians on hors-back were beheld afar off while their horses watered that is while their heads were depressed they were conceived by their first spectators to be but one animal and answerable hereunto have their pictures been drawn ever since Centenary centenarium that which contains a hundred years or a hundred pound weight Centre centrum the point in the midst of any round thing the inward middle part of a Globe The Earth is called the Center of the world because it is in the midst thereof Centoculated quasi centum habens oculos that hath a 100 eyes Feltham in his Resolves useth this word as an Epithere for Argus Centon cento a garment patched up of many shreds and divers colours a work compiled of many fragments a mingle mangle of many matters in one book a Rapsody Central centralis pertaining to the Center scituate in the very midst Centuple centuplex a hundred fold Centuplicated made or increased an hundred fold Century centuria a band of a hundred footmen the number of a 100 an age containing an hundred years Among the ancient Romans Centuries were the ranges and degrees of men according to their worth as they were assessed and inrolled by the Censors Centuriate centurio to divide by hundreds to distribute into bands Centurists Four German Writers of the Ecclesiastical History who divided their works into hundreds of years and called them Centuries Centurion centurio a Captain over an hundred foot-men Cephalconomancy Gr. divination by an Asses head broiled on coals Cotgr. Cephalique cephalicus belonging to or good for the head Cepi Corpus i. I have taken the body is a return made by the Sheriff that upon an Exigend or other Writ he hath taken the body of the party Fitzha nat br fol. 28. Cepphick cepphicus very light trifling of no estimation Ceramity ceramites a precious stone of the colour of Tyle Ceratine ceratinus as Ceratine arguments sophistical and intricate arguments Cerberus A Dog with three heads feigned to be Porter of Hell gates By the three heads are signified the three Ages by which death devours man viz. Infancy Youth and old Age. Rider Cerberus haec ingens latratu regna trifauci Personat adverso recubans immanis in antro Virgil. Cerdonists or Cerdoniant a sect of ancient Hereticks so called from Cerdo their first Father who taught two contrary principles to be in the cause of every thing a good God and a bad under the the bad he ranked Moses and the Prophets under the good he comprehended Christ and the teachers of the Gospel c. he was the Master of Marcion the Heretick and lived about the year of Christ 150. Rider Cereal cerealis pertaining to corn or food or to Ceres the Goddess of Harvest Cerebrosity cerebrositas brain-sickness hair-brainedness Ceromancie ceromantia divination or soothsaying by wax put into water Ceromatick ceromaticus anointed with oyl as Wrestlers were wont to be Cerinthuâ—rs So called from Cerinthus an Heretick who taught that Christ at his coming again should give to his people all carnal delights and pleasures he denied all the Scripture onely Matthew excepted and lived about the yeer of Christ 97. Rider Ceroferarie ceroferarius he that has the care or custody of the wax-candles in a Monastery also the candlestick Cerote cerotum a plaister made of oyls Turpentine and wax a Searcloth Certaminate certamino to contend or strive to be at variance Certiorari is a a Writ issuing out of the Chancery to an inferior Court to call up the Records of a cause therein depending that conscionable justice may be ministred upon complaint made by Bill that the party seeking the said Writ hath received hard dealing in the said Court. Terms of the Law See the divers forms and uses of this in Fitzh nat br fol. 242. Cervine cervinus belonging to an Hart of the colour of an Hart tawny Ceruleated from coeruleus painted or done with blew or azure sky-coloured Herb. Tr. Ceruse cerussa white lead often used by Chyrurgeons in oyntments and plaisters It is with Painters a principal white colour and hath been and still is much used by women in painting their faces whom Martial in his merry vain scoffeth saying Cerussuta timet Sabella solem Ceruse differs from Lithargy called also white lead for this is made of the grossest lead as it is in the Mine that of lead refined out of the Mine Cotgr. See Lithargie Cesariated caesariatus which hath or weareth long hair Cessant cessans that doth nothing that prolongs the time lingring Cessation cessatio slackness idleness rest loytering A cessation of Arms is when both sides are agreed that no act of hostility shall be committed during a certain time set down Cession cessio a giving up or ceasing a yielding or giving over Bac. Cessor Lat a Loyterer an idle fellow Cest cestus a marriage girdle full of studs wherewith the Husband girded his Wife at the Wedding and which he loosed again the first night Cetareous Cetaciouâ— cetarius belonging to Whales or such like great fishes Cha is a leaf of a tree in China about the bigness of a Mirtle which being dried in iron Sives over the fire and then cast into warm water serves for their ordinary drink Hist of China f. 19. Chagâ— Fr. cark melancholy heaviness anxiety anguish of mind also a disease coming by melancholy Mr. Mont. Chalcographer chalcographus a Printer or one that ingraves in brass Chaldean-Art Ars Chaldaea fortune-telling or figure flinging So called for that the Chaldaeans were much addicted to Judicial Astrology Chaldron or Chalder of Coals contains Thirty six Bushels Act of Parl. 1651. ca. 1. Chalybete chalybaeus of or belonging to steel or iron Chalybete Water in the Physical dialect is that water wherewith hot steel or iron has been extinguished Chamelionize To live by the Air as the Chameleon is said to do or to change colour as that beast doth who can turn himself into all colours saving white and red Chamfâ—ring a small gutter or furrow made by art upon some pillar of stone or timber called also a Rebate Chamfered channelled or made hollow Chamverdekins or Chaumberdakyns were Irish begging Priests banished England 1. Hen. 5. c. 7 8. Chamelot or Chamolet a kind of stuff intermixt with Chamois or Cammels hair and therefore so called Chamois a wild-Goat or Shamois the skin thereof dressed is called ordinarily Shamois Leather Champarty from the Fr. Champ-parti i. the field or land divided between him that has the title and the Champerter
round by water is joyned to the firm land by some little Isthmus or narrow neck of land as Peloponnesus Taurica and Peruana Heyl. Cherub Cherubin Heb. i.e. fulness of knowledge the second of the nine Quires or Ranks of Angels mentioned in Scripture so called of their sublime knowledge or illuminated understanding In Scripture God is said to sit on the Cherubins because he over-reaches and is above all understanding They also are said to bear and draw his Chariot to signifie all his proceedings to bâ— according to wisdom and to be full of eyes to certifie Gods knowledge to penetrate into all secresies and all to be open before him They are set forth only with heads and wings without bodies whereby is notified that greatest understanding is found in spiritual and incorporeal creatures and that over-great corporal cares are impediments to profound knowledge Tr. of Mass Chessiy A vermine commonly lying under stones or Tyles Chevissance Fr. an Agreement or composition made an end or order set down between a Creditor and a Debtor sometimes taken for gain or booty Lo. Bac. in his H. 7. This word is used for bargaining An. 37. H 8. ca. 9. 13. Eliz. ca. 5. 8. Cheverel-Leather Minshew says it comes from the Fr. Chevreul i. a wild Goat of whose skin saith he it is made But others hold it takes denomination from the River Charwel or Chervel in Latin Cheruellus running on the East side of Oxford the water whereof is famous for tawing or dressing Leather then which no Leather in the world is more soft white and delicate Doctor Pit in his description of Oxford Cheverons Fr. Chevron strong rafters that meet at the top of the house to hold up the Tyles and covering of the house Chibbol caepulo a little Onyon Chicanerie Fr. wrangling pettifogging litigious or crafty pleading the perplexing of a cause with tricks or impertinent words Childermas-day See Innocents day Chiliad chilias adis the number of a thousand Chiliarch chiliarchus a Collonel Captain or Commander of a thousand men Chiliasts chiliastae certain Hereticks who hold that Christ shall come to live and reign corporally and his Saints with him in a fulness of worldly contents here on earth for a thousand years after the general Resurrection The first broachers of this Opinion are thought to be Cerinthus and Papias St. John the Evangelists Disciple who lived about the year of Christ 100. They are now commonly called Millenarians Rider Chilonick or Chilonian chilonicus brief succinct compendious from one of the Grecian wise men Chilo who in all his speeches and writings was very short Chimaera A hill in the South part of the Province of Lycaonia in the top whereof Lyons roared in the middle Goats grazed and in the lower parts Serpents lurked Hence Chimaera is feigned by the Poets to be a Monster having the head of a Lyon the body of a Goat the tail of a Serpent Ovid. Quoque Chimaera jugo mediis in partibus hircum Pectus ora Leae Caudam Serpentis habebat Chimer ' her mid-parts from a Goat did take From Lyon head and breast tail from a Snake This Mountain was made habitable by Bellerophon who is therefore feigned to have killed the Monster Chimaera Hence Chimaera is metaphorically taken for a strange fancy a castle in the air an idle conceit Chimaera was also the name of a ship for so Virgil l. 5. Aeneid calls one of the greatest ships of Aeneas Chimerical from Chimaera imaginary phantastical that never was nor ever will be Chiminage from the Fr. Chemin i. a way passage or rode a Law-term signifying a Toll for Wayfrage or passage through a Forest Manwood part 1. of his For. Laws fol. 86. Chiragrical from Chiragra that hath the Gowt in the fingers or hands Chirograph chirographum a sign Manual a Bill of ones hand an obligation or hand-writing Chirographer chirographus an Officer in the Common Bench that engrosseth Fines in that Court acknowledged into a perpetual Record c. Chirology chirologus a talking or speaking with the hand or by signs made with the hand Chiromancer chiromantes a Palmester or one that tells fortunes by the lines of ones hand Chiromancy chiromantia Palmestry a kind of divination practised by looking on the lines or marks of the fingers and hands an Art still in use among Fortune-tellers Egyptians and Juglers And is according to my Lord Bacon a meer Imposture Chiromancy according to Paracelsus treats not of the lineaments of the hands only but also of the whole body and not only of men but of all natural things Of which read Dr. Rothmans Treatise translated into English by Mr. Wharton 1652. Chironomer chironomus one that teacheth to use gestures with the hands either in dancing pleading c. a Morice-dancer Chivalry Fr. Chevalerie in Lat. servitium militare signifies in our Common Law a tenure of Land by Knight-service which is taken away by Act 1656. ca. 4. Chivalry is otherwise taken for Knighthood or the knowledge of a Knight or noble person in feats of Arms also valour prowess Chlorie The Goddess of Flowers called also Flora. Chocolate a kind of compound drink made and so called by the Indians the principal ingredient is a fruit called Cacao which is about the bigness of a great black fig c. See more in a Treatise of it printed by Jo. Okes 1640. Chorus Lat. a Company of Singers or Dancers a Quire The singing or musick between every Act in a Tragedy or Comedy In a Comedy there are four Accessory parts viz. 1. The Argument 2. Prologue 3. Chorus 4. Mimick Of all which the Tragedy hath onely the Chorus Of these see more in Mr. Godwins Anthology ch de Ludis Choral choralis belonging to the Chorus or Quire As Viccars Choral mentioned in Act 1649. ca. 24. Choriambiqus choriambus a foot in Meeter having the first and last syllable short and two middle short as flebilibus Churister See Quirister Chorographer chorographus a describer of Countries and Regions Câ—raphy chorographia is a description of any whole Region Kingdom or Nation and is two fold 1. Antient by Tribes and Families as Germany was divided betweee the Chatti Cherusci Suevi Tencteri c. 2. Modern into Shires and Provinces as Germany now is into Francony Saxony Suevia Bavaria c. Heyl. Chrisome 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifies properly the white cloth which is set by the Minister of Baptism upon the head of a child newly annointed with Chrism after his Baptism Now it is vulgarly taken for the white cloth put about or upon a child newly Christned in token of his Baptism wherewith the women use to shrowd the child if dying within the month Otherwise it is usually brought to Church at the day of Purification Chrisme chrisma a kind of hallowed oyntment used by the Roman Catholicks in the Sacrament of Baptism and for certain other Unctions And is composed of Oyl and Balm Chrismatory from Chrisma a vessel wherein that Oyl was kept
is also used for a distinction of bread in the Statutes of Bread and Ale made An. 51. H. 3. where you have mention of bread Cocket Wastel-bread bread of Trete and bread of common wheat Cowel Cockle-stayres cochlea a pair of winding stairs Sir H. Wot Cockleary pertaining to such stairs crooked Dr Br. Cockâ—ey or Cockneigh applyed onely to one born within the sound of Bow-bell that is within the City of London which term came first according to Minshew out of this Tale A Citizens Son riding with his Father out of London into the Country and being utterly ignorant how corn grew or Cattel increased asked when he heard a horse neigh what he did his Father answered the horse doth neigh riding farther the Son heard a Cock crow and said doth the Cock neigh too Hence by way of jeer he was called Cock-neigh A Cockney according to some is a child that sucks long But Erasmus takes it for a child wantonly brought up and calls it in Lat. Mammothreptus Cambden takes the Etymology of Cockney from the River Thamesis which runs by London and was of old time called Cockney Others say the little Brook which runs by Turnbole or Turnmil-street was anciently so called Coction coctio a seething boiling or digesting Coctive coctivus sodden easily boiled soon ripe Code codex a volume containing divers books more particularly a Volume of the Civil Law so called which was reduced into one Code or Codice by Justinian the Emperor it being before in three which is therefore called Justinians Code Min. Codebec Fr. a kinde of course French hat so called Codicil codicillus a diminutive of Code or Codex a little book a Schedule or supplement to a Will also a letter missive Writers conferring a Testament and a Codicil together call a Testament a great Will and a Codicil a little one and compare a Testament to a ship and the Codicil to a boat tied to the said ship Codicils are now used as additions annexed to the Testament when any thing is omitted which the Testator would add or any thing put in which he would retract A Codicil is the same that a Testament is but that it is without an executor See Swinburn in his Treatise of Testaments and Wills p. 1. sect 5. Codinniack Fr. Cotignac conserve or marmolade of Quinces Coemption coemptio a buying together Coemptional coemptionalis which is often in buying or a buying together Among the Romans Coemptionales senes were those old men in whose tuition and authority men by their last Will and Testament left their Widows or Daughters and without whom they might not pass in Dominium virorum per coemptionem i. be married according to the Ceremony called Coemption whereby the Husband and Wife seemed to buy one another Livie See more of this in Godwins Anthology chap. de nuptiis c. Coercible coercibilis which may be bridled or restrained Coertion coertio restraint keeping in order and subjection punishing Coetaneous coaetaneus which is of the same time and age Coeternal coaeternus of the same eternity lasting together for eternity equally eternal Coeval from con and aevum that are of the same age or time Cogitative cogitativus musing pensive full of thoughts Coffa or Cauphe a kind of drink among the Turks and Persians and of late introduced among us which is black thick and bitter destrained from Berries of that nature and name thought good and very wholesom they say it expels melancholy purges choler begets mirth and an excellent concoction Herb. tr 150. nat hist 155. Cognition cognitio knowledge judgment examination of things Cognominal cognominis that hath one and the same name or sir-name Cognoscible from cognosco that may be known or enquired into knowable Coherence cohaerentia a joyning together a loving or agreeing with each other Cohibency cohibentia a keeping under or restraining Cohibition cohibitio a letting or forbidding to do Cognizance or Cognisance cognitio i. knowledge in our Common Law is diversely taken sometimes it signifies an acknowledgement of a Fine or confession of a thing done as also to make Cognizance of taking a distress sometime as an audience or hearing a thing judicially as to take Cognizance Sometime a power or jurisdiction as Cognizance of Plea is an ability to call a Cause or Plea out of another Court which no one can do but the King or supreme Magistrate except he can shew Charters for it Manw. part 1. p. 68. See the new terms of Law and the new book of Entries Verbo Conusance Cognizance is also a badge of Armes upon a Serving-man or Watermans sleeve Cognoscitive from cognosco that knoweth or may be known or enquired Cohesion cohaesio a sticking or cleaving to or together Cohort cohors a Band of Souldiers any company of men whatsoover Cohort was ordinarily a Band of 5000 Soldiers though once or twice in Livie we read of Quadragenariae cohortes See Legion Cohortation cohortatio an exhortation perswading or encouraging Coition coitio an assembly confederacy or commotion also carnal copulation Coines ancones corners of a wall Coincident coincidens that happens at the same time Coincidency a hapning at at the same time Coinquinate coinquino to soil or stain to defile or defame Colaphize colaphizo to buffet or beat with the fist Collabefaction collabefactio a destroying wasting or decaying Collachrymate collachrymo to weep or lament with others Collactaneous collactaneus that is nursed with the same milk Collapsed collapsus slid fallen down discouraged Collaqueate collaqueo to entangle together Collateral collateralis not direct on the one side joyning to or coming from the same side Every degree of kindred is either right lineal or Collateral The right lineal is that which comes from the Grandfather to the Father from the Father to the Son and so still right downward Collateral is that which comes side-ways as first between Brothers and Sisters then between their Children c. Also Uncles Aunts and all Cousens are contained under this term Collateral kindred Collateral assurance is that which is made over and beside the Deed it self For example if a man covenant with another and enter Bond for the performance of his covenant the Bond is termed Collateral assurance because it is external and without the nature and essence of the covenant Cowel Collaterate collatero to joyn side by side Collation collatio a joyning or coping a benevolence of many also a short banquet or repast Collation of a Benefice signifies the bestowing a Benefice by the Bishop that hath it in his own gift or Patronage Book-binders and Sellers also use the word in another sence as to collation a Book is to look diligently by the letters or figures at the bottom of the page to see that no sheet is wanting or too much Collatitious collatitius done by conference or contribution of many Collative collativum subst a Sacrifice made of many mens offerings together a benevolence of the people to the King Collative adjectively conferred together made
affection passion or vexation of mind Dyspepsie Gr. ill concoction or digestion rawness of the stomach Dysopsie Gr. dimness ill sight E. EAldorman among the Saxons was as much as Earl among the Danes Cam. Brit. fo 107. Also an Elder Senator or Statesman And at this day we call them Aldermen that are Associates to the chief Officer of a Town 24. H. 8. ca. 13. Eame Sax. the mothers Brother still retained in Lancashire Eane Sax. Eanian to bring forth as the Ewe doth the Lamb. Eardor-burh Sax. the Metropolis or chief City Easement esamentum is a service that one neighbor hath of another by Charter or prescription without profit as a way through his ground a Sink or such like Kitchin fo 105. which in the Civil Law is called Servitus praedii Easter See Pasche Easterling See Sterling Ebene ebenus a tree that grows in Aethiopia bearing neither leaves nor fruit it is black and has no grain like other wood and is sharp biting in taste being burnt it yields a pleasant smell neither is its smoak offensive but the green wood is so full of sap that it will flame like a candle It is good against many diseases of the eyes That which grows in India is spotted with white and yellow being of less estimation then that of Aethiopia Bull. Ebionites so called from Ebion their first founder who lived in the time of Pope Anaclet and the Emperor Titus about the year of Christ 71. were certain Hereticks that denied the Divinity of our Saviour Christ and held he was onely a man conceived and born from man and woman as the rest of mankind Against which Heresie St. John wrote his Gospel which they impugned and rejected as they did also the Gospels of St. Mark and St. Luke and onely admitted that of St. Matthew Ebriety ebrietas drunkenness Ebriosity ebriositas continual drunkenness Ebrious ebrius drunken or that causeth drunkenness Ebullate ebullo to bubble or burst out Ebullition ebullitio a boiling bubling or seething a rising up in bubbles Eburâ—ean eburneus of Ivory or white like Ivory Eccentrick eccentricus that hath not all one centre or that hath no centre or is out of the centre Eccho or Echo Gr. a resounding or giving again of any noyse or voyce in a Wood Valley or Hollow place Poets feign that this Eccho was a Nymph so called who being rejected by one whom she loved pined away for sorrow in the Woods where her voyce still remains answering the outcrys of all complaints Ecclesiastical ecclesiasticus belonging to the Church or Church-men Eclesiastick Ecclesiastes a Preacher a Church-man Eclipse eclipsis a defect or failing Commonly it signifies a want of light and there are two such Eclipses namely of the Moon and of the Sun Eclipse of the Moon never happens but at her full nor then always but when she is in such a point that the interposition of the earth deprives her of the Sun beams from whence she taketh her light Eclipse of the Sun is not so usual and happens onely at the change of the Moon as when the Moon being between the Sun and us doth with her dark body hide part of his light from us Which was the cause that Dionysius Areopagita seeing the Sun so admirably eclipsed at our Saviours Passion contrary to all reason when the Moon was not in any nearness to hinder his light cryed out in amazement Aut Deus naturae patitur aut machina mundi dissolvetur Either the God of Nature suffers or else the frame of the world will be destroyed Bull. Ecliptick line linea Ecliptica an imagined line running through the midst of the twelve Signs in which the Sun always keeps his course and is so termed because the Eclipses happen when the Moon is either in conjunction or opposition under this line Min. Eclogue or Eglogue ecloga is commonly taken for a Pastoral speech or a Poem containing a communication of Shepherds such as Virgils Eclogues But the word in Greek signifies properly an election or choyce gathering of things together or an abridgement of Authors Ecstasy ecstasis a trance swowning or astonishment a ravishment or transportation of the spirit by passion c. Ecstatick Ecstatical ecstaticus taken with an Ecstacy or trance Ectype ectypum a thing made according to the example and copy a counterfeit Ross Edacity edacitas unsatiable eating greediness of stomack Bac. Eddy Is the running back of the water in some place contrary to the Tide or stream and so falling into the tyde again which happens by reason of some head-land or point in a River jutting out suddenly and so hindering the full current which the water had before it came to that Point And an Eddy wind is that wind which recoils from any Sail or Halse going contrary to that wind whence it proceeds but is never so strong as the other Eden Hebr. delectation or a place of pleasure and delight The Garden of Eden stood near the River Euphrates in Syria and abounded with all manner of pleasures and delights and therefore Eden is used for Paradise Edentate edento to strike out or draw out ones teeth Edict edictum a Commandment Ordinance or Proclamation Edification aedificatio a building But most commonly it is taken for instruction so plainly delivered that the hearer profiteth by it Edifice aedificium from the Hebr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Edhen i. aedes a building or frame of a building also the art of building Edil or Aedil aedilis an inferior Officer among the antient Romans whose charge was to register Sanctions oversee the Building of Temples as also of private houses such as our Church-wardens or Surveyors c. And of these Aediles there were two sorts Plebeii and Curules as you may read in Godwins Anthol ch de Aedilibus Edish Sax. Edise the rowen or aftermash still retained in some parts of England Edisserator Lat. a shewer or declarer Edition editio a setting forth a publishing an impression As of Books we call it a first a second third fourth c. Edition when a book has been so many several times imprinted Edituate aedituor to defend the house or rule over the Temple or house Greg. Edmund Sax. for Eadmund i. happy or blessed peace Our Lawyers do yet acknowledge Mundâ— for peace in their word Mundbrech for breach of Peace Educate educo to bring up or nourish Edward in Sax. Coines Eadward i. Happy keeper The Christian humility of King Edward the Confessor brought such credit to this name that since that time it hath been most usual in all Estates That Ward signifies a keeper is apparent by Wood-ward Mil-ward c. Cam. Effable effabilis that may be spoken uttered or expressed Effascinate effascino to bewitch or charm Effemination effoeminatio a making womanish weak or or wanton a womanizing Effete effoetus which hath lately brought forth that beareth no more barren Fuller Efficacy efficacia force strength vertue or ability Efficacy saith Peacham is a power of speech which
emergo an issuing or coming out a rising up out of the water Emergent emergens issuing or running out this word is often used when we speak of an Emergent occasion which is when it riseth out of somewhat done before Emerald from the Span. esmeralda Lat. Smaragdus a precious stone the greenest of all other and is therefore very comfortable to the sight The best of this sort are brought out of Scythia and some affirm them to be taken out of the Griffins nest It is found by experience as Albertus writes that if the Emrald be good it inclines the bearer to chastity and cannot endure the action of lust There is also a disease sounding near this word for which see Hemorroide Emâ—tique from the Gr. vomiting Emigration emigratio a departing a going from one place to live at another Emication emicatio a shining or appearing aloft Eminency eminentia excellency passing or standing above others Also a particular title of honor given to all Cardinals and is held to be above Excellency Emissary emissarius a suborned accuser a Spye a Tale-bearer one sent out a Scout Emâ—rsion from emergo a rising or appearing out a coming out Emission emissio a shooting sending or casting forth Emit emitto to send forth to publish abroad to cast out Emmanuel Hebr. God with us one of the names under which our Saviour Christ was foretold by the Prophets Isa 7.14 Matth. 1.23 The union of two natures in one person of our Redeemer is noted in this word Joh. 1.14 Emollid emollidus soft tender nice effeminate Emollient emolliens a making soft pliant or loose Emollient medicines i. mollifying or asswaging such are milk hony c. Emoâ—ument emolumentum profit gotten by labor and cost Emotion emotio a stirring or moving forth Empale See Impale Empanel A Law term and signifies the writing or entring the names of a Jury into a Parchment Schedule Roll or paper by the Sheriff which he hath summoned to appear for the performance of such publick service as Jurors are employed in Emparlâ—nce from the Fr. parler to speak signifies in our Common Law a desire or petition in Court of a day to pawse what is best to do or of a day of respite The Civilians call it Petitionem induciarum Emphasie emphasis earnestness or an express signification of ones intention a strong or vigorous pronuntiation of a word a significant force in either Emâ—ical emphaticus that which is uttered with most express signification in such sort that it sets forth to the full the intent of the Speaker forcible vigorous earnest or done with an Emphasie Emphyteuticary Emphyteuticarius he that makes a thing better then it was when he received it that raiseth his rents or improves Mr. Seld. Emphyteâ—icy emphyteuticus set out to farm hire or rent Empirick Empiricus a young and unskilful Physitian who without regard either of the cause of the disease or the constitution of the Patient applies those Medicines whereof either by observation of other mens Receipts or by his own practice he has had experience from some other work they how they will Empirically empiricé done like an Empirick unskilfully done by practice onely without Theory Emplastration emplastratio a plastering or dawbing a graffing by inoculation And in Physick the applying a salve or plaister Empory emporium a Mart-Town a place wherein a general Fair or Market is kept Emporetical emporeticus pertaining to Merchants or Markets Emprimed A term used by Hunters when a Hart first forsakes the Herd Emption emptio buying or purchasing Emptional emptionalis that may be bought or purchased Emptory See Empory Empyreal empyraeus fiery or burning The Empyreal Heaven is the highest Heaven above the Firmament so called because of the bright shining or fiery splendor of it the Mansion or dwelling place of God and his Elect. Emrods See Hemerrhoide Emucid emucidus very filthy mouldy or unclean Emulate aemulo to strive to exceed also to envy or disdain Emulgent emulgens from emulgeo milking or stroaking The Emulgent vein is one of the two main branches of the hollow vein which goes to the reins and there is divided into divers others some call it the Pumping vein Emulsion emulsio any kind of seed c. brayed in water and then strained to the consistence of an Almond milk also any kind of Cream or milky humor Emunctories emunctoria certain kernelly places in the body by which principal parts void their superfluities as under the Arm-pits for the Heart under the Ears for the Brain and the Groin for the Liver Also a pair of Snuffers Enargy enargia evidence clearness or a plain representing of a thing Encaustick encausticus enameled wrought with fire varnished Encheson A. 50. E. 3. c. 3. is a Law French word signifying as much as occasion cause or reason wherfore any thing is done See Skene de verb. sign Enchiridion Gr. a small Manual Book that one may clasp or carry in ones hand a handful of a thing Enclitick Enclitical encliticus that inclines or gives back Enclitical Conjunctions in Grammer are so called because they incline or cast back the accent to the syllable going before of which sort are these three què nè vè which are joyned to the end of other words As in this verse of Horace Indoctúsque pilae discÃve trohÃve quiescit Encomium Lat a praise or song in commendation of any person Encomiastick encomiasticus belonging to or one that writes an Encomium praising commending extolling Encrochment a Law term as when two mens grounds lying together the one presseth too far upon the other or when a Landlord takes more rent or services of his Tenant then of right is due they are called Encroachments c. Encyclical from encyclides pertaining to that learning which comprehnds all Liberal Sciences round Dr. Ham. Encyclopedy encyclopaedia that learning which comprehends all Liberal Sciences an Art that comprehends all others the perfection of all knowledge Enditement indictamentum comes of the French word Inditer i. to accuse or appeach and is a Bill or Declaration made in form of Law for the benefit of the Common-wealth of an accusation for some offence either criminal or penal exhibited to Jurors and by their verdict sound and presented to be true before an Officer having power to punish the same offence Endorsed a term in Heraldry when two beasts are painted with their backs turned to each other Also we call that endorsing when we write the title on the outside of a Letter Endrome endromis a course long-wool'd mantle which Wrastlers and Runners flung upon them when they were anointing and after they had exercised Energy energia efficacy effectual operation or strength Energetical very forcible or effectual Enervate enervo to weaken to cut off sinews to enfeeble Enervity enervitas weakness feebleness Enfranchise from the Fr. Enfranchir to make free to incorporate a man into any Society or Body Politick to make one a free Denizen Engastrimuches engastrimuchi wâ— those that being possessed seemed
to speak out of theit belly England Sax. Engla-land was so first named after the common opinion by Egbert the first sole and absolute Monarch of the English men Engonasâ— or Engonnasâ— the name of one of the Constellations commonly taken for Hercules who in the Globe is figured with his right knee bent in the manner of kneeling and with his left foot treading part of the head of the Dragon Min. Engyscope from the Gr. an instrument for discerning the proportion of small things Enharmoniack enharmonion one of the three general sorts of Musick song of of many parts or a curious concent of sundry Tunes Enigma Aenigma a Riddle a dark speech or intricate sentence Enigmatical aenigmaticus obscure hard to understand full of Riddles Enigmatist aenigmatistes he that makes or propounds Riddles or hard questions Ennead enneas adis nine the number of nine Ennealogue Gr. a speaking or treating of nine points an Oration or Treatise divided into nine parts or Chapters Enoch or Enos pillars The story runs shortly thus Enos the son of Seth the son of Adam who is held to be the first Author of Astrology having heard his Grandfather Adam say all things should be destroyed by the universal Flood was desirous that Science should not perish before it came to the knowledge of men did therefore erect two Pillars one of stone the other of brick to the intent if the brick wasted with water or storms yet the stone should preserve the Letters whole and perfect and in these Pillars were graved all that concerns the observations of the stars c. one of which Josephus affirms remained even in his time See Astronomy Enodate enodo to unknit to cut away the knot to declare or make manifest to untie Enormitâ— enormitas want of measure or rule unevenness hugeness Ensiferous ensifer that bears or carries a Sword Enquest Inquisitio is in our Common Law especially taken for that Inquisition or Enquest of Jurors or by Jury which is the most usual tryal of all causes both criminal and civil in our Land Entaile feudum talliatum comes of the Fr entaillé And in our Common Law is a Substantive abstract signifying Fee tayl or Fee entailed See Fee and Tail Entelechie entelechia a soul or form that hath power or motion within herself Entendment Fr. wit or understanding It signifies in our Common Law so much as the true meaning or signification of a word or sentence Of which see Kitch fo 224. To Enterfeir from the Lat. inter and ferire to rub or dash one heel against the other to exchange some blows Enthalamize from Thalamus to bring the Bride-groom and Bride to their Bed-chamber Enthean or Entheater entheatus inspired with God Enthusiasts or Enthusiasiâ—s a Sect of people that thought themselves inspired with a Divine Spirit and to have a clear sight of all things they believed c. Spondanus says they sprung from the Anabaptistical Sect of Nicholas Stork of Silesia in the year 1522. Enthusiasm or Enthysiasm enthysiasmus an inspiration a ravishment of the â—pirit divine motion Poetical fury Enthysâ—asmicaâ— pertaining to an inspiration Enthymeme enthymema is a term of Logick and signifies an imperfect Syllogism which wants either the major or minor Proposition As for example Every sin deserveth correction Every theft is a sin Therefore every theft deserves correction Now if we leave out the first part called the major and say thus Every theft is a sin Therefore every theft deserves correction Or omit the second part called the minor and say Every sin deserves correction therefore every theft deserves correction then it is called an Enthymeme to wit a keeping in the mind for so the word properly signifies because one of these parts is concealed in the mind and not uttered and in that regard it is called truncatus Syllogismus a lame or maimed Syllogism Enthymematical pertaining to an Enthymeme Entitatively entitativè a term in Philosophy and is when a thing is taken according to its essence form or being Entitie entitas a being or subsistence Enucleate enucleo to take out the kernel to declare or explicate a difficulty to interpret or expound To Envelope Sp. Envelopér to wrap unfold involve or inclose also to poster or incumber Enumerate enumero to reckon up to declare to number Enunciative enunciatum Subst any thing pronounced or spoken a proposition or speech which simply affirms or denies any thing as to say Peter is a Scholar Peter is no Scholar To Enunciate enuncio to pronounce utter or reveal Enure See Inure Eolian pertaining to Aeolus the god of the winds also inconstant as the wind Epact epacta the day put to or added to make the Leap year or it is a number of eleven days in which the common Solar year exceeds the common Lunar year the one consisting of 365 days the other of 354 days and therefore they add the excess unto the Lunar year to coequal them For Epacta comes from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which signifies intercalare or addere by the addition of which excess in every four years there is gotten a number more then 30 which is greater then the Epact can be because from Change to Change there can be but Thirty days therefore Thirty must be taken from that excess and the remainder is the Epact for the next year As 1659. the Epact is Seventeen whereto add Eleven which makes Twenty eight that is the Epact for the next year To get the Epact for ever do thus Multiply the Prime by Eleven parting the Product by Thirty and the Remainder is the Epact Or see the age of the Moon the Eleven Kalends of April for that is the number of the Epact Hop Concord Epatride were Noble men among the Athenians and held the like dignity with them as the Patricii did at Rome Eparch Eparchus the President of a Province or the chief of all the Provincial Presidents Epheby ephebus a Stripling of fourteen years of age and upwards An Ephemeran or Ephemerides ephemeris idis a book wherein daily Acts are registred a Journal or Diary commonly it is taken for a book of Astronomy in use among such as erect figures to cast mens Nativities by which is shewn how all the Planets are placed every day and hour of the year Ephemeridian belonging to such a Register or Day-book Ephemerist One that registreth daily actions or one that casteth Nativities with the help of an Ephemerides a maker of an Ephemerides Ephesian Temple i. The Temple of Diana at Ephesus See Diana Ephesian Moan may be taken for a sad and continual lamentation and is deduced from Heraclitus a Philosopher of Ephesus who always wept at the miseries of the world and mortal men The phrase is used by Du Bartas Ephi or Epha an Hebrew measure containing nine Gallons of ours Ephialtes Gr. the night Mare it is a kinde of disease commonly called the Elfe or Night-Mare with which whoever is affected he supposes himself to be invaded by some spirit which
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 ratiâ—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 Etesiaâ— 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 bapâ—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 Eâ—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 â—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
Excelsity excelsitas height loftiness Excentrick excentricus that moveth out of its Center or that hath no Center Excentrick Orbes are those circles in heaven which have not their center in the Center of the earth Excentricity the being out of Center Exceptor Lat. he that write ones words as he speaks them a gatherer Excety excerpo to pick out or choose Excern excerno to sift to purge to seirce to bolt Bac. Excision excisio a breaking down a wasting or destroying Excitate excito to stir up to encourage Exclusion exclusio a shutting out a debarring Exclusory exclusorius that hath power to exclude or shut out Excommunication excommunicatio is thus defined by Panormitan Excommunicatio est nihil aliud quà m censura à Canone vel Judice Ecclesiastico prolata inflicta privans legitima communione sacramentorum quandoque hominum And it is divided in majorem minorem Minor est per quam quis à sacramentorum participatione conscientia vel sententia arcetur Major quae non solum à Sacramentorum verumetiam fidelium communione excludit ab omni actu legitimo separat dividit Venatorius de Sent. Excom Excommunication is a Censure inflicted by the Canon or Ecclesiastick Judge depriving the person offending or the lawful Communion or the Sacraments and sometimes of the liberty even of conversing with the faithful Excoriate excorio to pluck off the skin or hide to flay or fret the skin off How Excreable excreabilis that may be voided by spitting or retching Excrement excrementum the dregs of digestion made in the body the offal or refuse of any thing Excrementous Excrementitious pertaining to the excrements or refuse of nature or other thing dreggy filthy full of excrements Excrescence from excresco the unnatural swelling or growing out of a thing as of a wart wen c. Excretion excretio the voiding of excrements or superfluity in the body Excrutiate excrucio to torment or vex Exculcaâ— exculco to tread trample or kick up Exculcate exculpo as to clear ones self of a fault Excuriate excurio to throw out of the Court. Excursion excursio a skirmish an invasion or inroad a digression in speech a running out Excusatory excusatorius pertaining to excuse excusing Excussion excussio a diligent inquisition or examination a shaking off a casting off or out Execation execatio a cutting forth or away Execrable execrabilis cursed detestable horrible Execration execratio a cursing or banning a wishing of mischief to come Executor Lat. one that executes or does a thing But more particularly 't is he that is appointed by any man in his last Will and Testament to have the disposing of all his substance according to the contents of the said Will. See more of this in the Office of Executors Exemplat Lat. a person or thing containing an example to follow or eschew As Cicero is exemplar and his Eloquence exemplum Exemplifie exemplifico to give an example or copy Exemption exemptio a taking away an exception or priviledging Exenterate exentero to pull out the garbish or guts of a thing to unbowel or empty Exequies exequiae funeral solemnities at a Burial so called à sequendo because the Corps go first and the multitude follows Exequial exequialis that brings or pertains to a Funeral Exercitate exercito to exercise often to use much Exercitation exercitatio use custom practice Exert exertus shewed or put forth standing out open drawn Exesion exesio a gnawing or eating up a consuming Exâ—aâ—e exhalo to breath out to cast forth a breath or fume also to give up Exhalation exhalatio a fumy smoak hot and dry drawn out of the Earth by the heat of the Sun which being inflamed is the material cause of divers fiery impressions in the Air and being thin and lighter then a vapor is carried up even to the highest Region Goodly Gallery Exâ—armonians discords or dissonances in musick Exhausted exhaustus drawn out emptied consumed Exhibite exhibeo to set abroad to present to give to shew it self Exhibition exhibitio a giving deliverance or preservation a gift or allowance Exhilâ—râ—re exhilaro to make one merry to refresh Exhilaration says my Lord Bacon has some affinity with joy though it be a much lighter motion Nat. hist 151. Exâ—guity exiguitas littleness scarceness slenderness Exigenâ— exigens a straitness narrowness distress or necessity Also a Writ which lyes where a man brings a personal Action and the Defendant cannot be found nor hath any thing within the County whereby he may be attached or destrained then this Writ shall go forth to the Sheriff to make Proclamation at five Counties one after another that if he appear not he shall be out-lawed and if he be out-lawed then all his Goods and Chattels are forfeit to the King In an Indictment of Felony the Exigent shall go forth after the first Capias And there are four Exigenters who are Officers in the Common-Pleas that make out these Exigents Exiguoâ—s exiguus little small slender Exilition from exilio a leaping or going out hastily Exility exilitas slenderness leanness smalness Exile exilium banishment Eximious eximius excellent singular choice Eximiety eximitas excellency Exinanited exinanitus pilled robbed emptied exceedingly abased reduced to nothing Exinanition exinanitio an emptying an evacuation a bringing to nothing Existimate existimo to suppose to judge to think or deem Exit the third person of exeo to go out he went forth or departed out he ended and is sometimes used Substantively Exitial Exitious exitiosus mischievous dangerous baneful deadly destructive Exodus Gr. ab 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. extra out and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. via a way a going forth or departing out The second Book of the Old Testament is so called because it treats of the people of Israels going out of the Land of Egypt Min. Exoine Fr. an excuse a discharge of or toleration for absence upon a lawful cause alledged See Essoine Exolete exoletus past grown out of use worn out stale Exolution exolutio a full and perfect payment also a faintness or looseness of all the parts of the body Exonerate exonero to unload to ease to dispatch Exoptable exoptabilis to be desired or wished Exorable exorabilis easie to be entreated Exorbitate exorbito to go out of the right way to be irregular Exorbitancies exorbitantiae things out of order rule or measure extravagancies Exorcisâ— exorcizo to adjure to charge the devil in the name of God or by the reverence that is due to holy things to do the will of him that Exorciseth Exorcism exorcismus adjuration prayers used by the Church against the power of the devil Exorcist exorcista one who by a special gift of God calls foul spirits out of the bodies of those who are possessed with them Exordium Lat. a beginning an entrance Exornate exorno to garnish to adorn to make fair Exortive exortivus that pertains to rising or the East part Exosseous exossus without bones that hath no bones Exoster exostra
name Herrogh and the Germans write it Herirog Verst Herility herilitas Mastership Hericano See Haracanâ—a Heriot alias Hariot heriotum in the Saxon Heregeat from here i. exercitus it signified in our Saxon time a tribute given to the Lord for his better preparation toward war The name is still retained but the use altered for whereas by Mr. Lamberts opinion it signified as much as Relief doth now with us it is taken now for the best Chattel that the Tenant hath at the hour of his death due to the Lord by custom be it Horse Oxe or any such like Hermaphrodite hermaphroditus one that is both man and woman Hermes sire See Furole Hermetical pertaining to or like Hermes or Mercury Hermitress A woman Hermite or Eremite one who lives in a wilderness Hermopaly hermopolium a place where Images are sold Heroical heroicus noble stately excellent the three Heroical vertues are 1. Moderation of Anger 2. Temperance in Covetousness 3. The despising of Pleasures Heroick Poem so called for that it treats of the manners of Heroes or heroick persons not natural Causes manners presented not dictated and manners fained as the name of Poesie imports not found in men The part of an heroick Poem is to exhibite a venerable and amiable Image of heroick vertue Mr. Hobbs See Poesie Hesperides the daughters of Hesperus brother to Atlas called Aegle Arethusa and Hesperethusa They had Gardens and Orchards that bore golden fruit kept by a vigilant Dragon which Hercules slew and robbed the Orchard From this story we find often mention of the Gardens and Apples of Hesperides Heteroclite heterocliton that is declined otherwise then common Nouns are Heteroclital belonging to an Heteroclite Heteriark heteriacha the Captain of the Bands of the Allyes and Ayds also an Abbot Heterodox Gr. that is of another or different opinion Heterodoxy Gr. different opinion variety of judgment Heterogenâ—al heterogeneus of another kind Heterogencity from the Gr. the being of another kind Dr. Charleton Heteroscians heteroscii those people that dwell under either of the temperate Zones so called because their shadows at noon bend still but one way either North or South Hexagonal hexagonus that has six corners or angles Hexameter Lat. a Verse consisting of six feet all either Dactyls or Spondees save that a Dactyl is proper to the fifth place and a Spondee to the last other places are capable of either foot as Oâ—ia damnantur quae nulla negotia tractant These are also called Heroiques and were used to represent the memorable actions of those the Antients called Demi-Gods This Hexameter the Latins found most grave and decent for their Epique Poems instead of which we use the line of ten syllables recompencing the neglect of their quantity with the diligence of Rhyme Hobbs Hexastick hexasticum six Verses together or a sentence contained in six Verses H.S. See in I. I.S. Hiation hiatio a gaping Hibernian of or pertaining to Ireland Hichel Sax. a certain instrument with iron teeth to kâ—mb flax or hemp Hidage or Hydage was an extraordinary tax to be paid for every Hide of Land See Bract. lib. 2. cap. 6. Hide or Hyde of Land hida terrae Saxonice Hideâ—andes is a certain measure or quantity of Land by some mens opinion that may be plowed with one Plow in a year Terms of Law By others it is an hundred Acres By Beda who calls it familiam it is as much as will maintain a family Crompt in his Juris fol. 220. saith it consists of an hundred Acres And again fol. 222. A Hide of Land contains a hundred Acres and eight Hides or eight hundred Acres contain a Knights Fee Of this read more in Mr. Lamberts explication of Saxon words in Hida terrae Hidromel See Hydromel Hierarchy hierarchia an holy governance or principality The Hierarchy or Holy Order of Angels contains as some affirm nine degrees and is a mystical resemblance of the Blessed Trinity there being in nine thrice three and in every three thrice one So that there are three superior three inferior and three middle degrees The superior are Seraphins Cherubins and Thrones the middle Dominations Principalities and Powers the inferior Vertues Archangels Angels Bull. Hierarchical hierarchicus pertaining to a holy Governnour or government Hieratical hieraticus sacred holy destined to things sacred As Hieratick Paper fine Paper dedicated onely to Religious Books Hieroglyphicks hieroglyphica mystical Letters or Cyphers among the Egyptians by Images signifying holy Sentences which were to them instead of writing As for a Moneth they painted a Palm-tree because at every New Moon it sends forth a bew branch For God a Faulcon as well for that he soars so high as that he governs the lesser birds They described Envy by the Eele because it never keeps company with other fishes The liberal man was figured by a right hand wide open As contrariwise the avaritious niggard by a left hand close grip'd c. Hierograms from the Gr. sacred Letters or writings Hierographie Gr. a description or pourtraying of divine things Rerum divirarum adumbratio per quaedam signa Scap. Hierome Gr. a holy name St Hierome a Reverend Father of the Church much honored for translating the Bible lived in the year of Christ 384. Hiâ—rommiâ—ns a Religious Order that had their beginning of St. Hierome who leaving his Native Country went into Jury and there not far from Bethelem lived in a Monastery very devoutly the latter end of his life and died in the 91 year of his age and of Christ 421. The Monks of this Order wear their Cloaths of a brown colour and a Cope plaited over their Coat girt with a leathern Girdle There were also certain Hermites called Hieronimians of the foundation of one Charls Granel of Florence who about the year of Christ 1365 became an Hermite in the Mountains of Fessulus Hierosolymilan from Hierosolyma of or pertaining to Jerusalem Hilarity hilaritas mirth pleasantness chearfulness Hiâ—uâ—m Hebr. praises a Song sung at the Jews marriages by the Bridegrooms intimate friends To Himple Sax. to halt used in the North of England Hine seems to be used for a servant at Husbandry and the Master Hine a servant that oversees the rest An. 12. R 2. cap. 4. See Henchman Hinnible hinnibilis that can neigh as a horse apt to neigh. Hipocras or Hippocras a compound Wine mixed with several kinds of Spices so called from Hippocrates the Physitian said to be the first inventer of it Hipparch hipparchus the Master of the horses See the quality of this Office among the antient Athenians in part 1. Treas of Times p. 115. Hippiedes Gr. images of women on horse-back Hippiaticks Gr. books treating of horses Hippicon or Hippicun Gr. a measure of ground containing eight miles or rather four furlongs Hist of Philos Hippocentâ—ure hippocentaurus a Monster having in part the shape of a horse See Centaur Hippona the Goddess of horses Hippodrome hippodromus a Tilt-yard a place where horses are broken or exercised in running
5. Ed. 6. ca. 14. A 5. Eliz. ca. 14. An. 13. Eliz. ca. 25. These are Mr. Wests words part 2. Symbol tit Indictments Sect. 64. Howbeit this definition rather belongs to unlawful ingrossing then to the word in general See Forestal See Acts 1650. ca. 31. Inhalation inhalatio a breathing in or upon Inhesion inhoesio a cleaving in or sticking fast unto Inherent inhaerens sticking to or abiding in Inhibition inhibitio a forbidding or stopping It is also a Wit to inhibit or forbid a Judge from further proceeding in the cause depending before him See Fitz. nat br fol. 39. where he puts prohibition and inhibition together Inhibition is most commonly a Writ issuing out of a higher Court Christian to a lower and inferior upon an Apppeal An. 24. H. 8. ca. 12. And Prohibition out of the Kings Court to a Court Christian or to an inferior temporal Court Inhospital inhospitalis unapt for entertaining harborless Inidoneous inidoneus unfit improper Injection injectio a casting in or upon also in Physick a squirting or conveying a liquid medicine by Siringe c. into some part of the body or into a hollow or fistulous ulcer Inimicitial inimicitialis despightful envious enemy-like Inimitable inimitabilis that cannot be counterfeited or followed incomparable Initiate initio to enter or begin Initiative Initiated initiatus which hath ended his Apprentiship or is a young beginner in the first principles licensed or admitted to Injunction injunctio is a Writ issuing out of the Chancery sometimes to give possession to the Plaintiff for want of the Defendants appearance sometimes to stay proceeding in a Cause at Common Law upon suggestion made that the rigor of the Law if it take place is against equity and conscience in that case See West part 2. Symb. tit Proceeding in Chancery Sect. 25. Inlagary inlagatio is a restitution of one outlawed to the Kings protection and to the benefit or estate of a subject Bract. l. 3. tract 2. c. 14. numb 6 7 8. Britton ca. 13. Inlapidate from in and lapis to make hard stony or like a stone Bac. Inlay Sax. a term among Joyners and signifies a laying of coloured wood in Wainscoat-works Bedsteds Cupboads c. See Marquetry It is also used by Goldsmiths Cutlers and others as to Inlay with Gold or Silver Inmates those that are admitted to dwell for their money joyntly with another man though in several rooms of his Mansion house passing in and out by one door and not being able to maintain themselves which are inquirable in a Leet Kitch fol. 45. where you may read him at large who are properly Inmates in the intendment of Law and who not Innatable innatabilis that cannot be swimmed in Innavigable innavigabilis that cannot be sailed in that will not bear a ship or boat Inns of Court or Chancery See Templaries and Moot-men Innitent innitens endeavoring or assaying Innocents day or Childermass day a Feast celebrated by the Roman Catholicks on the 28 of December in memory and honor of those innocent children Herod slew not long after our Saviours Nativity when he sought for Christ himself thinking to destroy him Innocuous innocuus hurtless also safe that is not hurt Innominable innominabilis not to be named Innovate innovo to make or become new to renew or change his old fashions Innovator Lat. he that makes alteration or brings in new customs Innoxious innoxius wherein there is no danger that hath no harm Also safe Innubilous innubilus fair without clouds serene Innuendo is a Law term most used in Declarations and other pleadings and the office of this word is onely to declare and design the person or thing which was named incertain before as to say he innuendo the Plaintiff is a Thief when as there was mention before of another person Innutrition innutritio a nourishing or bringing up Inocciduous inocciduus that never useth to fall never sleeps never sets or goes down as some stars do Inoculatâ— inoculo to graff a bud by cutting a round hole in the bark of another tree and setting it on with clay or when an hole is bored in a tree and a kernel put in with a little loam Inominal inominalis unlucky unhappy Inopacous inopacus open not shadowed Inopinate inopinatus unthought of unlooked for not hoped for strange or contrary to the common opinion Inopious inopiosus poor needy destitute Inoptable inoptabilis not to be wished for Inorganicâ—l inorganicus that hath no organ or instrument A body is said to be inorganical when it wants right dispositions for the operations of the soul whereunto it is ordained Inorganity inorganitas the want of such dispositions Inquination inquinatio a staining or defiling a disgracing Inquisition inquisitio a diligent search or enquiry strict examination Spanish Inquisition was first created and called the Sacred Council of Inquisition about or not long after the year 1492. at which time the Empire of the Moors ended in Spain by the valor of Fardinand the Catholick Such Moors as after the decay of their Kingdom staid in Spain were by a Statute in that case provided to be christned And that they might be known to be as they professed this Inquisition was ordained consisting of a President and he always an Ecclesiastical person as the Archbishop of Tolledo or Sevil assisted by twelve other Councellors who deal altogether in matters appertaining to Religion Insanity insanitas madness disease of mind Insanguin'â— from in and sanguis bloodied dipt or dyed in blood Insative insativus that is not planted sown or graffed that which comes forth of its own accord Insaturable insaturabilis that cannot be filled or contented insatiable Inscâ—ous inscius ignorant not knowing unskilful Inscription inscriptio a note title or mark written or engraven a superscription Such was that the Jews put upon the Cross when they crucified our Saviour JESVS NASARENVS REX JVDEORVM for which words these letters are ordinarily used over the head of a Crucifix J. N. R. J. Inscrutable inscrutabilis unsearchable bottomless mystical not to be sounded or known Insecable insecabilis that cannot be cut or parted Insect insecta a smal fleshless and bloodless vermine divided in some sort between the head body and belly as an Ant Flye Bee c. under which the Earth-worm Caterpillar c. are also comprehended Lord Bacon useth Insecta's for creatures bred of putrefaction Nat. Hist 143. Insectation insectatio a railing against one with all the evil words he can use Insection insectio a declaration Treatise or long continued talk also a cutting Insensate insensatus foolish senceless Felth. Insident insidens sitting on or in remaining continuing Insidiate insidior to lay wait deceive or ensnare Insidious insidiosus full of wiles and deceitfulness crafty dangerous Insinuate insinuo to put in his bosom to put in ones mind covertly to wind steal or convey himself into to creep by little into ones favor to give a slight touch of a thing Insipid insipidus unsavory without taste or relish also weak
black and blew wan of the colour of lead also malicious envious backbiting Lividity lividitas blewness the colour appearing upon a stroke a dead earthly leaden colour Livor Lat. a black and blew mark in a body coming of a stroke or blow also blackness of the eyes coming of humors also envy malice Lixiviated from lixivia of or like or washed with Lee or Lye made of ashes Dr. Br. Lixor Lat. a Water-bearer Lizard lacertus a little beast much like our Evet but without poyson breeding in Italy and other hot Countries whose dung is good to take away spots in the eye and clear the sight And its head being bruised and laid to draws out thorns or any thing sticking in the flesh Lobbe is a great kind of North-Sea-fish An. 31. Ed. 3. Stat. 3. ca. 2. Local localis pertaining to a place It signifies in our Common Law as much as tyed or annexed to a place certain Example the thing is local and annexed to the freehold Kitch fol. 180. Locality localitas the being of a thing in a place Location locatio a placing or setting in a place Also a letting out to hire or setting out work by the great Loche See Lohoc Lococession from locus and cedo a giving place Locomotion locus and motio a moving or stirring from one place to another Dr. Br. Loculament loculamentum a little place of bords made with holes for Pigeons or Conies a Coffin for a Book also the several places wherein the seeds lye as in Poppy heads Dr. Charl. Locuplicity locuplicitas abundance of wealth Locuplete locuples rich wealthy well-stored Locust locusta a kind of flying insect or Fly which the French term Cigale of which we have none in England See Dr. Brown in his Vul. Err. lib. 5. ca. 3. There were divers kinds of these some hurtful and venemous others comodious for meat Mat. 3.4 His meat was locusts which some conceive to be the tops of herbs and plants Lodemanage is the hire of a Pilot for conducting a ship from one place to another and comes from the Dutch Loot i. lead and in the same Dutch the Pilot is called Lootsman or Piâ—looâ— the man of lead or casting out his lead to save the Ship from danger Min. Chaucer would have this word signifie the skill or art of Navigation See Pilot. Lodestar a Star that guides Mariners the north star Lodestone magnes a stone of the colour of rusty iron which hath an admirable vertue not onely to draw iron to it self but to make any iron on which it is rubbed to draw iron also This stone is found in the Indian Sea and in the Country Trachonitis and is of greatest use in Navigation For by it Saylers find out the certain course of their Voyage the needle in the Compass tempered herewith still standing directly towards the North and South Read more of this stone in Dr. Br. Vul. Err. l. 2. c. 2. Locution locutio a saying or speaking Lodâ—works one of the works belonging to the Stanaries in Cornwal for which see Cam. Brit. in the title Cornwal See Stremeworks Log the name of an Hebrew measure as the Sextarius Atticus was among the Greeks Logarithmes logarithmi a term in Mathematicks signifying numbers which being fitted to proportional numbers retain always equal differences Wingate Logick logica the Art of Logick the Art of reasoning or disputing Logick according to my Lord Bacon professes the preparation and contrivance of Aids and Forces for the understanding Arts Logical or intellectual are four Art of Enquiry or Invention Art of Examination or Judgement Art of Custody or Memory and Art of Elocution or Tradition c. See his Advancement of Learning fol. 218 219. Logician logicus one skilled or learned in the Art of Logick Logism the due and judicious understanding of a thing formerly considered and esteemed of according to reason Cot. Logist logista he that causeth presidents or notable â—ayings to be registred a caster of accounts The Logists among the Athenians saith Harpocration were ten men elected out of the Tribes to whom all such as had ended their Office of Magistracy within thirty days of their Authorities expiration were to render an account of all such affairs as they had then administration of They not onely kept account of the moneys but of all other matters that appertained to the Kings revenue c. Logistick logistice the Art of counting or reckoning the practice of Arithmetick or that part thereof which contains Addition Substraction Multiplication and Division Logographers logographi Lawyers Clerks they that write Pleas and Causes in the Law or Books of Accompt Logomachy logomachia a contention in or strife about words a verbal altercation Lohoch or Loch a Physical word and is a thick Syrrup or other soft substance or confection which must not be swallowed but suffered to melt of it self in the mouth that so it may gently slide down and thereby have the more vertue against diseases of the Brest Lungs and throat Culpepper says it is an Arabick word and simply signifies a thing to be licked up Lollardâ— Lollardi a Sect that abounded in England in the days of Edw. 3. and Hen. 5 An. 2. H. 5. ca. 7. of these read Stows Annals p. 425. Tritemius in his Chronicle deduces the name from one Gualter Lolhard a German as the first author of that Sect living about the year 1315. And Chilian says Lollardus fuit Alexianus Monachus Lollardus quoque dicitur Haereticus Valdersis These Lolhards were much consenting with the Wicklevites in opinions they began in time of P. Innocent the sixth and Charles the fourth Emperor of that name says another Author See their Tenets in B. Spotswoods hist of Scotl. fol. 61. As for the word Lollard retained in our Statutes since the Reformation it seems now as a generical name to signifie such who in their opinions oppose the setled Religion of the Land in which sence the Sheriffs are bound by their oath to suppress them Lombardeer an Usurer or Broaker so called from the Lombards a people of the hither part of Italy who were great Usurers they were called Lombards alias Longobards from their long Beards which they wore Hence our word Lumbar which signifies refuse Housholdstuff Lombard is also by the same reason used for a bank for Usury or Pawns Hence Lombardstreet which is still full of Goldsmiths and Moneyers See Causines Lome lutum dirt mud or morter Longevity longaevitas long or old age Longanimity longanimitas long-suffering patience forbearance In Divinity it is thus defined Longanimity is an untired confidence of mind in respecting the good things of the life to come Longinquity longinquitas long distance of place length of time continuance long lasting or long life Longitude longitudo length of place time or any other thing The Longitude of a Star is the arch of the Ecliptick contained between the beginning of Aries and the circle of the stars latitude In Geography the longitude of a place
oppicatio a covering with pitch Opium Lat. or Opiate the juyce of black Poppy sold dry by Apothecaries It is sometimes used in Physick to cause sleep or to asswage excessive pain but then it must be mixed with other things and given with great discretion for taken alone it will cast one into a deadly sleep being cold and dry in the fourth degree Bul. Oppidan oppidanus a Citizen or Townsman Oppignorate oppignoro to lay in pledge to gage or pawn Oppilation oppilatio an obstruction or stopping the Liver or other chief entrals Oppilative oppilatus obstructive stopping shut up Oppletion oppletio a filling up Opportune opportunus meet for the purpose fit convenient in due time and as it ought to be Opposite oppositum a contrary Aristotle makes four kinds of Opposites first those that are relativè opposita as the Husband and Wife the Master and Servant c. which have reference each to other Secondly those which are Contraria as Right and Wrong Ignorance and Science c. Thirdly Those that are privativè opposita as Light and Darkness Sight and Blindness which succeed and deprive one another The fourth and last kind of Opposites are those which in Propositions and Clauses are Contradicentia the one affirming and the other negative c. J. Doderidge Opprobrious opprobriosus reproachful in words upbraiding reviling taunting Oppugn oppugno to assault to batter to lay seige unto to fight against Also to reason against a thing earnestly Opsimathie opsimathia a learning when one is old Opsonator Lat. a buyer or purveyor of meats a Cater a Manciple Optable optabilis that is to be desired wished or looked for Optation optatio choyce opinion wishing desiring Optative optatum a wish or desire It is also used adjectively as wishing for or that desireth Optick Optical opticus pertaining to the sight Optick sinews are those which bring the vertue of seeing to the eyes So the Optick Science is that by which the reason of sight is known Art speculative Optimacy from optimates a Government in a Commonwealth by noble or other chief persons Optimitie optimitas utility great profit excellency Option optio choyce or election Optive See Adoptive Opulencie opulentia riches abundance plenty wealth Opulent opulentus rich plentiful wealthy abundant Opuscule opusculum a little work a little labor Or Fr. Gold In Heraldry it signifies gold colour Ore ora the end or extreme part of any thing a Region Land or Country Thus Lempsters Ore is that fertile part of Herefordshire which lyes about two miles round that Town Oracle oraculum a Sentence Council or Answer given by God also a notable saying or judgement a Prophesie or Prediction Among the Gentiles these Oracles were but illusions of the Devil who answered for the most part doubtfully in Idols to questions made to him As a great Prince going to the Wars and demanding of the Oracle what success he should have had this ambiguous answer given him Ibis redibis nunquam per bella peribis Which he thus commaing Ibis redibis nunquam per c. ventured on the War and was slain There were two principal places of Oracles one of Ammon in Lybia the other at Delphi in Booetia at the first Jupiter in this Apollo were said to give answers These Oracles ceased at the coming of our Saviour Oracular pertaining to an Oracle Oral from Os oris pertaining to the Mouth Visage face look favor or voyce Oratory oratorium a place wholly dedicated to prayer a Closet a private Chappel to pray in Oratorians a Religious Fraternity or Order instituted the last age by St. Philip Nerius a Florentine Priest They took name from the place first frequented by them for their exercises of Preaching and Catechising which was the Oratory of St. Hierom in Rome Orbation orbatio a depriving or bereaving one of his goods or of any other thing poverty Orbical Orbicular orbicus round like a circle circular Globie Orbiculated orbiculatus made round in the form of a circle or compass Orbitie orbitas the want of children on the Parents part the want of parents on the childrens part any want or privation Orchal orca a stone like Allum used sometimes by Dyers to raise a red colour Ordael or Ordeal ordalium signifies as much as judgement and is compounded as some say of two Saxon words Or a privatitive as A in Greek and dael i. â—ars q Expers But it is artificially used for a kind of purgation practised in antient times whereby the party purged was judged Expers criminis called in the Common Law Purgatio vulgaris and utterly condemned by Pope Steven the second There was of this four sorts one by Kampfight not unlike our Duel The second called Fire-Ordeal which was for the accused to pass blindfold with bare feet over hot Plowshares c. of which see Mr. Fullers hist Cent. 11. p. 141. The third was hot water-Ordeal by putting his arms up to the elbows in seething water c. The fourth was cold water-Ordeal like the late used trial of Witches Of these at large see Verstegan p. 50 51. and Lambert in his explication of Saxon words Verbo Ordalium where he expresses such superstitions as were used in it Mr. Manwood part 1. pag. 15. But Hotom especially disput de feud ca 41 c. Ordalian Law was that Law which instituted the Ordael aforesaid and was long before the Conquest but did continue of force in England till the time of King John in whose days it was abrogated as Pol. Vir. Holinshed Supplimentum Chronicorum witness Ordinal ordinale is properly a Book of Direction for Bishops to give holy Orders and for other things belonging to their Function but sometimes used for a Book containing the Orders and Constitutions of a Religious House or Colledge Ordinary ordinarius though in the Civil Law whence the word is taken it signifies any Judge that has authority to take knowledge of Causes in his own right as he is a Magistrate and not by deputation yet in our Common Law it is most commonly and usually taken for him that hath ordinary Jurisdiction in causes Ecclesiastical See Brook and Linwood hoc titulo Oreads oreades Fairies of the mountains Oredelf is a liberty whereby a man claims the Ore found in his own ground It properly signifies Ore lying under ground as a Delf of Coal is coal lying in veins under ground before it is digged up Orfraies aurifrisium frizled cloth of gold made and used in England both before and since the Conquest worn both by the Clergy and the Kings themselves as may appear out of Math. Paris where he speaks of the Ornaments sent by the Abbots of England to the Pope and also by a Record in the Tower where the King commands the Templars to deliver such Jewels Garments and Ornaments as they had of his in keeping among which he names Dalmaticum velatum de Orefreis that is a damask garment guarded with Orfraies Of old the Jackets or Coat Armors of
be so much as six Oxen will plough Cromp. Iurisd fol. 220. But an Ox-gang seems properly to be spoken of such as lies in Gainour Old nat br fol. fol. 117. Mr. Skene de verbor signif verbo bovata terrae saith an Ox-gang of land should always contain thirteen Acres and that four Oxen-gates extended to a pound land of old extent Oxymel Gr. a Potion or syrrup made of honey vinegar and water sod together good to cut and cleanse gross flegmatick humors sometimes there are boyled certain roots and seeds with it and then it is called Oxymel composiâ—um sometimes it made with honey vinegar and the Sea Onion and then it is named Oxymel Scylliticum which also is of two sorts to wit simple and compound See Dioscor l. 1. c. 22. Galen l. 4. de sanit tuend Oxyporopolist oxyporopola he that sells meat in sharp sawce or syrrup Oyer and Terminer audiendo terminando in true French Oüir and Terminer is in the intendment of our Law a Commission especially granted to certain persons for hearing and determining one or more causes This was wont to be in use upon some sudden outrage or insurrection in any place Crompt Jurisd fo 131. See Assize Oyes a corruption from the Fr. Oyez i. hear ye and is used by Criers in our Courts of Law when they make Proclamation of any thing Ozena Gr. a disease or sore in the Nose causing a stinking savour P PAbular Pabulous pabularis pertaining to Fodder Provender Forrage or meat for Beasts Br. Pabulatory the same Pacal pacalis that brings or signifies peace peaceable Pacator Lat. a pacifier asswager or quieter Pace passus a pace in going a step or stride of these there are two sorts Passus minor vel simplex the measure of two feet and a half which is usually the distance from the toes of the fore-foot to the heels of the hinder foot Passus major sive Geometricus a Pace or fathom of five foot and by this Pace miles are measured In some places they reckon three foot and an half to the Pace Tho. Paciferous pacifer that brings peace and quietness Pacification pacificatio a pleasing peace-making quieting or appeasing Pacifiquâ— Pacificatory pacificatorius of or belonging or serving to make peace and quietness Paction pactio an accord bargain or agreement That Truce which in time of war is concluded upon and accepted of both sides for a certain limited space of time is properly called Paction Pactitious pactitius done by bargain or upon condition or agreement Pactolus a River in Lydia having sandy gravel like gold therefore feigned to have gold in its waters Paddock from the Belg. Padde a Toad Paean Gr. a hymn or song of praise made to Apollo at such time as any plague or pestilence raged and also after the obtaining some victory or triumph as Jo Paean Ovid an exclamation or outery uttering the joy which one hath by any prosperity or welfare Paduenâ—agâ— Fr. common of pasture in one or divers parishes Cotg. Paganalian from Paganalia of or belonging to Wakes Plough-mens Feasts or Country Holy-days Paganical paganicus pertaining to the Country or to Villages Paganism paganismus Heathenism Gentilism the religion or state of the Gentiles also the custom of Country men Page pagina the side of a leaf in a book some confound folio and page when as a folio or leaf properly comprehends two rages others cite a Book by folio's when it is in a large volume and by pages when in a small Paginal from pagina of or belonging to a page Paged an Idol or false god among the East Indians so called Paillardise Fr. Lechery Whoredom Venery also villany wickedness any filthy or beashly humor Paillardizâ— Fr. paillarder to lecher haunt Bawdy-houses to commit Whoredom Païsage Fr. Landskip Country work See Landskip Paladin Fr. a Knight of the round Table also a sort of Nobility in some Countries so called Palate palatum the upper hollow part of the mouth wherein the sence of tasting lies as in the tongue Palatiâ—aâ— pertaining to or that pleaseth the palate Palatinate or County Palatine is a principal County or Shire having as it were the same authority as the Palace or Kings Royal Court hath Of these County Palatines there are four in England viz. Lancaster Chester Durham and Ely An 5 Eliz. 1. cap. 23. But An. 33. H. 8. ca. 10. mention is made of the County Palatine of Hexam Vnde quaere See Cassan de consuet Burg. p. 14. Palatine Fr. Palatin a general or common appellation or title for such as have any special Office or Function in a Sovereign Princes Palace This is the title of the Prince Elector Palatine of Trevers and had its origen à magno Palatio Treverensi Min. Palatine from palatum of or belonging to the Palat or roof of the mouth Hence Palatine letters are such as are pronounced by the help of the Palate as G T R c. Palatine palatinus of or belonging to a Palace or Princes Court It may also be taken for the Hill Palatinus in Rome of which see Esquilinus Paleated paleatus made or mingled with chaff full of chaff or straw Pale Matlle Fr. a game wherein a round bowle is with a Mallet struck through a high arch or iron standing at either end of an Alley which he that can do at the fewest blows or at the number agreed on wins This Game was heretofore used at the Alley near St. Jameses and vulgarly called Pel-Mell Paleous from palea of or belonging to chaff corn or straw Br. Pales a Goddess of the Shepherds Palestrical palaestricus of or pertaining to wrestling that useth or teacheth wrestling also that which is done decently with comely gesture of the body Palindromes Gr. are those sentences or verses where the syllables are the same backward as forward As a noble Lady in Queen Elizabeths days being for a time forbidden the Court for too much familiarity with a great Lord in favour gave this Devise the Moon covered with a cloud and underneath this Palindrome for Motto Ablata at alba Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor And this in English which is more difficult to compose Lewd did I live and evil I did dwel Palingenesie palingenesia regeneration new birth or second nativity Palinode Palinodie palinodia a recantation a contrary song an unsaying that one hath spoken or written the sound of the retreat Palizado Span Palizada Fr. Palissade a defence or wall of Pales or Stakes or the pointed Stakes in a Fortification to hinder the enemies scaling the Work a term in War Also taken for great posts set up in the entry to a Camp for a defence against great shot Pall pallium a Mantle such as the Knights of the Garter wear a long Garment or Robe which Philosophers wore But it is most used for a Pontifical Vesture made of Lambs Wooll in breadth not exceeding three fingers and having two Labels hanging down before and behinde which the Pope gives or sends
to Archbishops and Metropolitans and they at the Altar wear it about their necks above their other Ornaments The Pall was first given to the Bishop of Ostia by P. Marcus the second An. 336. Also the velvet laid over a dead body is called the Pall. Palladion Spa. Lat. Palladium an Image of Pallas which the Trojans fondly believed was sent to preserve their City and Estate c. which sottish belief St. Augustine lib. 9. de Civ Dei very well reproved when he said The Trojans were keepers of the Palladion but not the Palladion of the Trojans However this word is still used for a preservation or sure defence Pallas the Goddess of Wisdom otherwise called Minerva c. In the Poetical story of Perseus staying Medusa Pallas furnished him with a shield for that purpose and with a Looking-glass Mercury with wings for his feet Pluto with a Helmet c. see the Fable at large in L. Bacons Advancem of Learning fol. 120. Hence 't is we use Pallas shield for a shield of Wisdom and Providence For so his Lordship means when he says In Wars the Shield of Pallas prevails more then the sword of Mars that is wisdom and stratagems prevail more then down right blows Palled Fr. palle pale also dead without spirit Bac. Palliardize See Pailliardize Palliate pallio to hide or cover to conceal or cloak Palliation palliatio a cloaking covering or hiding Palliative that cloaketh covereth or concealeth as Chyrurgeons call that a Palliative cure when a wound is healed outwardly and festers underneath or where a shew onely is made of a perfect cure without searching to the root or cause of the disease Pallid pallidus pale bleak sometimes yellowish fearful whitish Pullification a term in Architecture piling of the ground plot Sir H.W. Pallor Lat. a pale colour paleness wanness Pallizado See Palizado Palmar palmaris pertaining to victory or to a hand breadth or to the palm of the hand a Palm in measure palmus the breadth of a hand or four fingers and this is called the minor Palm the Palm major is a span or according to some a shaftment Palm Sunday Dominica Palmarum the sixth Sunday in Lent and the next before Easter so called because on that day the people went to meet our Saviour with boughs of Palm and Olive branches in their hands when he entred solemnly into Jerusalem riding on an Ass Palm Tree Palma is that which bears Dates growing plentifully in the Holy Land Its branches were wont to be carried as a token of victory Palmaque nobilis TerraruÌ„ Dominos evehit ad Deos Hor. Od. 1. Because it naturally shoots upward though oppressed with never so great weight and its leaves never fall of this Tree there is male and female the male bears onely blossoms and no fruit the female bears both but not unless the male grow by it Palmer ferula a Feruler so called because in Schools the palms of Boyes hands are struck therewith It is also called a Palmatory from the Span. Palmatoria which hath the same signification Min. Palmer from the Span. Palméro a poor Pilgrim that visits all holy places so called from a staff or boughes of Palm which they were wont to carry with them See Pilgrim Palmer eruca a worm with many feet so called from the Palm tree which it gnaws and eats a Caterpillar Palmiferous palmifer bearing or yeelding Palm or Date Trees also victorious Palmipedous palmipes edis that hath a plain and flat foot Palmipedous birds i.e. whole-footed such are most water-sowl Br. Paltoâ—ster chiromantes a Diviner by the palm of the hand one that tells the fortune of others by looking in their hands Palmestry See Chironantie Palmeto Wine is a sweet and pleasant juyce like Muscadine or Alicant coming from the Palmeto Tree in the Isle Mauritius Herb. Tr. Palpation palpatio flattery cogging fair speaking soothing Palpitation palpitatio panting beating often quick moving up and down as the heart when it throbs Palâ—sgrave Belg. and Pfalizgraff Teut. from Palis or pfaliz i. Palatium and Grave or Graff i. comes Lat. Comes Palatinus the title of the Prince Elector Palatine of the Rheine See Falatine and Archdapifer Paludament paludamentum a Coat-armor or Horsemans coat a Soldiers garment an Heralds Coat of Arms. Among the antient Romans it was a Military garment worn by none but the Lord General or Chief Captains Alex. Gen. Dier lib. 5. cap. 18. Paludiferous paludifer that causeth a Fen or Marsh Palumbine alumbinus of or belonging to a Wood-culver or Ring-dove Pamphilâ— a kind of great Boats in Italy having 140 or 160 Oars of a side Pampination pampinatio a cutting or pulling off superfluous leaves and branches from Vines Pampinean pampineus of or belonging to a young Vine Branch or Leaf full of Vine-Branches Pan the god of Shepherds in Greek it signifies All. Panade Span. Panada or Empanada Fr. Panade a kind of meat made of crums of bread and Currants boyled in water or as some will have it of grated Bread Milk Sugar and grated Cheese Panage See Paunage Panatetus Gr. that contains all vertues Silvester makes it the title of one of his Books wherein he bewails the loss of Prince Henry Panathenate belonging to the Solemnity called Panathenaea held at Athens once every year which was the less and once every fifth year which was the greater Pancatâ— Fr. a paper containing all the particular rates of Tolls or Customs due to the French King Thus termed because commonly hung up in some publick place either single or with a frame Cotg. Panchaia a sandy Country of Arabia where is store of Frankincense Hence Dubartas and others use Panchaian Fumes for incense or sweet perfumes So also Odor Panchaique for the smell of Arabian Frankincense Pancratiast Gr. one that is skilful in wrestling and other feats of activity Pancratical pancraticus expert at all feats of activity cunning at all kind of Games and Exercises stout like a wrestler Br. Pandarism the function or employment of a Pandar which is to make or set lecherous matches Ruffianism Baudery Pandects pandectae à 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. omne 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 haleâ— Books which contain all matters or comprehend all parts of the subject whereof they intreat or Books of divers Arguments The Volume of the Civil Law called Digestes is also called the Pandect Pandiculation pandiculatio a gaping or stretching ones self with all his body as they do that gape for or come from sleep or at the approach of an Ague Pandor from the Belg. Pander that is he that takes a pawn or pledge for the souls of such as make use of him are pawned into his hands as to Asmodeus his Chamberlain a He-Baud Pandora fained by Hesiedus to be the first woman and made by Vulcan indued by all the gods with several excellent gifts but afterwards by Jupiter in displeasure sent to her Spouse Epimetheus with a box full of all manner of miseries Hence Pandora's Box is taken
so called A Prepositor in a School Preposterous praeposterus overthwart out of order contrary to all good fashion froward Preproperous praeproperus very quick or hasty over hasty rash Prepuce praeputium the fore-skin that covers the head or nut of a mans Yard which the Hebrews use to cut off in circumcision Prerogative praerogativa an advantage a preheminency authority and rule above others Presbyterians are those that profess the doctrine of Calvin condemn Episcopacy â—n the Church and govern it partly by Lay-Elders and were not much known among us by that name till the long Parliament that began 3. Novemb 1640 took the Scottish Kirk for a pattern in reforming Presbytery that kind of Government in a Church Prescience praescientia fore-knowledge an understanding before-hand of a thing ere it come to pass see Predestination Prescind praescindo to cut or tear before to divide or break first Dr. Ham. Prescription praescriptio a limiting or limitation an appointing or determining a Rule or Law a long possession or continuance in possession the course or use of a thing for a long time Presentaneous praesentaneus present ready speedy forceable effectual c. Presentation praesentatio is used properly for the act of a Patron offering or presenting his Clerk to the Bishop to be instituted in a Benefice of his gift The form whereof see in the Regist orig fol. 222. a. Presentment is a meer denunciation of the Jurors themselves or some other Officer as Justice Constable Searcher Surveyor c. without any information of an offence inquireable in the Court whereunto it is presented see Lamberds Eiren. lib. 4. ca. 5. pag. 467. Preside praesideo to have authority or rule to have the protection or tuition of any thing place or people before others to have the over-sight or charge Presidial praesidialis pertaining to a Lieutenant Vice-Roy chief Ruler or President Presidie praesidium a Garison all manner of aid and defence help comfort Presidiary praesidiarius that is ordained to be an aid to another pertaining to a Garison of Soldiers also as Fresidial Prest or Imprest money from the Fr prest i. ready for that it binds those that have received it to be ready at all times appointed is a kind of an earnest money given commonly to a Soldier when he is Imprested or commanded to be ready to serve in War Prestiges praestigiae deceirs impostures delusions cousening tricks Prestigation praestigatio a jugling cousening or playing Legerdemain Prestigious praestigiosus pertaining to a Jugler or Imposter that deceives with Legerdemain or deludes the eye 〈…〉 Presto Span. quickly a word used by 〈…〉 in their Hocus Pocus tricks Preterition praeteritio a going over a passing by or beyond a surpassing Pretermission praetermissio an omitting a leaving out a letting a thing pass a forgetting Pretor praetor so called à praecundo an Officer in old time having the Rule of an Army the General afterwards he had authority in Judgement and was a chief Justice having other Judges sitting under him as Asconius saith to the number of seventy one others write seventy three in process of time there were so many Praetors chosen as there were Countries subject to the Empire Tho. At first the names of Consul Praetor and Judges were all one Pretorian praetorius of or belonging to or attending on a Praetor the Pretorian guard of Soldiers in old Rome were first established by Augustus and consisted of Ten thousand every one having double the wages of a Legionary Soldier and were in the same nature to the Emperors as the Janizaries are to the Great Turk or as the Mamalukes were to the Sultans of Egypt Prevaricate praevaricor to make a semblance or shew to do a thing and do quite contrary to betray a cause to swerve from truth to go out of the right way See Calumniate Prevaricator praevaricator he that leaves the right way or betrays a cause a false dealer one that pleads by covin a transgressor Prevenient praeveniens coming or going before preventing Previdence previdentia fore-seeing or fore-casting Previous praevius that goes before or leads the way Priapism priapismus is a disease when the Yard is stretched out in length and breadth nothing provoking the Patient to lust and desire if it come with a beating or panting of the Yard then the evil is called Satyriasis Pricker a Huntsman on horse-back Pricket a fallow Male Deer bearing that name when he is a year old compleat Pridian pridianus of the day before Primacy from primus or from the Fr. primace excellency chief rule highest estate and particularly an Ecclesiastical dignity or command over the Archbishops and Bishops of a Kingdom or Province and he who has this dignity is called a Primate or Metropolitan Prâ—ge is a duty due to the Marriners and Sailers for â—oading any Ship at the setting forth from any Haven A. 32. H 8. ca. 14. Prime primus first principal chief Also the first hour of the day in Summer at four of the clock in Winter at eight Also one of the Canonical hours of Prayer among the Romanists which begins at six of the clock in the morning and holds till nine The Third begins at nine and holds till twelve The Sixth holds from twelve to three The Ninth or None from three to six at night Then begins the Vesperas which holds till nine from nine the Compline holds till twelve at night Bellarm. de bonis oper lib. 1. cap. 10. Primer a Prayer-book of the Romanists so called containing the Office of the Virgin Mary which is divided into seven several hours as a memorial of the seven principal parts and Hours of our Saviors Passion viz. the Mattins and Laudes the Prime or first hour the Third hour the Sixth hour the Nineth hour for morning The Evensong and Compline for the Evening and these seven Hours are composed of Psalms chiefly Hymns Canticles Antiphones Versicles Responsories and Prayers Primevous primaevus the elder or of the first age Primâ—ces primitiae first fruits Primigenious primigenius that comes naturally of it self that hath not the beginning of another the first or original Primipotent primipotens of chief power Primitial from primitiae belonging to first fruits Primitive primitivus that hath no beginning of other the first Primogeniture from primogenitus the first begetting or bringing forth Br. Primordial primordium a first beginning off-spring original Bac. It is also used adjectively Primum mobile Lat. in the Pagan Philosophy is the upper Heaven supposed to give motion to all the rest Principality principalitas the estate or seat of a Sovereign Prince Sovereignity Dominion Seignory Principalities are the second Order of the second Hierarchy of Angels Princock praecox a ripe-headed young Boy or one that is soon or over-hasty ripe Non amo puerum Praecocis ingenii I love not a Boy of too early a wit says the Poet. Prisage Fr. prizing praising rating valuing also that custom or share that belongs to the King out of such Merchandize as are taken
Morbus Sonticus a continual and extream sickness that hangs long upen a man and is ended within no certain time and whereby we are disabled to perform our necessary business The Falling Evil is such a disease Sigonius infers That every disease which hinders us in the performance of our businesses is termed Sonticus Sooâ—erâ—y a monster like a Bat which some women in Dutchland are said to have brought forth as the product of some preternatural conception Cl. Poems Sophia Gr. Wisdom a name peculiarly applied by the Primitive Christians to our most Blessed Saviour who is the Wisdom of his Father by whom all things were made and therefore some godly persons do more then dislike the communicating it to any other Cam. Sophy Ar. the great Lord or King of Persia so called Sophism Sophisma a crafty or deceitfull sentence an Oration or Sentence seeming to be true but false indeed a cavil Sophist or Sophister Sophista He that professeth Philosophy for lucre or vain-glory a deceiver under an eloquent or crafty speaking a cunning or cavilling disputer who will make a false matter seem true Sophisticate sophistico to adulterate or falsifie to make counterfeit or deceitfull Sophistry sophistria the art of quaint beguiling or circumvention by words or false Arguments called also Lulliin Sopited sopitus laid to sleep being at rest Sopition sopitio sleeping or being at rest Soporate soporo to bring or induce sleep Soporiferous soporifer that brings or causeth sleep drowzy Sorbition sorbitio a supping as of broth or pottage Sorbonist are those learned Doctors and Batchellors of Divinity of the Colledge of Sorbon in Paris which took denomination from one Robert de Sorbonne who was one of the Almoners Preachers of St Lewis the Ninth King of France and the Donor and Instituter of this Colledge about the year 1264. 2 Part Tr. Sorcelery Fr. Sorcery or Sorcellage sortilegium charming inchanting witchcraft divination by lots Sordidate sordido to make foul to array sluttishly and filthily Sordid sordidus filthy dishonest unclean all berayed sluttish corrupt c. Sordine or Sordet from the Fr. Sourdine the little Pipe or Tenon put into the mouth of a Trumpet to make it sound low also a kinde of hoarse or low sounding Trumpet Sore a male fallow Deer of four years old Sore-el or Sorel A Male fallow deer of three years old Sorites Gr. a kinde of Argument consisting of divers Propositions in which the Predicate of the former is still made the subject of the latter till in conclusion the last Predicate be attributed to the first subject Aâ— Thomas is a man a man is an Animal an Animal is a Body a Body is a Substance therfore Thomas is a Substance Soâ—caâ— pertaining to such an Argument Sororiant Virgin Virgo Sororians a yong maid whose Brests began to be embossed and round or set out for shew Sororicide sororicida a murtherer of his own sister Sorâ—elegy sortilegium a divination by Lots Sorcery Sortition sortitio a choosing or appointing by lots a casting of lots a lotting Sorcitor Lat. a caster of lots Sospital sospitalis that is cause of health medicinable wholsom safe free from danger Sot See Asotus Soulack an eminent Officer about the person of the Turkish Emperor Soul-masse-Cakes are certain oaten cakes which some of the wealthier sort of persons in Lancashire use still to give the poor on All Souls day Nov. 2. and the poor people take themselves oblig'd to say this old verse in retribution God have your Saul Bones and all Source Fr. an original or beginning a Spring or Well-head a Seminary Race or Off-spring Sorâ— surdus deaf hard of hearing also listless unattentive heedless also dumb Sounder a company of wilde Bores together as we say A Herd of Deer Spaâ—daires an order of white-Friers which wear on their habits a representatition of two Red Swords Sâ—aâ— spado that is gelded be it man or Beast Spadiards Laborers in the Tin-mines of Cornwall so called from the Spade they use Spaâ—câ—ous spadecus of a light red or bright bay colour Spagyâ—al spagiricus of or belonging to Alchimy or an Alchimist Spagyâ—iâ—k spagyrus an Alchimist an extracter of quintessences Spaâ—ies or Spachies the right word is Espawhee which in the Persian tongue signifies a Horseman are the Great Turks Horsemen or Cavalry armed for the most part at once with Bow Mace Lance Harquebuse and Scimitar â—ands Sparo a red Male deer of three years old Sparsion sparsio a sprinkling especially of water coloured with Saffron out of some Pipe Sparsedly from sparsim here and there one with another scatteringly Bac. Spartan spartanus belonging to the Lacedemonians or to their chief City Sparta Spasmatical spasmaticus pertaining to the disease called the Spasm or Cramp which is a â—onvulsion or piucking up of the Sinews arising either of to much fulness or overmuch emptiness Sâ—t Spatâ—er or Spatule Spalla a little slice or Splatâ—r wherewith Surgeons aâ— Apothecaâ—ies use to spread their plaisters and salves also a litle two handed or bstard sword Spâ—ate spatior to walk abroad to travel to wander to go jeing up and down Specs Lat. a figure image fâ—n or shap likeness semblanâ— outward face or shew c. â—e different kind of any thing With Grammarians Specâ— is the accident of a word a Primitive or Derivative â—th Logicians it is the secon of the five Predicables see enus Specificâ— specificus special particu belonging to Species Specious â—peciosus goodly or fair to to beautiful or graceful appearance honorable inew Spectable spectabilis worthy to been or that may be seen â—le of great renown notab goodly Spectative spectativus that belongs to â—eculation speculative complative Spectre spum is an apparition or inination of a substance with a body which presents it self sensibly to men against the order and course of Nature a Ghost a spirit a fantasie a vision Specular specularis any thing whereby a man may see the better belonging to seeing or spying to Spectacles or glass windows Speculation speculatio a spying a watching in an open place a discovery a considering or observing Speculate speculor to watch in an high Tower or other like place to see far to espy search out to consider diligently to behold and gaze upon Speculatory speculatorius belonging to espial or scouting Spel Sax. a word see Gospel Spelt spelta a kind of wheat growing in Italy France and Flanders called also Zena Sperable sperabilis that may be hoped for or trusted unto Sperma Ceti see Parmaceti Sperm sperma the natural seed of man or any other natural seed whereof things are engendred spawn of fishes Spermatical belonging to such seed or to the veins which contain the seed Spermatize to shed eject or inject natural seed or sperm Speustick speusticus made in haste or quickly made and baked on the sudden Sphaselism sphaselismus an ulcer eating in the brain Sherâ— sphaera a figure in all parts equally round a Circle a Globe a Bowle or any thing that is round The
fear to be astonished Trepidation trepidatio fear trembling Tressis-agaso Lat. a half-penny Herdsman or hors-keeper a fellow of no worth Trestie tripus a three footed stool It differs from a Trevet this being made of iron the other of wood but both should properly have three seet apiece Triacle theriaca remedy or antidote against poyson Triangle triangulum a figure that hath three angles or corners of which there are six sorts 1. Equilateral which is when the three sides are of an equal length and the Angles all equal among themselves 2. An Isoceles triangle is that which hath two equal sides and two equal Angles opposite to those sides 3. All irregular triangles having three unequal sides and angles are known in Geometry under the term Scalenum 4. An Oxugoneum is a triangle having three acute angles 5. An Amblogonoum is a triangle having two acute angles and one obtuse 6. And lastly an Orthogoneum is a triangle which hath one right angle Enchir. of Fortif Triangular triangularis that hath three corners or is three cornered Triarchie triarchia a government where three are in like authority Triark triarchus a Master of a ship with three tops or of a Galley that hath three orders of oares Triarians triarii Soldiers that were alwayes set in the Rereward and were the strongest men they ever fought standing and bowing somewhat their knees as if they would rather die then remove their place Tribe tribus a kindred or company that dwell together in one Ward or Liberty as the people of Rome were divided into thirty five Tribes Bands Wards or Hundreds It seems in old time the same people were divided into three parts only and that this name Tribus did thence first arise Tribes in Scripture signifie the posterity of the twelve Sons of Israel Psal 78.55 Numb 13.3 5 16. Tribunal Lat. a judgement-seat a place erected on high in form of our Pulpits but many degrees larger and in the midst stood the Stella Curulis i. the Ivory chair from whence the chief Magistrate administred Justice Tribune tribunus the name of two chief officers in Rome the first was Tribune of the people who was to defend their liberties against the power of the Nobles and for that cause had the gates of his house alwayes open both day and night and was called tribunus plebis the other was called tribune of the souldiers who had charge to see them well armed and ordered c. And of these there was tribunus major minor c. Tribunitial tribunitius belonging to the Tribune Tributary tributarius that pays Tribute which is money arising out of the goods of the people after their ability Tricenarious tricenarius of or belonging to thirty Tricennial tricennalis of thirty or thrice ten years Tricliniarh tricliniarches the master of the dining chamber or room the Usher Tricliniarâ— tricliniarius pertaining to the Dining room or Parler to dine and sup in called Triclinium where the guests did fit or lie along on beds about the table as you may read at large in Goodwins Anthol ch de mensis conviviis Romanorum Tricornous tricornis which hath three hornes or is three horned Trichotomy from the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 tripliciter and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sectio a cutting or dividing into three parts Trident tridens Neptunes three forked mace and thence any weapon tool or instrument made of that fashion or having three teeth Tridentiterous tridentifer that bears or carries such an instrument the usual Epithete of Neptune Tridentine tridentinus pertaining to the City Trent Triduan triduanus of three daies continuance Triennial triennis of three years continuance Triental Lat. a vessel containing the third part of Sextarius half our Pint. Triental trientalis of or being four inches broad or four ounces in weight Trierarck trierarchus the Master of a Ship or Galley Trieterick trietericus that is every third year Trifallow to plow land the third time for the same crop Trifarious trifarius of three manner of wayes Triferous trifer that brings forth fruit thrice a year Trifistulary trifistularis pertaining to three pipes Trifole or Trifolic trifolium an herb or three-leafed grass so called Also a trifole in Heraldry is painted like the three-leafed grass Trifurcous trifurcus three-forked that hath three forkes Trigamist trigamus he that hath had three wives Trigeminous trigeminus threefold three at a birth Trigliphes trygliphi hollow gravings or borders like three furrows or short gutters Masonry A term of Architecture Trigonal trigonalis three-cornered that hath three corners Triâ—o Ital. an excellent grace in singing being an uniform trembling or shaking of the same Note either soft and smoothly in the throat as naturally the French do or more strongly and artificially from the stomack as the Italians Trilogie Gr. a speaking or writing in three parts Trimenstruous trimenstruus of three moneths age Trimodial from trimodia pertaining to a measure of three bushels Trinacrian trinacrius pertaining to the Island Sicâ—ly Trine trinus of three yeers old or pertaining to the number three Trine Aspect See Aspect Trinitarians a religious order See Mathurins Trinitarian hereticks otherwise new Arians are those that deny the blessed Trinity and all distinction of the Divine persons inveighing against the word Trinity and blasphemously terming the most sacred Mystery of the Trinity Infernalem cerberum is Lindanus testifies in dubiâ—antis sui Dialogo secundo Trinity trinitas the number three or three in one The distinction of the persons â— the unity of the God-head one and the self-same God in Essence being for subsistence three to wit the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost 1 Joh. 5.7 And these three are one How three remaining three may yet be one and one abiding one be three and all this at once is a Mystery rather to be religiously adored then curiously sought into requiring rather faith to believe then reason to comprehend and judge it Trinity-house is a certain house at Depford neer London which belongs to a company or Corporation of Seafaring men that have power by the Kings Charter to punish those that destroy Sea-marks to correct the faults of Sailers c. And to take care of divers other things belonging to Navigation and the seas Anno 8. Eliz. Cap. 13. and 35. ejusdem cap. 6. Trinobants trinobantes a people in the East part of England by the Thames Trinoccial trinoctialis belonging to three nights space Trinodal trinodis that hath three knots three knotted Trinquâ—t Fr. is properly the top or top-gallant on any mast the highest sail of a ship also taken for a petty gay thing Triobolar triobolaris vile of small estimation little worth Trinominal trinominalis that hath three names Tripartite tripartitus divided into three parts Tripedanious Tripedal Tripedaneus Tripedalis that is three foot long Tripery Fr. a market shop or street wherein tripes are usually sold Triplicate triplico to triple to do or fold a thing three times See Duplicate Triplicity triplicitas threefold being