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

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

or Autographical autographus that which is of the Authors own hand writing Rushworths Dialogues Automatous Automatarian automatarius of or belonging to the art of making Clocks or such things as seem to move of themselves Autome automatum an instrument or artificial body made by Daedalus or any other of like skill which moves alone without the help or support of any other thing a self-moving instrument Autonomy autonomia liberty to live after ones own Laws Autopsie Gr. self-sight or beholding Autoptical from autopsia a self-beholding confirming by once own sight Autotheism Gr. the being of God of himself or not from another Calvins autotheism signifies that point of Doctrine held by Calvin which is That God the Son is not Deus de Deo God from God whereas the Nicen Creed saith He is so Autumnal autumnalis belonging to harvest or Autumn which is from the sixth of August to the sixth of November and is one of the four Quarters of the year Others reckon Autume to begin at the Aequinoctium i.e. about the twelfth of September and to end at the Solstice or shortest day about the eleventh of December Auturgie auturgia a working with ones own hand Auulsion avulsio a plucking away or from Auxiliare auxilior to help aid or supply to heal or give cure Auxiliary auxiliarius that cometh to aid help or supply Auxiliary Forces were such as the neighbor or confederate Counties did send to the Romans or certain additional Forces besides the standing Army Axillary axillaris belonging to the Arm-hole or Arm-pit Axillary Vein See in Vein Axillar Artery See in Arterie Axiomancy axiomantia divination or witchcraft done by Hatchets Axiome axioma a maxim or general ground in any Art a Proposition or short Sentence generally allowed to be true as in saying the whole is greater then its part Axicle axiculus a little shingle or board a latch a pin that a pully runs on Axis Lat. an Axeltree the Diameter of the World that is an imagined line reaching from one Pole to another the Pole Artick or Antarctike Azamoglaus The Turks Janizaries before they be enrolled in pay so called Aziminth● or Azimuths great circles meeting in the Zenith or vertical point and passing through all the degrees of the Horizon Azimuthal belonging thereto Azure a fair light blew or sky colour so named from the Arabian word Lazul which is the same It betokens to the bearer a zealous mind Azyms azymus unleavened sincere unmingled Azymes Gr. was a solemnity of seven days among the Jews in which it was not lawful to eat leavened bread The Pasche or Easter of the Jews B BAal Hebr. a Lord a Master Husband or Patron It was a common name whereby the Heathens called their gods 2 King 1 2. Judg. 8.33 Baal and Moloch are taken to be one and the same Idol See Moses and Aaron p. 143. Whom the Hebrews called Baal the Babylonians called Bel. p. 153. Baal-Zebub See Bel-zebub Babef in Hebr. it signifies confusion was an antient City of Chaldea in Mesopotamia famous for the confusion of Languages which there happened For immediately after the universal Deluge Nimrod the son of Chus the son of Cham perswaded the people as some Authors surmise to secure themselves from the like danger by building some stupendious Edifice which might resist the fury of a second Deluge This counsel was generally embraced Heber onely and his family contradicting such an unlawful attempt the major part prevailing the Tower began to rear a head of majesty 5164 paces from the ground says Isidore having its basis and circumference equal to the height But God beholding from high this fond attempt sent among them who before were one Language a confusion of seventy two Tongues which hindered the proceeding of this building one not being able to understand what his fellow called for Bring me quoth one a Trowel quickly quick One brings him up a hammer how this brick Another bids and then they cleave a Tree Make fast this rope and then they let it flee One calls for Planks another Mortar lacks They bring the first a stone the last an Axe Du-Bartas Thus being compelled to desist from so unlucky an enterprize they greedily sought out such as they could understand with whom consorting themselves they forget their former acquaintance and now are divided into seventy two different Nations comprehending about 24000 men besides women and children Gen. 10.10 The City Babel or Babylon howsoever the Tower was hindred went forward and was finished an mun 1960. the out-walls were built by Q. Semiramis it contained in compass 60 miles it had 100 gates the walls were in height 200 some Writers say 300 foot in breadth 75 and the River Euphrates passing through the midst of it 1. part of the Tr. of Times p. 142. Hence t is we use Babelish for confused and Babylonical for magnificent or costly and to Bable or babble to twattle or speak confusedly which word Bable Verstegan urges as a proof that our old Saxon Language is as antient as the Tower of Babel p. 147. Bacchanalize from Bacchus to rage play mad pranks fare like mad men as the Priests of Bacchus were wont to do when they celebrated his Feasts Bacchanals Bacchanalia the places where the Feasts of Bacchus or Bacchanalian feasts were solemnized in riot and drunkenness Also the Feasts themselves or time when they were kept i. at Shrovetide Sometimes also deboisht drunkards men and women are called Bacchanals Baccharach A City standing on the banks of the River Rhyne in Germany so called quasi Bacchi ara in ancient time there was an Altar erected to the honor of Bacchus in regard of the richness of the wines which are made there and therefore called bachrag or baccharach vulgarly Rhenish wines Bacchation bacchatio riot drunkenness Bacchean baccheus belonging to Bacchus the God of wine drunken sottish Bacciferous baccifer that beareth berries Bachyllion a song or dance which seems to take name of Bachyllus a famous Tragaedian Poet who devised and practised it as Piladion of Pilades as notable a Comedian Plutarch Badget cometh of the Fr. bagage i. Sarcina one that buics corn salt or other victual in one place to transport to another for gain Also a beast so called Bagatel Fr. bagatelle a toy trifle or thing of no value Mr How Balatron balatro a Babler or vain-talking fellow a Prater or vile Knave Baile from the Fr. Bailler i. attribuere tradere tribuere is used in our Common Law properly for the freeing or setting at liberty one arrested or imprisoned upon action either civil or criminal under surety taken for his appearance at a day and place certainly assigned Bract. lib. 3. cap. 8. num 8. 9. The reason why it is called bayl is because by this means the party restrained is delivered into the hands of those that bind themselves for his forth-coming There is both common and special bayl common bayl is in actions of small prejudice or slight proof in which

Verst Wisard or Wizard perhaps from the Sax Witega i. a Prophet or Foreteller of things to come a cunning man the Hebrews describe him thus he put in his mouth the bone of a Beast named by them Jadua and burned Incense and did other things till he fell down with shame and spake with his mouth things that are to come We commonly take him for a kinde of Witch or one that can tell where things are that were lost c. Wiseacre from the Belg. Waerseygher ex Waer i. veritas Sagen dicere one that knows or tells truth we commonly use it in malam partem for a Fool. Wis●men of Greece were seven See Solon Witch is derived from the Dutch Witchelen or Witchelen which properly signifies whinnying and neighing like a Horse also to foretel or prophecy and Witcheler signifies a Soothsayer for that the Germans from whom our Ancestors the Saxons usually descended did principally as Tacitus tells us divine and foretel things to come by the whinnying and neighing of their Horses Hinitu and Fremitu are his words For the definition Master Perkins cap. 1. saith Witchcraft is an art serving for the working of wonders by the assistance of the Devils so far as God will permit Delrio defines it to be An art which by the power of a contract entred into with the Devil some wonders are wrought which pass the common understanding of men Lib. 1. cap. 2. de Mag. Disq Wittal is a Cuckold that wits all or knows all that is knows himself to be so Woden among the old Saxons was honored for their god of Battel the word signifies Fire or Furious Hence we say when one is in great rage he is Wood and hence we call Wednesday instead of Wodnesday on which day he was chiefly honored See Verst 59. Wold See Weald Seven Wonders of the World were these 1. The Pyramides 2. Mausolaeum 3. The Temple of Ephesus 4. The Walls of Babylon 5. The Colossus of Rhodes 6. The Statue of Jupiter Olympicus And 7. The Pharus or Watch Tower built by Ptolomaeus Philadelphus Wooldrivers An. 2 3. Ph. Ma. cap. 13. are those that buy wool abroad in the Country of the Sheepmasters and carry it on horse-back to the Clothiers or Market Towns to sell again Woolstaple See Staple Woolwinders are such as winde up Fleeces of Wool to be pack'd and sold by weight into a kind of bundle after it is cleansed as it ought to be by Statute And to avoid such deceipt as the owners were wont to use by thrusting in Locks of refuse Wool and such other dross to gain weight they are sworn to perform that Office truly between the owner and the Merchant See the Statute of 8. H. 6. c. 22.23 H. 8. c. 17. And 18 Eliz. c. 25. Wranglands seem to be misgrown Trees that will never prove Timber Kitchin fol. 169.6 Wreath a Boars-tail so called by Huntsmen also in Heraldry it is that which is placed between the Mantle and the Crest being most commonly made of two coloured silks wreathed together called also a Torce Wreck From the Fr. Varech is where a ship perishes at Sea and no person escapes alive out of it the Civilians call it Naufragium This Wreck being made the goods that were in any part of the Ship being brought to Land by the waves belong to the King by his Prerogative or to him to whom he has granted this priviledge An. 17 Edw. 2. cap. 11. But if any person in the Ship come to land it is on Wreck or if either Dog or Cat escape alive the goods are the owners still so he comes within a year and a day to claim them And for this the Statute is plain VVestm 1. cap. 4. An. 3 Ed. 1. The Emperors of Rome made no advantage of this sad event as appears Titulo de Naufragiis 11. Cod. And Richard the first had some remorse of poor Seamens miseries in this case for he quietum clamavit VVreck suis subditis Hoved. Part. post Annal. f. 386. Wroth from the Belg. Wreedt angry cruel fierce inhumane Wreke from the Belg. Wreken to avenge or revenge Wurt or Wort Sax. an Herb and Kelewurt now Colewurt a● Herbe much used for pottage in time of old The City Wirtsberg in Germany in Latin Herbipolis had that name from the abundance of Worts or Herbs which grew about the Hill sides by that Town Verst X. XEnodochy Xenodochium an Hospital Xeriff the name by which some Princes of Barbary are instiled Xerophagy xerophagia the eating dry meats Xerophthalmy xerophthalmia soreness or blearedness of the eyes when they neither swell nor run but onely look somewhat red having little or no pain but a kinde of itching Xilinous xilinus of or belonging to Cotten Xylobalsamum Gr a sweet and odoriferous wood whereof Baulm naturally comes Xylopolist Xylopola a Woodmonger or one that sells Wood or Timber Y. YArdland virgata terrae so called from the Sax. Gyrlander is not the same quantity in all places for in some Countries it contains twenty acres in some twenty four in some thirty according to Mr Lambert This Yardland Bracton calls Virgatam Terrae Lib. 2. cap. 10. 27. but he expresseth no certainty what it contains Mr Noy in his Compleat Lawyer pag. 57. saith two Fardels of Land make a Nook and four Nooks make a Yard-land and four Yardlands make a Hide of Land and four but some say eight Hides make a Knights Fee the relief wherof is five pounds and so ratably Year annus was divided by Julius Caesar into twelve moneths fifty two weeks three hundred sixty and five dayes and six hours wanting eleven minutes which odd six hours every Leap or fourth year make the odd day in February The moneth is the twelfth part of the Solary year the week is neer the fourth part of the moneth the natural week day a seventh part of the week the Quadrant the fourth part of the day the hour the sixth part of the Quadrant the Point the fourth part of the hour the Moment or Minute about the fifteenth part of the Point c. The Greeks observed the Lunary year that is twelve revolutions of the Moon three hundred fifty and four dayes Br. Yeoman or Yeihan seems to be one word made by contraction of two Danish words Young Men which I gather out of Canutus's Charter of the Forest Part 1. fol. 1. num 2. in these words Sunt sub quolibet horum quatuor ex mediocribus hominibus quos Angli Legespend nuncupant Dani verò Young Men vocant locati qui curam onus tum viridis tum veneris suscipiant These Mr Camden Brit. pag. 150. placeth next in order to Gentlemen calling them ingenuos whose opinithe Statute affirms Anno 16 Rich. 2. cap. 4. Sir Thomas Smith in his Repub Angl. lib. 1. cap. 23. calls him a Yoman whom our Laws call Legalem hominem which says he is in English a Freeman born that may dispend of his own Free-land in