applied to mettals Duction lat a leading Duell lat a single Combat between two from duo i. two and bellum i. war Duellona see Bellona Duilius a great Commander among the Romans who overcame the Carthaginians in a great Sea-fight and was the first that triumphed after a naval Victory Dulâ—arnon a proportion found out by Pythagoras for which happy invention he sacrified an Oxe to the gods in thankfulness which sacrifice he called Dulcarnon Dulcimer a kind of Musical Instrument otherwise called a Sambuc Dulcisonant lat sweetly sounding Dulcitude lat sweetness Dulcâ—ration lat a making sweet Dulocrasy Greek a government where slaves and servants domineer Dumosity lat fulness of bryers and brambles To Dun a word vulgarly used signifying to come often to importune the payment of any debt Dunbar a Town of Lothien or Lauden in Scotland where of late years a total defeat was given to the Scotch army under the command of Lesly by Crumwell General of the English Forces Dundee a Town of Angus a Province of Scotland called in Latin Taodunum by others Alectum Duni pacis See knots of peace Dunstan Sax. Most high Duodecimo a book is said to be in Duodecimo when it is of twelve leaves in a sheet Duplicity lat a being double or twofold Duplicate a second letter patent granted by the Lord Chancelour in a case wherein he had formerly done the same and was therefore thought void Duplication lat a doubling also a word used in Law signifying an allegation brought in to weaken the reply of the pleader Dura mater lat a term in Anatomy signifying the outward skin that infolds the brain Duration lat a long continuing or lasting Dures in Common Law is a plea used by way of exception by him who being cast into prison or hardly used by any is constrained to seal a bond to him during his restraint Durham the chief City of the Bishoprick of Durham built by Bishop Aldwin with the help of Vthred Earle of Northumberland Here the Monks of Lindis-farm sheltred themselves when they fled with the body of St. Cuthbert from the fury of the Danes It was anciently called Dunholm and Dunelmum Durham Colledge see Bernard Colledge Durity lat hardness Durnovaria see Dorchester Durotriges an ancient people among the Brittains inhabiting that part which is now called Dorcetshire Duskie obscure dark from the Greek word dascios shady Dutchie Court a Court wherein all matters belonging to the Dutchy of Lancaster are decided by the decree of the Chancelour of that Court. Duumvirate a certain Magistracy anciently in Rome Dwale a kind of herb called sleeping night-shade Dwyned old word consumed D Y Dyna a kind of East India coin valueing about 30 shillings Dynastie Greek Supream Government or Authority Dyrrachium a City of Macedon lying upon the Adriatick Sea now called Durazzo Dyscracy Greek a distemper of the body proceeding from an unequal mixture of the first qualities Dysentery Greek a disease called the Bloody-Flux Dyspathy Greek evil passion or affection Dyspepsie Greek ill digestion of the meat in the stomack E EAd or Eadith Sax. a proper name of women signifying happinesse It is writen in Latin Auda and by some Idonea Eaglestone a certain pretious Stone found in the nests of Eagles in Greek called Aetites Eadelman or Adelman a Saxon word signifying a Noble man Eadgar Sax. happy power Eadulph Sax. happy help Eadwin Sax. happy Victor Ealderman or Alderman the same as Eadelman Ealred Sax. all counsell a proper name Ean to bring forth young from the Greek word Odinein To Ear the ground to till or plough the ground from the Latin word Arare Earing a part of the bolt-rope which aâ— all four quarters of the sail is left open Earle Sax. a Noble man from Ehre i. Honour and Edel i. Noble Easell is a word used in painting being that frame upon which the Artist placeth his cloth either higher or lower as he pleaseth Easement in Common law is a service which one neighbour hath of another by charter or prescription as a passage thorough his ground or the like The Civilians call it servitus praedii Easter the time of the celebration of Christs Resurrection contracted from the Dutch word Aufferstand i. e. Resurrection or from Eoster an ancient Goddesse of the Saxons whose Feast they kept about the same time namely about April which was thence called Eoster-monath It is also called Pasca from the Hebrew word Pasach to passe over because about this time the Jews celebrated the Feast of the Passeover Easterlings people inhabiting the East part of Germany also Easterling money is that which we call Sterling or Currant money from a certain coin which Richard the first caused to be coined in those parts being held in great request for its purity Eastmeath a County of Ireland in the Province of Meath it is divided into 18. Baronies E B Eben-tree a certain tree which grows in India and Aethiopia it hath neither leaves nor fruit and the wood of it is black and very hard serving for many uses Ebionites a certain Sect of Hereticks who denied the Divinity of Christ and rejected all the Gospels but St. Mathews they were instituted by one Ebion in the year 71. Ebissa a certain Captain of the Saxons who with Octha came to aid Hengist against the Brittains Eboracum the second City of England commonly called York Ptolomy calleth it Brigantium from the Brigants an ancient people of that Country but it was called Eboracum or Eburacum from Ebrank a certain King of the Brittains or as others say from the River Vre Ebrack the Hebrew tongue a word used by Chaucer Ebriety or Ebriosity lat drunkennesse Ebulo the same as Ybel Ebullition lat a bubling or boyling up Eburnean lat made of Ivory Eccentrick Orb in Astronomy is that which moves at unequal distance from the Center Ecclesiastical Greek belonging to the Church Echen old word they increase also they help Echidne a Queen of Scythia who by Hercules had three Children at a birth whereof one of them named Scytha who onely was able to bend his fathers bow succeeded in the Kingdom and from him it was named Scythia Echo a Nymph that lived near the River Cephisus she dying for the love of Narcissus was fain'd by the Poets to be changed into that voice which is reflected back in Caves and hollow places Eclipse Greek a want or defect an Eclipse of the Sun is a depriving us of its light by the interposition of the Moons body between that and us whereas the Eclipse of the Moon is caused by the interposition of the earth Ecliptick line a line running through the midst of the Zodiack and 12 signes it is so called because the Eclipses happen under that line Eclogue or Eglogue as pastoral Poem or speech between two Sheapherds Ecstasie Greek a figure wherein a syllable is made long contrary to its proper nature also a trance or sudden rapture of spirit Ectype Greek a thing drawn from
that went to the Trojan War he fought with Hector and had a contest with Vlisses for the armes of Achilles but Vlisses having gain'd them by his eloquence Ajax run mad and made a huge slaughter among a flock of sheep thinking Vlisses and Atrides to have been among them also the name of the son of Oileus King of the Locri who for vitiating Cassandra in the Temple of Pallas was slain with Thunder by the Goddesse whose Priestesse she was Aide French help also a subsidy or tax Aidoneus King of the Molossi he sent Theseus to prison because he and Pirithous would have taken away his daughter Proserpina not far from the River Acheron which gave occasion to the fable to say that he descended into Hell to fetch away Proserpina the daughter of Dis. Ailesbury a Town situate not far from the River Tame in Buckingamshire it was won by Cutwulph the Saxon in the year 572. and hath been famous in times past by being the habitation of St. Edith the daughter of Frewald Ailesford a Town in Kent not far from the River Medway it was heretofore named in the British tongue Saissenaeg-haibal from the great overthrow that was given by Vortimer the Brittain son of Vortigern to Hengist and his English Saxons in this place Aine besides one of the four Elements it signifies a certain distinction in the Garb and countenance between one person and another Ayry a nest of Hawks Akmanchester i. e. the City of Sick-folk a name anciently given by the Saxons to the Citie of Bath A. L. Alabandic a kinde of a Rose with whitish leaves Alabandine a kinde of blue and red stone provoking to bleed Alabaster a kinde of clear white Marble Alacrity lat chearfulnesse Alahab Arab. the Scorpions heart Alamae Arab. the left foot of Andromeda Alan a proper name signifying in Slavonish a Greyhound others contract it from Aelian i. Sun-bright Alastor the name of one of the sunnes horses Alata Castra the Citie of Edenborough in Scotland Alay a Term in hunting when fresh Dogs are sent into the cry Alazony Greek vain-glory Alba Julia the Citie of Westenbergh in Germany Alba Regalis a Citie in Hungary now called Stolwistenbergh where the Kings use to be Anointed and Crowned Albania a Countrey between Illyricum and Macedonia whose chief Citie is Dyrrachium now called Durazzo there is also another Albania in the East between Cholcos and Armenia from whence the people of the former Albania are said originally to spring also the Kingdom of Scotland was in ancient times called Albania Albanus a River in Armenia also a Lake in Italy called Lago di Castel Gandolf also the name of the first Brittish Martyr from the Lat. Albus i. e. white St. Albans a Town in Hertfordshire so called from the Brittish Martyr above mentioned whereas formerly it was called Verulam Albe a white Garment which the Priests were wont to wear Albeito Arab. the mouth of the Swan Albert a Saxon proper name signifying all bright Albion the ancient name of England by reason of the white Rocks upon the Sea-side or from Albion the son of Neptune or from Albina one of Dioclesians 50 daughters Albugineous lat belonging to the white of the eye or to any other white substance Albutius the name of a very covetous man who would beat his servants before they had committed a fault telling them that perhaps he should not be at leasure when they had committed any Alcaic verse a certain kinde of verse so called from Alcaeus the first Inventor consisting of two dactyls and two trochees Alcakengi a winter Cherry Alcander a young Lacedemonian who having put out one of Lycurgus his eyes yet being intertained by him as his near servant loved him afterwards with a great deal of respect Alcathous the son of Pelops who being suspected to have slain his brother Chrysippus fled to Megara where killing a Lion that had slain Euripus the son of Megareus he was by Megareus made his son in law and succeeded him in the Kingdom Alceste the wife of Adonetus King of Thessaly who willingly offered her self up to die for her husband Alchedi Arab. a Star in the goat Alchenit Arab. a Star in the right side of Perseus Alchobel see Reception Alchocodon is an Arabian word and signifies the giver of years and is plac't that he hath most essential dignity in the place of the Hyleg and with some aspect doth behold that place Alchorad Arab. a contrariety of the light of the Planets Alchimy Greek the art of dissolving metals to separate the pure from the impure Alcippus vide Damocrita Aâ—cithoe a Theban woman who was turned into a Bat for contemning Bacchus his Orgâ—es Alcmena vide Amphytryo Alâ—maeon the son of Amphiaraus and Eriphite he killed his mother for having betrayed Amphiaraus and afterwards runne mad but being cured by Phlegias he married his daughter Olphaestbaeâ— giving her a Bracelet of his mothers but afterwards falling in love with one of Achetous his daughters called Callirhoe he promised her the Bracelet which he had given his former wife on condition she would marry him but going to fetch it he was slain by Temon and Axion Alphesibaeas brothers Alconor one of the 300. Argires who fought against the Lacedemonians onely he and Chromius being left alive and all his enemies killed excepting Othryades Alcoran Arab. the book wherein the Turkish religion is delivered first written by Mahomet the Turks great Prophet Alcyon dayes quiet times Alcyone the daughter of Nephtune the wife of Ceyx who sayling to the Oracle was drown'd by the way and chang'd into a bird called a King-fisher Alduas dâ—bis a River dividing the Helvetians from the Sequani called in French Leo doux Aldborrow see Isurium Aldingham a Town in Lancashire an ancient Hereditament belonging to the family of the Haveringtons or Harringtons unto whom it came from the Flemmings by the Cancefelds Aldebaran Arab. the south eye of the Bull. Alderanainim Arab. the right shoulder of Cepheus Alderanainim vide Pap. Alectryomancy Greek a certain kinde of divination among the ancients which was done by a Cock. Alectorius a precious stone of a waterish colour found in the maw of an old Capon Alectryon a young man who kept the door while Mars was familiar with Venus but Mars incensed that he was taken through his negligence changed him into a Cock. Alegement French ease releasment Aleger a Liquor made of sowr Ale Alembick lat a Still Alestake old word a Maypole Alexander son of Philip King of Macedon he overthrew the Persian Monarchy took Babylon Susa and Persepolis and after he had extended his Conquests as farre as India he returned to Babylon and there died the word signifies in Greek helper of men Alexandria a Famous Port Town of Egypt Alexipharmac Greek a Medecine against poyson Alferes Spanish an Ensign bearer Alfred a Saxon word signifying all peace Alfreton q. Alfreds Town a Town in Darbyshire built by King Alfred as some think the Lords whereof were called
up was rased to the ground by Rhese ap Gruffin Cardinal Lat. belonging to a Hinge also chief principal also an Ecclesiastical dignity instituted by Pope Paschal the First Cardiognostick Greek a Knower of hearts a prerogative onely attributed to God Cardoon French a dish of meat made of the stalk of an Artichoke Carduus Benedictus an herb called Blessed Thistle Careening a Term in Navigation a way of trimming of a ship under-water Carefox quasi quatrefour or a place parted into four wayes a market-place in Oxford so called Carecks old word marks Caresbroke a Town in the Isle of Wight contracted from Whitgaraburgh i. the Town of Whitgar for to him it was given by the Lord Cerdic the first English Saxon that subdued the Island Caresses French cherishings great expression of friendship and indearment Cleopatra Cargazon Spanish the Fraight of a ship Caria a Country of Asia the Lesse between Lycia and Ionia Carm Latine the keel of a ship Carinthia a Country joyning on the South to the Alpes being under the Duke of Austria Carity Lat. dearth scarsity Cark a quantity of wool whereof 30 make a Sarpler Carle a clown from the Saxon word Ceorle Carlile an ancient City in Cumberland almost encompast with the Rivers Eden Peteril and Cand it was called by the Romans Luguballia by the ancient Brittains Caerlnalid Egfrid King of Northumberland made a deed of gift of it to St. Cuthbert this City being depopulated by the Danes and lying buried in Rubbish for 2000 years began to flourish again in the time of William Rufus by whom it was first repaired Carline Thistle a certain plant by which Charls the great preserved his army from the Pestilence Carlings Timbers which lie along a ship from one beam to another Carmania a Country of Asia the Greater Carmasal a Turkish ship Carmelites an order of Fryars instituted at Carmelus in Syria by Almericus Bishop of Antioch in the year 1122. Carmenta an Arcadian Prophetesse the mother of Euander so called because she was the first that gave the Oracle in Verse she was also called Nicostrata Carminate Lat. to card wool Carmouth a Town in Dorsetshire where the Danes obtained a great victory against King Egbert in the year 831 and afterwards against Ethelwolph in the same place Carnage French the season wherein flesh may be eaten also a term in hunting signifying the flesh that is given to the dogs after the chace Carnality Lat. Fleshlinesse Carnation a kind of colour resembling raw flesh Carnaval French a time of dissolutenesse also the season called Shrovetide Carnificine Lat. the Executioners office also a place of execution Carnivorous Lat. Flesh-devouring Carnogan an old Brittish word signifying a kind of wodden dish a Piggin Carnoose the base ring in a great gun Carnocity lat corpulency fulnesse of flesh Carodunum the chief City of Poland called Cracovia Caroll a Christmasse song or hymn sung at Christmasse in honour of our Saviours birth Carove a kind of fruit also a root called St. Johns bread Carouse a lusty drinking a drinking all out from the dutch words Gar altogether and ausz out Carpathus an Island in the Mediterranean sea between Rhodes and Crete now called Scarpanto Carpocratians a sort of Hereticks that held a very dangerous opinion The Carp stone a triangular stone found in the chap of a Carp white without and yellow within Carrack or Carrick a great ship from the Italian word Carico a burthen Carrat French a term used by mintmen Goldsmiths and Jewellers in gold and silver it signifies the third part of an ounce in Jewels the 192d part Carricta or Carrict a province of the South part of Scotland standing upon Dunbritain Frith Carriere French a running of horses in their full speed also a circle where horses run Cartel French a challenge or letter of defiance Carthage the chief City of Africa anciently called Carthedon it was built by Dido and grew at length to that power and greatnesse that it waged war with the Romans for a long while with equal advantage There is also a City of Hispania Tarraconensis formerly called Carthago Vetus now Villa Franca Carthismandua a famous Brittish Lady Queen of the Brigantes who casting off her husband Venusius married Vellocatus his Harnesse-bearer and crowned him King being countenanced by the Romans and aided by their forces yet Venusius making war against her drove her to great straights and recovered the Kingdom Carthusians an order of Monks instituted by St. Bruno a native of Cullen 1101 who first led a Hermeticall life upon the Carthusian Mountains Cartilagineous latine full of gristles Carucata terrae from the French word Charrue a Plough it signifies in the ancient charters as much land as can be ploughed in a year by one Plough In the ancient laws it is called Hilda terrae which we call a hide of land Cartilagindous lat of a gristly substance Cartouch French a word used in Architecture signifying a roll with which they adorn the Cornish of a pillar also a charge of powder and shot made ready in a paper called also a Carthrage Carvage is to be quit if the King should tax his land by Carves Carve of land see Carrucata terrae Casemate Ital. a term in fortification a loop-hole in a wall to shoot out at Cashire French to break up a company of souldiers Caspian sea a sea between the Caspian and Hircanian Mountains Cassandra the daughter of Priam and Hecuba she being beloved of Apollo received the gift of prophesie from him at the sack of Troy she was ravisht in the Temple by Ajax Oileus and afterwards in the dividing the spoil she fell to Agamemnons lot Cassation lat a nulling or making void Cassia or Cassia fistula a kind of Reed or shrub growning in Egypt it is also called Canell from the French word Canelle Cassia lignea a sweet wood like to Cinnamon Cassiope or Cassiopea the daughter of Cepheus King of Ethiopia and mother of Andromeda who for her mothers pride in boasting her self fairer than the Nereides was exposed to the fury of a sea-monster they were afterwards placed both among the stars See Andromeda Cassivellaunus or Cassibellinus an ancient King of the Brittains under whose conduct they defended themselves with great courage against the Romans for a long time when they invaded this Island but at last he was constrained to surrender himself to Julius Caesar. Castaldie a Stewardship from the Latin word Gastaldius Castalia a certain Nymph as some think the daughter of Achelous who flying from Apollo was turned into a Fountain near Parnassus called the Castalian Fountain by some the Cabaâ—line Fountain sacred to the Muses Castanetts a certain sort of snappers which dancers tying about their fingers keep time with them as they dance they are so called from their resemblance of a a Chesnut called in Latin Castanea Castellain an officer called the Constable of a Castle which some think to be the same with Gnastaldus also in the Forrest laws it signifies an
in Grammar are certain parts of a Verb so called from bearing a double signification both active and passive Geryon a certain King of the Spanish Islands called Baleares who is fain'd by the Poets to have had three bodies and to have been killed by Hercules Gesamund Sax. assembled Gestation lat a carrying Gesticulation lat a making signs by gestures or motions of the body also a kinde of Morrice dancing Gestion lat a doing or carriage of any businesse Gests lat great actions or exploits performed Getealed Sax. numbred Gethild Sax. patience Getulians a certain barbarous people who were the first inhabitants of Aphrica Geules a Term in Heraldry signifying a red or Vermilion colour Gewgaws or Gugaws trifles for children to play with derived as some think from the Latin word gaudere to rejoyce G H Gheus an ignominious Term heretofore given to the Protestants in Flanders the word signifying as much as beggar G I Gibbosity lat a bunching out but more especially taken for a bunching in the back Gibe old word to mock from the French word gaber Gibellines see Guelphs Gibraltar see Gebaltarch Gibsere a pouch a word used by Chaucer Gideon or Gedeon Hebr. a Breaker or Destroyer Gifta Sax. Marriage Gifu Sax. Grace Gigantick big-bodied Gyant-like Gigantomachy Greek the ancient war of the Gyants against Heaven often mentioned by the Poets Giglet or Giglot a wanton woman or strumpet Chaucer Gigot French a kind of minced meat Gilbert a proper name of men signifying in the German tongue Gold-like bright answering the Lat. Aurelius or Aurelian others write Gislebert i. bright pledge Gilbertines a certain religious Order instituted by one Gilbert who for his great holinesse was Canonized for a Saint Gild see Geld. Giles a proper name of men contracted from Aegidious which some derive from the Greek word Aigidion i. a little kid Others derive Giles from Julius as Gilian from Juliana Gillet a womans name contracted in like manner from Aegidia Gillingham a Forrest in Dorsetshire where Edmund Ironside overthrew the Danes in a great pitch feild Gilthead a kind of fish so called from its golden colour Gimlet a piercer to pierce any barrel of liquor withal Gimmal see Gemmow-ring Gingreat to chirp like a bird Ginne a snare contracted as some think from Engin. Gippius a certain Roman who using to feign himself asleep while his wife lay with other men one time he started up and cryed non omnibus dormio I sleep not to all men whence it became a Proverb Gippon French a kind of short cassock or coat Gips a kind of chalk or mortar Girle a term in Hunting being a Roe-buck of two years Gironne a certain term in Heraldry Girthol in the practick of Scotland signifieth a Sanctuary Girvii a people in times past inhabiting the Fenny parts of Lincolnshire Cambridgeshire c. the word signifying Fen-dwellers Gisarms a kind of weapon with two pikes which some call Bisarmes Giste French a Couch or resting place also a writing which contains the names of the Towns or Houses where a King or Prince intends to lie in his progress Gite old word a gown G L Glaciation lat a freezing Gladiatour lat a Swordman or Fencer from the Latin word gladius a sword Gladin or Gladiole a certain herb whose leaf resembleth a sword Gladuse Brittish the proper name of divers women from Claudia Glandage French mastage or the season of feeding hogs with mast Glandulous lat full of kernels from the Latin word glans a kernel Glanoventa an ancient Town of Northumberland garrisoned by the first Cohort of the Morini so called because it stood upon the bank of the River Venta now called Wantsbeck Glastenbury a famous Abby founded by Joseph of Arimathaea near unto which in Wiral Park groweth a Hawthron which is reported to put forth leaves and blossomes upon Christmasse Day as fresh as in May also in the Church-yard there grew a Wallnut-tree which as some have affirmed did not put forth his leaves until St. Barnabies Feast Glaucitation lat a crying like a whelp Glaucus the son of Hippolochus he assisted Priamus in the Trojan war and taking Diomeds brazen arms for his own which were of Gold he was killed by Ajax and his body being carried into Lycia by the winds was changed into a River Also the name of a fisher who tasting of a certain herb leapt into the Sea and was made a Sea-god Glayve old word a kind of crooked sword or bill Glaze to vernish Glebeland land belonging to a Parsonage from gleba a clod or turf Glede old word a hot ember or coal also a puttock or kite Glee joy or mirth from the Dutch word glooren to recreate Gleire old word white Glimmering a glancing or trembling light Globosity lat a being round like a bowle or globe Globous lat round like a globe Globe vide Spheare Glocester the chief City of Glocestershire it was called by the Saxons Glevecester in Latin Glevum by the Brittains Caer-Glove i. fair City It is also called by some Claudia-Cestria from the Emperour Claudius who as it is fabulously reported married his daughter Genissa to Arviragus the Brittish King Glocester Hall a place for Students in Oxford built by John Lord Gifferd of Brimesfeild Glome old word a bottom of thread Glomeration lat a rolling or gathering into a round lump Gloomy old word dusky or dark Glâ—se old word to flatter Glossator or Gâ—â—ssographer he that makes a Glosse or Comment to interpret the hard meaning of words or things Glutination lat a joyning together with glue Glycerium a Curtesan of Thespia who gave the picture of Cupid which she had of Praxiteles as a legacy to the Thespians Glyster see Clyster G N Gnarity lat knowingnesse experience Gnarr or Gnurre a hard knot in wood also a churle Gnathonichal playing the Gnatho i. e. a parasite or deceitful fellow Gnatsnapper a certain Bird called a figgeater in Latin Ficedula Gnavity lat a being industrious active or vigorous in any business Gnew old word gnawed Gnoff old word a churl or fool Gnomonick Greek belonging to a gnomon or pin of a Dial. Gnosticks from the Greek word gnosis knowledge a sect of Hereticks instituted by one Carpocras in the year 125 they assumed to themselves a great degree of knowledge denied the day of Judgement and held two Supream Deities one good the other bad Gnurre see Gnarre G O Gobonated a term in Heraldry as a bordure gobonated is when it is divided into two colours in such sort as if it were cut into small gobbets Go to God signifieth in Common Law to be dismissed the Court. Godard a proper name of men signifying in the German tongue Godly disposition Godfrey another proper name signifying Gods peace Godwin Germ. victorious in God Goetie â—reek Witchcraft Diabolical Magick Gofish old word sottish Gog and Magog signifying in the Hebrew tongue covered or uncovered are taken in Scripture for certain Nations that shall persecute the Church To be Agog
of Juno Lilith the name of a certain she Devil which the Jews imagined to be a destroyer of children Lilybaeum a Promontory in Sicily having a Town of the same name upon it Limaceous lat belonging unto or like a Snail slimy Limation lat a filing or pollishing Limbers or Limber-holes a Term in Navigation certain little square holes cut in the bottome of the ground Timbers and hooks next to the Keel to let water passe to the well of the Pump Limbus Patrum lat a place where the Saints deceased are said to reside untill the day of Judgement being as it were the skirts or confines of Hell Limâ—narch Greek the Governour of a Port. Limitation lat a stinting or setting of bounds Limitation of Assise is a certain time set down by Statute within which a man must alleage himself or his Ancestours to have been seised of Lands sued for by a Writ of Assize Limning a kinde of Painting which is done in water colours and also differs from the other sort of painting in the preparing of the colours Limâ—sity lat muddinesse fulnesse of mud Limpid lat pure clear transparent A Limpin a kinde of fish otherwise called a muscle Linament lat linnen thread also a tent or lint for a wound Lincoln the chief Citie of Lincolnshire anciently called Lindum and by the Brittains Lindecoit by Bede Lindecollina civitas from the old Brittish Lâ—in as Cambden is of opinion which signifieth a Lake it being situate near a Lake and upon a hill in this Citie Vortimer the scourge of the Saxons ended his dayes Lincoln Colledge a Colledge in Oxford founded by Richard Fleming Bishop of Lincoln Lindsey see Holland Lincolns Inne one of the Inns of Court heretofore the house of Sir Henry Lacy Earle of Lincoln now a place for Students of the Law Lineament lat the feature or proportion of any thing drawn out onely in lines Linear lat belonging to a line Ling a kinde of small shrub otherwise called Heath in Latin Erix Lingel a little tongue or thong Lingot see Ingot Linguacity lat a being full of tongue or much given to talk Linguist one that is skilfull in tongues or languages Linigerous lat bearing Flax or Hemp. Liniment lat an oynting or daubbing over Linsie-woolsey a kinde of mixt cloath part linnen part woollen Lintels French the head pieces over a door also the same as Lentils i. a kinde of pulse Linus the son of Apollo and Psammas the daughter of Crotopus King of Argos by whom Apollo being intertained as he came from slaying the Serpent Pytho lay privately with Psammas who proving with Childe brought forth Linus who having committed some offence and hiding himself among certain bushes was found out and torn in pieces by the Dogs also the son of Apollo and Terpsichâ—re one of the nine Muses he proved a very famous Musitian taught Thamyras Orpheus and Hercules by whom as some say he was knockt on the head because he laught at him for playing unhandsomely Linx lat a kinde of spotted beast otherwise called an Ounce Lionel the proper name of a man in Latin Leonellus i. little Lyon Lions paw a kinde of Herb called in Greek Leontopodium Lipothymie Greek a distemper which causeth a fainting or swouning by reason of sudden decay or oppression of the vital spirits Lippitude lat a waterishnesse of the eyes a looking bloud-shot or blear-eyed Liptote Greek a Rhetorical figure wherein more is understood then is express't Liquation or Liquefaction lat a melting dissolving or making Liquid i. moist or of a watery substance Liquids lat are those four Consonants which do as it were melt in the pronunciation namely L. M.N.R the rest are called mutes Liquidation lat a making moist Lisard or Lizard French from the Latin Lacerta a certain beast so called because it hath feet like the brawne or sinews of a mans arms or thighs also the Lizard point the utmost Southwest point of Cornwall Litanie see Letanie Litation lat a sacrificing Literature lat knowledge in letters learning Lithargie or Litargie Greek the foam that riseth from silver or lead when they are tried Lither old word lazy or sluggish Lithoglyphick Greek a graver or cutter in stones Lithomancie lat a Divination the casting of pebble stones Lithotomie Greek a cutting of stones a quarry whence stones are digged Litigation lat a contending or wrangling Litigious lat full of strife contentious Litispendence lat the hanging of a suit till it be decided Lâ—tmose blue a kinde of blue colour used in painting and limning Litoral or Litorean lat belonging to the shorâ— sea-side or side of a river Liturgie Greek signifieth in general any publick Office but particularly Divine service or the function of a Minister Liverie French the Cognizance device or badge which a Noble-man or Gentleman gives to his servants and followers also Livery of seisin is a Ceremony used in Common-law being a delivery of possession of Lands or Tenements or other things unto another also a Writ which lieth for the Heir to obtain the possession and seizin of his Lands at the Kings hands Lividity or Livor lat a kinde of leaden or dead blewish colour in the body caused by a stroke ar blow given also metaphorically taken for spite or envy Lixiviated lat washed with lye made of ashes Lizard see Lisard L O Loach or Lohoch French a kind of Confection or Electuary that is to be licked or suffered to melt in the mouth without chewing it is an Arabick word and signifieth in the Latin Linctus i. a licking Lobbe or Lobling a kind of great north Sea-fish Local in Common Law is as much as tied or annexed to a place Location lat a placing or setting in place also a letting out to hire Lockers little cupbords which are made by the ships sides to put in shot by the pieces Lococessiâ—n lat a yeilding or giving place Locomotion lat a moving out of a place or from place to place Locrians or Locri a people of Locris in Greece inhabiting on either side of the Hill Parnassus Locris is also a City of that part of Italy called Magna Graecia built by those Locrians that followed Ajax Oileus to Troy Loculament lat a little place distinct or apart by it self Locuplete lat abounding with riches wealthy Locust lat a kind of winged Insect commonly taken for a Grasshopper but others think it to be the same with that which the Frenchmen call Cigale Locution lat a speaking or saying Lodemanage the hire of a Pilot for conducting of a ship from one place to another from the Dutch word loot i. lead Lodesman a Guide or Pilot from the same word loot whence he is also called Lootsman Lodestar the Cynosure or North-Star which guideth Mariners Lodestone as it were a leading-stone because by it Mariners are guided and directed in their voyages It is of a rusty-iron colour and hath the vertue to attract or draw iron to it whereby many admirable secrets are performed Lodeworkes
person above any one besides but especially in an amorous sence it is also used adjectively for neat spruice polisht or adorn'd Minious lat of a red or Vermilion colour Ministery lat service or charge in any imployment but used more especially in a spiritual sence for the Priestly function Miniver see Menivâ—r The Minor in a syllogisme the latter part or assumption Minoration lat a diminishing or making lesse Minority lat nonage or being under age Minos a King of Creet the son of Jupiter or as some say of Xanthus and Europa he having great wars with the Athenians and Megareans because they slew his son Androgeus had Megara delivered to him by the treachery of Scylla he intertained Daedalus an Athenian being banisht from his Country who being an excellent Artist made that famous Labyrinth into which the Minotaur was put But afterwards for making a wooden Heifer into which Pasiphae the wife of Minos being included received the Bull again by which she had formerly had the Minotaur he was shut up into the Labyrinth himself together with his son Icarus but he making waxen wings for himself and his son fled away into Sicily where he was stifled in a Bath by the daughter of King Crocalus his son having melted his wings by the way and fallen into the Sea which was thence called the Icarian Sea Minotaurus the Monster which Pasiphae the wife of Minos brought forth having had carnal copulation with a Bull it had partly the form of a man partly of a Bull to this Monster the Athenians overcome by Minos were bound by covenant to sent yearly seven of their noblest youths to be devoured but in the third year Theseus the son of Aegeus was sent to slay the Minotaur which having done he escaped with the help of Ariadne out of the Labyrinth by a clew of thread Minouery from the French word Main-ovre i. handy-work is a trespasse committed by a mans handy-work in the Forrest as an engine to catch Dear c. Minster a Saxon word signifying a Monastery Mint a certain herb so called from Minthe the daughter of Cocytus who being taken away with Proserpina by Pluto was changed into a plant of the same name also the place where the Kings coin is formed which at present is at the Tower of London but in ancient times it was at Caleis Minute lat little small whence Minution a diminishing or making little also a Minute is substantively used for a moment or the smallest part of time †Mirabile lat wonderful strange to be admired Miraculous lat the same Mirmillions lat a sort of gladiators or sword-fighters Mirour or Mirrour French a looking-glasse Misanthropy Greek a man-hateing a flying the company of men Mirach the Girdle of Adromeday Misaventure in Common Law is the killing of a man partly by negligence and partly by chance as by throwing a stone carelessely shooting an arrow or the like Misbode old word wrong Miscellanies lat a mixture of several things together a collection of divers notions treating of different matters Miscreant French an Infidel or unbeliever Mise a French word signifying in an action of right or property the point whereupon the parties proceed to trial either by Assize or Battle as issue is in an action personal Misericordia in Common Law is an arbitrary punishment very moderate and rather lesse than the offence Miskenning is a changing of speech in Court The Misne or Misen-sail of a Ship is that which is between the poop and the main-sail Misogamy Greek a hating or contempt of marriage Misoginy Greek a hating of women Misprision from the French word mespris signifieth in Common Law a neglect or oversight as a misprision of Felony c. is a neglect or light account had of Felony committed by not revealing it when we know it to be committed To Misqueam old word to displease Missale lat a breviary or masse-book Misseltoe or Misseldin in Dutch Mistel a certain plant which grows not upon the ground but upon other trees of which it is reported that Thrushes eating the berries of this plant and afterwards sitting to roust all night and shitting upon it causeth it to bear bird-lime whence cometh the Proverb The Thrush shits her own sorrow Missile lat a dart or arrow also a term in Heraldry being a mixture of several colours together Mission lat a sending it is also taken peculiarly for a power given by the Church of Rome to go into other Countries and preach the Catholick Faith and those that are thus sent are called Missionaries or fathers of the Mission A letter Missive lat a letter which is sent from one friend to another Mister old word need want Mistery French Mistier Latin Magisterium a craft trade or occupation but coming from Mysterium it signifieth a secret or hidden businesse Mithridates a King of Pontus who spake 22 Languages he rebelling against the Romans was overcome by Sylla near Dardanus and afterwards by Lucullus near Cyzicus and flying to Tigranes King of Armenia he renewed the war but at length was totally overthrown by Pompey and besieged in his own Palace where having in vain attempted to poison himself he assisted Gallus the Executioner when his hand trembled in the murdering of himself He was the first inventour of that excellent Antidote against infection and poison called from his own name Mithridate Mitigation lat a pacifying or asswaging Mittins in French Mitains certain winter gloves made of cloth or furs Mittimus a Justice of peace his warrant to send an offender to the Goale or prison Mitylene an ancient City of Lesbos not far from Methymna from this City the whole Island now takes its denomination Mixen old word from Meoxe i. dung a dunghill Mixture lat a mingling of several things together Mizmor Span. a Dungeon M N Mnemosyne a certain Nimph who being got with child by Jupiter brought forth the nine Muses the word signifieth in Greek memory Mnesteus see Menesteus M O Mobbi a certain drink made of Potato roots much used in the Island of Barbado's Mobility lat moveablenesse inconstancy Modality lat a School-term signifying the manner of a thing in the abstract Modder from the Dutch word Modde or Moddekin i. a Maid or Virgin a young girle or wench Moderation lat temperance government discretion Moderatour lat a discreet governour a decider of any controversie Modern lat of late time Modicum lat a little matter a small pittance Modification lat a qualifying a setting a measure or limit to any thing Modulation lat an exact singing a keeping time and measure in singing Mogontus a certain heathen god worshipped by the ancient Brittains in Northumberland like as Bellotucardus in Cumberland and Andates in Essex Moguntia a City of Germany now called Mentz the Arch-Bishop of this place is one of the three spiritual Electors of the Empire Moiles in Latin Mallei a kind of highsoaled-shooes worn in ancient times by Kings and great persons Moitie French the
statutes signifying woollen cloath Plottons a Term in Military Discipline consisting of eight in front Plumage French a bunch of feathers Plumbagin lat silver mingled with lead stone or oar Plumbeous lat leaden of the colour of lead also blunt or dull A Plumestriker a parasite or flatterer so called from pulling hairs or feathers off from other mens Cloakes Plumigerous lat bearing feathers having feathers on Plunder Dutch to rob or take away by violence in time of war Plurality lat a being more then one Pluries the name of a Writ that goeth out the third time if the Original Capiâ—s and the sicut alias speed not Plutarch a famous Philosopher of Cheronea who liv'd in the time of the Emperours Trajan and Adrian and wrote many excellent books he was in such high esteem with Adrian that he was sent with Consular power into Illyria Pluto the son of Saturn and Ops to whom in the division of the World betwen him and his two brothers Jupiter and Neptune there fell the infernal Empire by lot Pluvial or Pluvious lat rainy full of rain or watery clouds P N Pneumatical Greek belonging to wind or spirits P O Pocillation lat the waiting on a great mans cup. Poculent lat that may be drunk Podagrical lat having the gout in the feet Podalirius and Machaon the sons of Aesculapius they were Physitians in the Grecian Army that went against the Trojans Podarge the swiftest of Mares that fed in a place called Vernum Pratum on whom Zephyrus begat the Horses of Achilles Podestat Ital. or chief Magistrate of a City Podimetry Greek a measuring by the foot Poesie or Poetry Greek the art of making a Poem i. any kind of subject consisting of Rythm or Verses Points in Heraldry are certain places in an Escutcheon diversly named according to their several positions A Poinard or Poinado French a daggar or short sword Pointblanck punctually absolutely from the French words poinct a prick and blanc white Polar or Polary lat belonging to the Poles i. the ends of the axeltree about which Astronomers imagin the heavens to be moved The North Pole is called the Arctick Pole the South Pole the Antarctick whence the Polar-circles are two little circles near the Poles of the World described by the Poles of the Zodiack Polemical Greek Military belonging to War Policy of Assurance a giving to some or other a certain rate or proportion to secure the safe arrival of a ship and so much wares at a place agreed on Political Greek belonging to policy or the government of a Common-wealth Politure lat a polishing or trimming Pollard a â—heven or cod-fish also a stag or male Deer having musen'd or cast his head Pollicar lat containing the measure of an inch which is the breadth of a thumb or toe Pollicitation lat a promising Pollinarious lat belonging to or made into fine flower Pollincture lat the embalming of dead bodies Poltron French a knave or rascal also a coward or lazy fellow Polycrates a Tyrant of Samos being a man of very great wealth and of that fortune that having let fall into the Sea a ring of great value it was found the next day in the belly of a fish but in his later end he was taken by Orontes the Persian and crucified Polydamas the son of Antenor and Theano the sister of Hecuba he marryed Lycaste the daughter of Priamus by a Concubine and is said together with his father Antenor and Aeneas to have betrayed the City Troy to the Greeks Also the son of Panthous the master of Hector he was a man of vast strength Polydorus see Polymnestor Polygamy Greek the having more wives than one Polygony Greek the having many angles or corners also an herb called knot-grasse Polyhymnia or Polymneia the name of one of the nine Muses she is said to have been the first inventour of History Polymnestor a Tyrant of Thrace who when Priamus fearing the Trojan War had committed his youngest son Polydorus to his tuition with a great summe of Gold for greedinesse of the money killed the child Polymorphean Greek having many shapes or forms Polynices the brother of Eteocles and son of Oedipus King of Thebes by his mother Jocasta Polyphagian Greek one that eats much a great feeder Polyphemus the son of Neptune by the Nimph Thoosa the daughter of Phorcus he was one of the Cyclops and faling in love with the Nimph Galatea slew the youth Acis whom she preferred before him he devoured four of the companions of Vlisses when they were cast upon that shore and would have served the rest in like manner but that Vlisses made him drunk with black wine and put out that one eye which he had in the midst of his forehead Polyptâ—te term in Grammar a Noun that is declined with many Cases Polypus a kind of fish that hath a great many feet called also Pourcontrel also a tumour or swelling in the nose Polysyllabical Greek having many syllables Polysyndeton Greek a certain figure wherein a sentence is joyned with many conjunction copulatives Polyxena the daughter of Priamus whom Pyrrhus the son of Achilles slew upon his fathers Tomb and sent her to the infernal shades to his father who for her sake had been slain by Paris Pomander in Dutch Pomamber as it were an apple of Amber a little round ball made of several fragrant perfumes to smell to or hang about the wrist Pomarious lat belonging to a Pomary i. an Orchard or place set with Apple-trees Pomegranate a kind of round fruit so called because it is full of graines or because it groweth chiefely in Granata a Region of Spain Pomelegryse old word dapple-gray Pomeparadice a fruit called a John-apple In Greek Melimelum as it were a Honey-apple Pomeridian the same as Postmeridian Pomiferous lat bearing apples or other kind of round fruit Pommade French a kind of sweet ointment also a trick in vaulting Pomaery lat a certain space about the walls of a City or Town Pomfret or Pontfract a Town in Yorkshire so called for in the Saxons time it was named Kâ—rkby from a wooden bridge over Are broken by the confluence of a great multitude of people that accompanied William Arch-Bishop of York King Stephens Nephew when he returned from Rome This place hath been stained with the blood-shed of many Great men here Thomas Earle of Lancaster was beheaded by King Edward the second King Richard the second was here made away by the appointment of King Henry the fourth Also Anthony Earle Rivers and Sir Richard Grey were here beheaded by King Richard the third Pomona the goddesse of Orchards with whom Vertumnus falling in love courted her in several sâ—apes at last in the form of an old woman he spake so effectually for Vertumnus that he prevailed and returning to his own shape he married her â—neus Pompeius sirnamed the Great which title was given him by the Army of Sylla for Triumphing over Iarbas a King of Africa then joyning with Metellus
vessels Tasck an old Brittish word signifying as much as Tribute from whence haply cometh our word Task which is a duty or labour imposed upon any one Tassel French a Term in Falconry the Male of any Hawk Titus Tatius a Captain of the Sabines who after great Wars with the Romans at length concluding a peace with them was received as a sharer in the Government Tavistoke or Teavistok a Town in Devonshire so called from the River Teave it hath been famous in times past for the Abbey built by Ordolph the son of Ordgare Earle of Devonshire in the year 961. he being admonished as some say by a Vision from Heaven this Abby was destroyed by the Danes but afterwards flourish'd again and in it Lectures were instituted of the English Saxon tongue Tawnton or Thonton a Town in Somersetshire so called as it were a Town watered by the River Thone here Iâ—a King of the West-saxons built a Castle which Desburgio his wife rased to the ground after she had expelled from thence Eadbritch King of the South-saxons Taurine or Taurean lat belonging to a Bull. Taurinum a Citie by the Alps in Piedmont vulgarly called Turin Taurus a very great ridge of mountains stretched out a mighty length through divers Countreys and called by several names as Imaus Parapomisus Circius Taurus Cauâ—asus Sarpedon Ceraunius c. also the name of one of the twelve signes of the Zodiack the word signifying in Latin a Bull. Tautologie Greek a repeating of one thing several times over in different expressions Taximagulus a petty King of Kent one of those that opposed Julius Caesar when he made War with the Brittains Taygetus a very steep Hill by the Citie of Sparta T E Team or Theam Sax. a Royalty granted by the Kings Charter to a Lord of a Mannour Teasels a kind of Plant called in Greek Dipsacus in Latin labrum veneris Technical Greek artificial done by Art Tectonick lat belonging to a building Tedder a tying of any beast in a roap that he may graze within a certain compasse Tediferous lat bearing a Taper or Torch Tegea a Town in Arcadia whose inhabitants having great Wars with the Phaeneatae it was decided in a Duel between the three sons of Rherimachus for the Tegeans and the three sons of Demostratus for the Phaeneatae like that of the Horatii and Curiatii Tegment lat a covering or cloathing Teifidale a Countrey in the South-part of Scotland so called as it were a Dale by the River Teif Telarie lat belonging to a Weavers Web. Teliferous lat carrying or bearing darts Tellers of the Exchequer four Officers appointed to receive all monies due to the King and to give a Bill to the Clark of the Pell to charge him therewith Telamon the son of Aeacus King of Salamis he was the first that got upon the Walls of Troy when Hercules besieged it whereupon he gave him Hesione the daughter of Laomedon Telegonus the son of Vlisses and Circe who slew his father at Ithaca not knowing him afterwards going into Italy he built Tusculum Telephus the son of Hercules and the Nymph Auge who being exposed to the Woods by his Grand-father was brought up by a Hart afterward becoming King of Mysia he was wounded by Achilles whom he denied passage through his Countrey going to the Wars of Troy but at length was cured by the same dart that wounded him Telescope Greek a certain Mathematical instrument by which the proportion of any thing is discerned at a great distance Tellus the goddesse of the earth and oftentimes taken for the earth it self Temerity lat rashnesse unadvisednesse Tempe certain pleasant fields in Thessaly five miles long six miles broad watered by the River Penâ—us which makes them so ever green and flourishing that all delightfull places are by Metaphor called Tempe Temperament lat a moderate and proportionable mixture of any thing but more peculiarly of the four humours of the body Temperance lat moderation and abstinence a restraining the violence of a mans affections or passions Temperature lat the same as temperament Tempestivity lat seasonablenesse due or convenient time Templars or Knights of the Temple see in Knight Temporaneous or Temporary lat belonging to time done suddenly or a certain time Temporalities of Bishops such Lands or Revenues as are added to Bishops Sees by great persons of the Land Temporize to live according to the times to comply with the times Temulency lat drunkennesse Tenacity lat an aptnesse to keep or hold fast Tenderlings a Term among Hunters the soft tops of Deers Horns when they begin to shoot forth Tendons lat certain small ligaments or chords in which the muscles do end Tendrells the young branches of a tree and chiefely of a vine Tenebres certain divine Services performed among the Catholicks some dayes of the week before Easter Sunday in representation of our Saviours Agony in the Garden there being put out of the 15 lamps which they light one at the end of every Psalm they repeat untill all the lights are extinguished Tenebrion lat one that lurks in the night to pilfer or steal also a night-spirit Tenebrosity lat darknesse or obscurity Tenedos an Island in the Aegaean Sea between Lesbos and the Hellespont hither the Greeks retired while the Trojans received the great horse Tenerity lat tendernesse or softnesse Tenne a kind of tawny colour a term used in Heraldry Tenon a term in Building a piece of a rafter put into a mortisehole to bear it up Tenor lat the effect or purport of any thing also a rule or proportion also one of the five parts in Musick Tensil lat easie to be bent or stretcht out Tensity lat stiffnesse or a being stretched out hard Tent among Jewellers is that which they put under table Diamonds when they set them in work it signifieth also a Pavillion also a Chirurgions Instrument to search wounds with Tentation lat a tempting trying or proving Tentorian lat belonging to a Tent or Pavillion Tenuity lat smallnesse thinnesse slendernesse whence Tenuation a making thin or slender Tenure in Common Law is the manner whereby Tenants hold Lands of their Lord. Tepefaction lat a making luke-warm Tepidity lat lukewarmnesse Tercera one of the Isles which the Spaniards call Acores Terebinthine lat belonging to Terebinth i. the Turpentine-tree as also a certain Gum issuing out of that tree Terebration lat a boring through Tereus see Philomela Tergeminous lat three born at a birth also threefold Tergiversation lat a turning ones back a flinching or withdrawing also a non-suit in Law Terminals lat certain Feasts made in honour of Terminus an ancient god among the Romans called the god of bounds because after the banishment of Saturn he used to decide the controversies of Husbandmen falling out about the limits of their grounds Termination lat a limiting ending or bounding Ternary or Ternion lat the number three Terra Lemnia an exceeding red earth of the Island of Lemnos digged from a red