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
August the first day of August otherwise called Lammas day in old Almanacks St. Peter ad Vincula it cometh from the French word Gueul i. e. a throat because on that day a certain maid having a disease in her throat was cured by kissing the Chains that St. Peter had been bound with at Rome Gulf or Gulph a streight passage between two Seas it comes from the Greek word Colpos Guloâ—ity lat gluttony Gultwit an old Saxon word signifying an amends for trespasse Gummilda the wife of Asmond King of Denmark she killed her self for grief that her husband had been slain in battel Gunora a Famous Norman Lady who flourished in Shropshire and Cheshire and held the Hamlet of Lanton in chief as of the honour of Mountgomery by the service of giving to the King a Barb'd-headed whensoever he should come into those parts to hunt in Cornedon Chace Gunwale a piece of Timber in a ship which reacheth from the half deck to the fore-castle on either side Gurgitation lat an ingulphing or swallowing up Gurnard a kinde of fish so called Gusset an abatement in Heraldry form'd of a Travers line drawn from the dexter chief and descending perpendicularly to the extream base parts or contrarywise Gust in Navigation is a sudden winde also taken by some for a stranger or guest Guttural lat belonging to the throat Guzes in Heraldry signifieth the ball of the eye Guy a proper name of men in Latin Guido from the French word Guide i. e. a leader or directour Guy a certain rope used in a ship to keep any thing from swinging in too fast G Y Gy old word a guide Gibbositie a bunchbacked the Moons 3. parts full of light Gyges a certain Lydian to whom Candaules the King having shown his wife naked she animated him to kill the King which he did by the help of a Ring which made him invisible and afterwards marrying her he made himself King Gymnasiarch Greek the chief governour of a Gymnase which is a place for all manner of exercise both of minde and body Gymnosophists Greek a Sect of Philosophers among the Indians who went naked living in desarts and feeding upon Herbs Gyndes a River not far from Euphrates which Cyrus besieging Babylon cut into 46 several Channels Gypsation lat a plaistering with Mortar Gyration lat a fetching a compasse from Gyre a great circle Gyron in Heraldry signifieth a quarter or half a Cube described by a Diagonal line Gysarme the same as Gisarme H A HAbberdasher one that sells a great many several wares from the Dutch words habt jhr das i. e. have you that Habeas Corpus a Writ which a man Indited before Justices of Peace and laid in prison may have out of the Kings bench to remove himself thither at his own charges Haberdepois see Averdupoise Habergeon a diminutive of Haubert see Haubert Habilement French cloathing also armour Hability lat an aptnesse or capacity Habit lat custome or use also the attire or cloathing of the body Habitation or Habitacle lat a dwelling a place of residence Habitual lat grown to a habit or custome Habitude lat the same as habit Hables French a haven or port Hachee or Hach French a certain French dish made of sliced meat Hadock a kinde of fish called a Cod-fish Hadrian the name of a great Roman Emperour who was so called from the Citie Hadria whence he deduced his original the word is derived by Gesner from the Greek word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. grosse or wealthy Hadrianople Greek a Citie of Macedon in Greece Haemon a young man of Thebes who loving Antigone the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta hearing that she was put to death by Creon he killed himself over her Tomb. Haemorrhagie Greek a violent bursting out of bloud Haemorrhoides Greek a certain disease called in English the Piles Haemus a great Mountain dividing Thessaly from Thrace at the foot of which are the fields of Tempe it was so called from Haemus the son of Boreas and Orithya Haerede abducto a Writ that lieth for him who having the Wardship of his Tenant under age hath him conveyed away from him by another Haeresie Greek a division in the Church caused by some erroneous opinion contrary to the fundamental points of religion Haesitation lat a sticking at any thing a doubting Haga a word used in some old Writs for a house Hagard French untam'd unruly also a Hagard Hawk is taken for a wilde Hawk Hagiographer Greek a writer of holy things Haggase a kinde of pudding made of Hogs flesh Haie from the French word Haye a kinde of Net to catch Conies which is commonly pitch'tunder hedges Haile a word of salutation from the Saxon word Heal i. e. health Haire is when a Masculine and Diurnal Planet in the day time the earth or a Feminine nocturnal Planet in the night time under the earth Haimhaldatio Catallorum signifieth in the practick of Scotland a seeking restitution for goods wrongfully taken away Haketon a Jacket without sleeves Chaucer Halbert a kinde of weapon called in Spanish Halabarda Halcyon a bird called a King-fisher which builds its Nest and breeds upon the Sea-shore about the winter â—olâ—tice for the space of fourteen dayes wherein the weather useth to be very calm whence by Metaphor peaceable and quiet times are called Halcyon dayes the Poets feign that Halcyon the wife of Caeyx was turned into this bird See Alcyon Haledon a place in Northumberland where Oswald King of that County in a great pitcht feild against the Brittish King Cedwall having erected a cross unto Christ obtained the victory and afterwards became a devout Christian. This place was in old times called Heavenfeild Half-merk or Noble a piece of coine valueing 6 shillings 8 pence Half-seal is taken for the sealing of Commissions unto delegates appointed by an appeal in Ecclesiastical or Maritime causes Halicarnassus the chief City of Caria where the famous Tomb of Mausolus was built by Queen Artemisia Halidome Saxon holy judgement whence By my Halidome used anciently to be a great oath among country people Halieuticks Greek books treating of the Art of fishing Halifax signifying in old English holy hair a Town in Yorkshire so called from a Maides head that had been cut off by a Priest of that place which being hung upon a yew-tree as a holy matter was had in great veneration by the people who gathering of the sprigs of the tree took it for her hair Halinitre Greek a kind of Mineral commonly called Saltpeter Hall a Ship to call to her to know whence she is and whither bound Hallage French a fee due for clothes brought for sale to Blackwell Hall or to the Lord of a Market for commodities vended there Hallelujah see Allelujah Hâ—llucination lat error or blindness of judgement Halm from the Hebrew word halam to shake the stalk of corn from the ear to the root Halsier a term in Navigation he that draws the Halser or Cable wherewith boats are
of many Learned heads Such an Encyclopedy I present thee Reader with from the Muses as it was delivered me from the forked top of their Parnassus for I shall ever acknowledge such peculiar aides as I received from severall Learned Persons otherwise I can faithfully assert for the building up of this Volume next to the use of grand Dictionaries I have onely been beholding to the imperfect remaines of a Gentleman who long since begun this Work First his sicknesse impeding and then impartial death cutting him short of finishing his Design the best Schollars that then perused his Labours did with one voice render him this honour That his Collections were choice That he had taken up nothing but what was Authentick and that the Learned themselves in some respects might be obliged to him for his Studies To conclude Courteous Reader this Volume which the so many years industry of my self and others hath brought to such a perfection is for thine and the general good now at last made publick I wish thee all happinesse in thy necessary search and use of it Farewell COurteous Reader faults are usual in the printing of Generall Tracts but in Dictionaries and Works of this kind I am truly sensible that as they will seem more strange to thee so they reflect more on the Authours credit to purchase thy more favourable construction I have collected an Alphabetical Index of the Capital Errata which is placed at the end of the Book THE NEW WORLD Of English Words Or a General Dictionary Containing the Terms Etymologies Definitions and perfect Interpretations of the Proper significations of hard English words throughout the Arts and Sciences Liberal and Mechanick as also all other subjects that are usefull or appertain to the Language of our Nation A. A. AAron the son of Amram and brother of Moses he was the first High-Priest of the Jews being chosen to that dignity by the budding of his Rod the word signifies in Hebr. a Teacher or Mountain of fortitude Aaron a great Emperour of the Saracens who leading into Asia an Army of 300000. men compelled Nicephorus the Greek Emperour to make peace with him on Ignominions and dishonourable terms A. B. Aba a Tyrant of Hungaria who being slain by his own subjects and buried in the next Church not long after was digged out of the earth again where being found with his winding-sheet and other cloathes uncorrupted and unchanged and all his wounds cured he was honoured with a nobler burial and his bones translated to a Monastery built by himself and there interred †Abaction Latin a driving or forcing away Abaddon an Hebrew word signifying a destroyer and used in the New Testament for the Devil Abae a Town of Phocis a Province in Greece which was not destroyed by Philip of Macedon because the people were known never to have committed sacriledge Abaea a Town in the Bay of Messena wherein was the most ancient Oracle of Apollo burnt at length by the Army of Xerxes Abagas Can King of the Tartars he having recovered the Dominion of the Turks and taken Parvana Governour of Turcia because he betrayed it to the Soldan of Aegypt cut him in pieces boyled him among his other viands and eat him Abalus an Isle in the German Ocean in which it is reported that there are Hills from which doth drop great store of Amber To Abandon Ital. to forsake also to resign one's self up wholly to any prevailing passion †Abannition Lat. a punishment inflicted by the Greeks upon the committers of Man-slaughter namely the banishing them for a twelve-moneths space Abantiaâ— the Isle of 〈◊〉 near Boeotia in the Mediterranean Sea so called from the Abantes a people which coming out of Thrace inhabited there Abarimon a Countrey in Scythiâ— hear the Mountain Aemaus the people are very salvage and although their feet are â—everted or turned backward yet they are exceeding swift Abarstick old word insatiable Abas the son of Metanira whom Ceres turned into a Lizard because he laugh'd at those divine rites which his Mother instituted to her worship also the twelf King of the Argives being the son of Lynceus by his wife Hypermnestra he was the Father of Proetus and Acrisius Grandfather of Perseus that freed Andromeda To Abase Ital. to bring low Abast a term in Navigation when any thing is done or placed toward the stern in respect of any that are towards the â—tem To Abate to make lesse or diminish Abatement a term in Heraldry being an accidental mark annexed to Coat-armour denoting a stain in the bearer Abatos an Island in Egypt in the Marishes of Memphis where King Osiris was buried Abawed old word daunted ashamed Abbae a word used in holy Scripture and signifieth in the Syriack tongue Father Abbington see Abington To Abbord Italian to approach near the shore also to grapple with a ship Abbot a spiritual Governour over a religious house of Monkes To Abbreviate Lat. to abridge to make short Abdals a kind of religious people among the Persians who make profession of poverty and lodge in Churches they derive their name from Abdala father of Mahomet Abdalmatalis the Grand-father of Mahomet a Man of so rare a beauty and perfect composure that he wonne the admiration love of all the women that saw him Abdelmonus a King of Africa whose Father was a Potter to whom while he was a young man Aventumerth a famous Astronomer foretold that he should obtain the Kingdom and afterward assisted him in the compassing of the design Abdera a Town of Thrace where Democritus was born the people whereof were counted a foolish people Abdevenam the head of the twelf Mansion a term in Astrology To Abdicate Lat. to renounce or refuse Abdolonymus a certain Gardiner of Sydon by a long descent continuing of the bloud Royal whom Alexander the Great after he had taken that Citie caused to be proclaimed King thereof Abdomen in Anatomy signifies all that part of the belly that contains the natural bowels being composed of a skin fat eight muscles and the peritonaeum Abducted Lat. led away Abecedary belonging to the A. B. C. To Abedge old word to abide Abel the name of one of Adams sons and signifieth in Hebrew vanity also the name of a place and signifieth in Hebrew mourning Abent old word a steep place or hanging Hill * Abequitation Lat. a riding away Aberconwey q. the mouth of Conwey a Town in Caernarvonshire built upon the mouth of the River Conwey by Edward the first out of the ruines of an old Town called Caerhaen i. ancient Citie in Latin Conovium Aberfraw a Town in the Isle of Anglesey anciently a very famous place and the Royal seat of the Kings of Guineth or North wales Abergevenny or Abergenny so called because it is situate at the very meeting of the Rivers Vsk and Gebenny or Gobanny it is called in Latin Gobanium and is fortified with a very strong Castle which hath been the seat of many great Lords and
with pride Amputation Lat. a curtailing a lopping off Amsanctus a place in the midst of Italy where are many waters full of Brimstone which send forth a pestilent and noisome smell and are inclosed round about with Woods which gave occasion to the Poets to faign that the infernal Ghosts had their abode there Amstelodamum the chief Citie of Holland now called Amsterdam Amulet Lat. a kinde of composition somewhat like a Pomander to wear about one which preserveth from the plague poyson or inchantment Amulius King of the Latin's he disposest his brother Numitor of the Kingdom and made a Vestal of his Neece Rhea Silvia but she being got with Childe by Mars as it was reported brought forth Romulus and Remus who afterwards reigned Amycus King of the â—ebrycii the son of Neptune and Melie who challenging all strangers to fight with him with whirlebats was at length slain by Pollux Amymone one of the fifty daughters of Danae she was ravish't by Neptune and brought forth Nauplius Amyris an inhabitant of Sybaris who foretelling the ruine of his Countrey fled away with all his goods A N Ana a Greek adverb used by Physitians in their bills to signifie the like quantity of each also a kind of Indian beasts with long teeth and sharp nails Anabaptists a Sect of Hereticks first begun in Germany as some say by one Nicholas Stork in the year 1521. their chief Tenet is that men ought not be baptized till they are able to render an account of their faith †Anabathrum Greek a place whereunto we ascend by steps Anacardium Greek a kinde of bean growing in Malaga Anachorite Greek a kinde of religious person that gives himself up to a religious life Anacreon a famous Lyrick Poet of Teus in Jonia who was choaked with the husk of a raison †Anacrisis Greek question of the guilty either by torment or by interrogation Anachronisme Greek a word used in Chronology signifying a false collection of time Anadem Greek a Garland Anadesme Greek a swath a cloath to tie up wounds Anadiplosis Greek a figure in Rhetorick i. e. when one verse begins with the same word the last ended with Anaetis a Goddesse among the Lydians to whom the chiefest Noble men used to Dedicate their daughters Anaglyphick Greek belonging to the art of Carving or Embossing Anagnostick Greek a Curate or one that serveth to read to another †Anagogical Greek skilled in deep matters well read in mysterious learning Anagram Greek a transposing the letters of any ones name so as to make another word of it which art some say was invented by Lycophron Anagraph Greek a register an inventory Analects Greek scraps which are gathered from the Table also Metaphorically taken for any collections Analemme Greek a Mathematical instrument to finde out the course or elevation of the Sun or any Planet Analogisme Greek a logical argument from the cause to the effect Analogie Greek proportion correspondence Analysis Greek a resolution of doubtfull matters also a distribution of the whole into parts Ananias Hebr. the grace of the Lord a proper name Anapaest Greek a foot in a verse consisting of two short syllables and one long Anaphora a Rhetorical figure being a repetition of the same sound in the beginning of several sentences or verses also the ascention of the signs from the East by the dayly course of the firmament Anapologetical Greek having no excuse without any Apology Anarchy Greek a disorder in government a being without rule or Prince Anarand a Brittish proper name corrupted from Honoratus i. e. Honourable Anaretas see Interfector Anathema Greek with e short is a person solemnly curs't or devoted to destruction Anathema Gr. that which is offered to an Idol Anatocisme Greek the yearly receipt of usury when at the years end the use is become principal Anatomy Greek the dissection of a body for the more exact discovery of all the inward parts Anaxarete a beautifull Virgin of Salamis who disdaining the love of Iphis was the cause that he hang'd himself before the her door and was afterwards for her hard heartednesse turned into a stone Anaximander a great Milesian Philosopher the Successour of Thales Ancoeus the son of Neptune he being much given to Agriculture and going to drive a wilde Boar out of a Vineyard he had planted was slain by the Boar. Ancaster a Town or long street in Lincolnshire by Antoninus called Crocolana in which the memory of Antiquity is continued by the Roman Coines and Vaults under ground oftentimes discovered Anchises the son of Capys he was carried by his son Aeneas from the sack of Troy but died in his journy toward Italy Anchoret see Anachorite Anchurus the son of Midas he after Midas was warned by the Oracle to throw what he had most precious into a great gap of the earth about Celenon in Phrygia had thrown in his gold in vain her rode into the Abysse which had swallowed many men and afterwards it closed up Ancus Martius the fourth King of the Romans Ancil Lat. a kinde of sheild or buckler made after the fashion of a decrescent Moon the first of this form was reported to fall from heaven into the hands of Pompilius Numa in the time of a great plague who by the instinct of the Goddesse Egeria caused eleven more to be made and committed them to the keeping of the 12. Salii Ancona the chief Citie of Picenum in Italy first built by the Sicilians Andalusia a Countrey in Spain first called Baetica Andradswald a Wood in Sussex aciently 120 miles in length memorable for the death of Sigebert King of the West Saxons who having been deposed was stabbed in this place by a Swinheard Andrago Lat. a woman of manly countenance and carriage Andrastes or Andate a certain Goddesse worshipt by the ancient Brittains as the Goddesse of victory Andrew Greek a proper name signifying manly Androdamant Greek a kinde of precious stone Androgyne Greek one of both Sexes one that is both man and woman Andromache wife to Hector she was after his death married to Helenus the Prophet and son of Priam. Andromeda the daughter of Cepheus King of Aethiopia she was for her pride exposed to the cruelty of a Sea-monster but delivered by Perseus Androna Greek a place that was anciently made in ships onely for men to be in Anelate a kind of a wood knife Anemone Greek a kind of flower called a wind flower Anfractuosity Lat. an intricate turning and winding Angel in gold is a piece of Coyn that hath an Angel stamp't upon it and beares the value of 10 shillings Angelica an Herb so called Angelical Greek belonging to an Angel i. a messenger the Angels are also taken in holy Scripture for those immortal spirits which wait upon Almighty God in the highest heavens they are divided by Saint Paul into nine several orders Seraphim Cherubim Thrones Dominations Virtues Powers Principates Arch-Angel and Angel Angelot French a kind of small Cheese commonly made in France
a freehold an adjunct to a subject Appendix Lat. an Addition a thing that depends upon another Appetency Lat. earnest desire Appeteth desireth a word used by Chaucer Appian way a high-way leading from Rome through Campania as far as Brundusium which Appius Claudius in his Consulship paved and walled Applauds expressions of extraordinary praise and congratulation toward the performers of great atchievements Artam Application Lat. the making an addresse to any person or the applying of one thing to another †Applombature Lat. a soldering with Lead Appoast French to subborn to procure Apposen to demand Apposite Lat. put to also to the purpose Appostile French a small addition to a discourse in writing set down in the margent Apprehension Lat. understanding also according as it is used with expressions either of danger or happinesse it denotes either fear or joy Cassandra Apprentice skill Chaucer Appretiation Lat. a high valueing a setting a high price upon a thing Approbation Lat. liking Approperate lat to hasten Appropinquate lat to draw nigh Appropriation lat a taking to ones self also a Term in law a converting the profit of an Ecclesiastical living to ones proper use onely maintaining a Vicar Approver Lat. a Term in Law one who confessing himself guilty of Felony accuseth another he is also called appellour †Appuyed French stayed supported Aprication Lat. basking in the Sun Aprize old word adventure Apsonus a Citie near the Euxin Sea where Medea slew her brother Absyrtus Ap-thanes the Superiour sort of the Nobility of Scotland were anciently so called the lower sort Vnder-Thanes Aptitude Lat. fitnesse Aptote Greek a Term in Grammar being a Noun not declined with cases Apulia a Region in Italy vulgarly called Puglia formerly called Iapygia from Iapyx the son of Daedalus A Q Aqua Caelestis a liquor which the Chymists call rectified wine Aquarius one of the twelve signs in the Zodiack whereinto the Sun enters in January Aquatile Lat. that lives in the water Aqueduct Lat. a Conduit that convey's waâ—er by a pipe Aqueous Lat. waterish Aquila Lat. an Eagle in Astronomy it is one of the heavenly signs Aquileia a Citie in Italy which being besieged by Maximinus held out so stoutly that when they wanted ropes for the moving of their Engins the women suffered their hair to be cut to supply the want Aquiliferous Lat. an Epithete of the Roman standard that bears the picture of an Eagle upon it Aquisgrane a Citie in Gulick now called Aixcovit built by Granus as some suppose the brother of Nero. Aquitania the third part of France now called Guien Aquite old word to match Aquiter old word a Needle case Aquosity Lat. waterishnesse A R Arabesque French a curious flourishing or branched work in painting or Tapestry Arabia a Countrey in Asia so called from Arabus the son of Apollo reaching from India to Aegypt it is divided into three parts Arabia Petraea Arabia deserta and Arabia foelix Arable Lat. plowable Arace old word to deface Araneous Lat. full of Spiders webs Arausia the Citie of Orange in France now under the Princes of Nassau Aray order from the French Arroy Aray to apparel Arbela Hebr. a womans name signifying God hath revenged Arbitratour Lat. an Umpire a Commissioner chosen by mutual consent to decide controversies between party party Arblaster a word used by Chaucer signifying a Cros-bow Arborist Latin he that hath skill in Trees Arcadia a Countrey of Peloponnesus famous for shepherds and for the residence of Pan the God of shepherds it was first called Pelasgia from Pelasgus an ancient King afterwards Arcadia from Arcas son of Jupiter and Calisto daughter of Lycaon King of this Countrey Arcade French an Arch. Arcane Lat. mysterious secret Arch Dapifer a chief sewer one of the prime Offices of the Empire which belongeth to the Count Palatine of the Rhene Arch Duke a title belonging to the house of Austria Archebald see Eâ—chembold Arches or Court of Arches the chief Consistory belonging to the Arch-bishop of Canterbury for the debating of spiritual causes Archetype Greek the first figure or Original Arch-flamin Prince or chief of the Priests among the Heathens by some called Pontifex Maximus of whom Numa Pompilius was the first instituter Archimandrite the chief of a Hermitage Architectonick belonging to the chief Overseer of buildings Architecture the Art of building containing under it all those Arts that conduce any thing to the framing of a house or Temple Architrave a word much used in Architecture the chapiter of a Pillar or chief beam in a building Archive a place where ancient Records are kept Archontes Greek certain Governours created in Athens after Kingly Government was abolish't Archonticks certain Hereticks so called from Archon the first of that Sect which began in the year 334. they denied the Resurrection and held the world to be the work of Princes Archytas a famous Mathematician whom Horace mentions in one of his Odes he made a wooden Dove to fly by art Arcitenent Lat. carrying a Bow and Arrow's Arctation Lat. a streightning Arctick as the Arctick Pole or Northern Pole and the Arctick Circle or Northern Circle so called from the Star Arctos or the Bear Arcturus a constellation near the North-pole Arcuare to bend to make after the fashion of an Arch. Arcubalist an Engine anciently used in war which was to cast forth great stones Ardenna a great Forrest in Germany reaching from the River Rhene to the Citie of Turney which is 500 miles There is another great Forrest in Warwick-shire so called the word signifying in the ancient and Gallick tongue a Wood. Ardour Lat heat vehemency burning desire Arduity Lat. steepnesse Arefaction Lat. a drying Arelatum a Citie of France in the Province of Narbon now called Arles the seat of the Kings of Basilica the last wherof called Boso was thrust into a Monastery by the Emperour Otho for striking the Bishop Areopagites certain Judges of a Council in Athens instituted by Solon they were so called from Areopagos a street in Athens where they sate Aret old word an account Aretaphila a womans name signifying in Greek a friend of virtue Arethusa the daughter of Nereus and Doris the wife of Alpheus she was fain'd to be a River of Sicily Also a Fountain in Armenia wherein nothing can be made to sink Argent Silver or Coin also a Term in Heraldry whereby they expresse white Argentina a Citie in Germany by the Rhine first subdued by Casar afterwards by Allila who called it Stratsburgh which name it retains to this day Argile a County of the North part of Scotland lying over against the Coast of Ireland and therefore called by the Natives Arguithil i. near the Irish in Latin Argathelia Argiletas a place near the Palace in Rome so called from Argos Captain of the Argives who having been intertained by Euander was at length slain and buried there Argillous Lat. clayie of a clammy substance Argoil Clay a word used by Chaucer Argonautes see Jason Argos a
is fastened to the stem of the ship and is supported with a knee which is fastened into the stem Beam in hunting is that whereon the starts of a Stags head grow Bearesfoot an Herb otherwise called Brank Ursin or Beares claw Bearers a term in Law signifying maintainers or abettors also a term in Heraldry signifying those that have coat-armours distinguisht from others by tincture and differences Bear in is when a ship sailes before or with a large wind into a harbour or channel she is said to bear in with the harbour or channel Bear off when a ship goes more room than her course doth lie she is said to bear off from the land Beasel or collet of a ring that wherein the stone is inchac't Beastail French all manner of cattel or beasts as oxen sheep c. Beate a term in hunting a hare or cony when they make a noise are said to beat or tapp Beatitude Lat. blessednesse happinesse Beatrix Lat. a womans name she that makes happy Beavis the proper name of a man contracted from Bellovesus Beauchamp a name of great honour and eminency from the time of King Henry the second especially since Cicily de Fortibus descended from the Earles de Ferrariis matcht into their Family of this name were anciently the Earles of Warwick the Barons of Kidderminster and of Powick Of late ages the Title of Vicount Beauchamp hath been conferred upon the Family of Seimours In old Records it is written de Bello Campo Beaumont the name of one of the greatest Families of the Nation descended from John County of Brene in France who for his valour was preferred to the kingdom of Jerusalem Beaupleading a term in Law fair pleading Beau Sir fair sir a word used by Chaucer Bec a Phrygian word signifying bread which was the first word pronounced by certain children whom Psammeticus the Egyptian King caused to be brought up in a forrest by which he concluded the Phrygians to be the most ancient people Becebick medicaments such as are composed for the asswaging of a cough as Lozenges Licorice Pills c. Becomingnesse neatnesse handsomenesse Artamenes Bede the name of a learned English Monk who lived near Newcastle upon Tine he had the title given him of venerable Bede as well in his life time as since his death Beddeth a term in hunting applied to a Roe when it lies down in any place Bedellium a kind of gum Bedlem or Bethlem an Hebr. word signifying a house of bread a place where mad people are kept Bedoheer Sax. a bedfellow Beemot the flat key in musick Beesom a broom Beestings quasi breasting the first milk after birth Be et a certain Garden herb Beglerbeg a Supream Commander under the Great Turk there are but two who have this command the one is called Beglerbeg of Greece the other of Natolia Beguines an order of Religious women who are all old Behight old word promised Beknew old word learnt out Behiram a Feast among the Turks where they use to pardon all injuries Belamy French fair friend Belchier French good countenance Belchose French fair thing Beleagre to besiege from the Dutch Belegren to sit near Belgia the Country of the Belgae or Low-countrymen lying between the River Sequana and the Rhene It is divided into 17 Provinces also the people anciently inhabiting that part of England now called Sommersetshire Hantshire and Wiltshire were called Belgae in regard they came thither originally out of Gallia Belgica Belides the fifty daughters of Danaus who married the fifty sons of Aegyptus who all killed their husbands except one Belizarius Captain of the Emperour Justinians armies who overthrew the Persians in the East the Vandals in Africa the Goths in Italy and at last had his eyes put out by Justinian and was forc't to beg his bread in a poor cottage Bell in the Chaldaean language signifies the Sun who was worshipped under that name by the Caldaeans and Assyrians Bellatrice Lat. a woman warriour Bellatrix the left shoulder of Orion Bellerophon the son of Glaucus King of Epire against whom Sthenobaea the wife of Praetus King of Argos conspired because he refused her inticements but he having overcome all difficulties was commanded at last to kill the Chimaera which he did with the help of Neptune who sent him a flying horse called pegasus which was afterwards plac't among the celestial Signs Belleth a term in hunting as when the Forresters say a Roe Belleth Bellipotent Lat. strong in armes powerful in war Belligeration Lat. a waging war Bellona who is also called Enyo the Goddesse of War and sister of Mars some think her to be the same with Minerva Bellow the Foresters apply this word to the Hart and say the Hart belloweth Belluine Lat. pertaining to beasts of a cruel bestial disposition Bel-vedere Ital. pleasant to behold the name of the Popes Palace in Rome Belus the second or as some say the first King of Assyria who when he died was worshipped as a god Also the son of Epaphus and Lybia was called Belus Priscus who married Isis and had two sons Aegyptus and Danaus Belus hath also been taken for Jupiter as Nimrod for Saturn Belzebub an Hebrew word signifying the god of flyes and is used in Scripture for the prince of the Devils Bement old word lamented Bemes old word trumpets Benacus a lake in Lombardy which is said to have golden sands Benan a Star in the taile of Helme Bend used by Chaucer for a muffler a caul a kercher Also a term in Heraldry being an ordinary extended between two opposite points of the Escutcheon viz. the dexter chief and the sinister base Bendlet is also a term in Heraldry being a subdivision of the bend Benedictines certain religious Monks instituted by St. Benedict Benefice Lat. a spiritual promotion Benes old word bones Benefactour Lat. a doer of good turnes Benet the proper name of a man contracted from Benedictus Beneplacitie Lat. a well pleasing Benevolence Lat. good will Benevolent Planets are Jupiter and Venus Benjamin an Hebr. name the son of the right hand as also a gum Benigne Lat. favourable Benimmeth old word bereaveth Benisons French blessings Bennavenna see Bannavenna Benoni an Hebr. name signifying the son of sorrow Bereft old word deprived of Berenice the daughter of Ptolemaeus Philadelphus and Arsinoe whom Ptolemaeus Lagus her brother married She when her husband made an Expedition vowed to dedicate her hair to Venus if he returned safe which afterwards not being to be found Conon the Mathematician feigned to have been translated to heaven and plac't among the Stars Beris a high hill in America on the top of which some hold that many people were saved in the great Deluge Berkhamsted a Town in Hertfortshire where Frederick Abbot of St. Albans ministered an oath to William the Conquerour in presence of Arch-Bishop Lanfranc to observe inviolably the ancient laws of this Nation Bern the chief City of Helvetia or Swizzerland Bernacles a sort of birds which breed out of the rotten
signified a Region Bristow the name of a pleasant Citie standing partly in Sommerset-shire partly in Gloster-shire it is so called as it were Brightstow which in the Saxon signifieth a bright or shining place in British it was called Caer Oder Nant Badon i. e. the Citie Oder in the Vale of Badon it was fortified by Robert Bishop of Constance against King William Rufus with a Wall which this day is in part standing Britomartis a Cretan Nimph the daughter of Jupiter and Charme she was the first Inventour of hunâ—â—ng Nets being pursued by Minos she to aviod him threw her self into the Sea Broach a Term in hunting the next start growing above the Beamantler in a Stagg's head Brocado Spanish a kinde of Cloath wrought or mixed with Gold or Silver Broccarii a word used in the Scots practick signifies in the Statutes of Gild. Mediatours in any transaction or contract Brochity crookednesse especially of teeth Brocket a red Deer of two years old a spitter or pricket Brode-half-penny a Toll or Custome for setting up boards or Tables in a Market or Fair. Brond old word fury Brontes one of the Cyclops the son of Coelus and Terra and brother to Arpe and Strerope they had each of them onely one eye and that upon their forehead Brooklime an Herb so called Brooming a bringing of a ship aground to be trimmed or made clean Brotel old word brickle A Brouch a Jewel Brow-antler a Term among hunters the first start that grows next to the head of a stag and next to that is the beam-antler Browded old word imbroidered Browk old word to injoy Browse to feed as beasts on shrubs or roots of trees Bruges a famous Citie in Flanders encompass't with a fair wall and having above 60 Churches Brumal Lat. winterlike belonging to the shortest day of winter Brundusium a Town in Italy through which Caesar followed Pompey into Greece Brusk a Term used in Heraldry signifying a kinde of tawney colour otherwise called Tenne Bryke old word streight narrow Brymme when a Boar desires copulation he is said to go to the brymme B U Buccinate Lat. to blow a Trumpet Bucentoro a stately Gally or great ship wherein the Duke of Venice and the Senate go yearly in Triumph on Ascention day to espouse the Sea Bucephalus the horse of Alexander the Great he had the mark of a Bull 's head upon his shoulder being killed in the battle which Alexander fought against Porus King of India a Citie was built in the place where he was buried called Bucephala Bucheldians a Sect of Hereticks which are reckoned among the several sorts of Anabaptists Buck a Hare or Cony when they desire copulation are said to go to Buck. Buck-hurst the title of a Barony belonging to the Sackviles afterwards Eearls of Dorset Buckingham the chief Towns in Buckinghamshire so called from its fruitfulnesse in Beech-trees which the Saxons called Bucken Bucoliks Greek pastoral songs Buda the chief Citie of Hungary now called Offen not farre from the Banks of Danubius Budaris a Citie of Germany belonging to the Pals-grave now called Heidelbergh Budge Lambs furre Buffle a wilde Oxe Bulbous Lat. Bulbous plants are those that have round roots Buffoon French a Jester Bulgaria a countrey on this side Thrace †Bulimy Greek insatiable hunger A Bull a round Jewel hollow within also one of the Popes briefs or Mandates Bullion mony Gold or Silver in the Masse or billet also the place where such Gold or Silver is brought to be tried and changed for the King Bumbasin see Bombasin Bundles a sort of Records of Chancery lying in the Office of the Roll's as the Files of Bills and Answers in Chancery the Files of Corpus cum causa all Writs of Certiorare with their Certificates and divers others Buoy see Boy Buquan a County in the South-part of Scotland the people whereof were anciently called Taizoli Burgedala a famous Citie of France now called Bourdeaux where the Poet Ausonius was born Burel fineâ—glasse Burford a Town in Oxford-shire where Cuthred King of the West-Saxons vanquish't Aethelbald King of the Mercians and won his Banner whereon was painted the Golden Dragon Burgage is a Tenure whereby men of Cities and Borrows hold their Lands and Tenements of the King and other Lords for a certain yearly Rent Burganet French a kinde of Helmet Burgeon or Bourgeon to grow big about or grosse A Burgh see Bourrough Burgh-grave a title of Honour in Germany signifying a Count of a Castle or Garrison Burglary French from Bourg a Village and Larrecin theft according to the acceptance of Common-law is defined a felonious entring into another mans house with an intent to steal somewhat or to do some fellonious act Burgundia a Countrey of France the people whereof were anciently called Sequani and Hedui It is now divided into lower Burgundie which is called Burgundia Regia or the County of Burgundie and into upper Burgundy which is called Burgundia Imperatoria or the Dutchy of Burgundy Burled old word armed Burlesque French merry drolish Burlet French a coife Burly-brand old word a great sword great fury Burnet the name of a certain Herb also a word used by Chauser signifying woollen also a hood or attire for the head Burnish Ital. to make bright to polish also a word used by hunters when Harts spread their Horns after they are new rubbed A Burnisher a word used in graving or etching and signifieth a thing which they make use to smooth sweeten the work Burshoulder or Burrowholder see Headborough Buscum ducis one of the chief Towns of Brabant now called Hertogenbush Bush or holy water sprinkle a Term in hunting the tayl of a Fox Busiris the son of Neptune and Lybia the daughter of Epaphus who for his Tyranny was slain by Hercules with his son Amphidamas and Chalbis his cryer A Buskin a kinde of boot alse a Pump worn by Tragidians Bustard or Bistard a kind of great sluggish bird Butes the son of Amycus King of the Bebrycians he being deposed fled to Trepanum and falling in love with Lycaste a fair Curtesan he begat Eryx Buthus a famous Wrestler that used to devour a whole oxe in a day Butlerage of wines a certain impost uppon wines which the Kings Butler may exact out of every ship Butten a term among hunters the first part in putting up a Stags head Buttington a Town in Montgomeryshire wherein in old time the Danes taking up their winter quarters were driven out by Adhered Earle of the Mercians in the year of our Lord 894. Buttresse a word of Architecture the prop whereon the but-end of the building resteth Buttuck a term in Navigation the breadth of a ship right a stern from the tuck upwards Buxome or Buâ—some from the Dutch word Booghsaem pliant flexible also blith or merry Buzzar a Market-place among the Persians Buzzard a kind of great Hawk or Kite B Y Byblus a Town of Phoenicia where Adonis had a Temple built in honour of him Byg old
word to build Byker old word a fray Byndon a Town in Dorcetshire where in the year 614. Kinegilsus the Saxon King in a doubtful and bloody battel overcame the Brittaines Byram a certain solemn Feast among the Turkes Byrlaw or Burlaw a term used in the practick of Scotland Laws of Burlaw are determined by consent of neighbours elected by common consent in the Courts called Burlaw Courts Byssine Lat. made of silk Bytrent old word catched about Bywopen old word made senselesse Byzantium a City of Thrace built by the Spartans under the command of Pausanias It was afterwards called Nova Roma But Constantine the Great making it the chief Seat of his Empire it was called Constantinople and is at this day the chief Seat of the Turkish Empire C A CAb an Hebr. measure of 3 pints Cabades a King of Persia who succeeded Perozes after he had vanquished him and cut off his whole army Cabala an Hebrew word signifying receiving also a science among the Jews comprehending the secret wayes of expounding the Law which were revealed by God to Moses Cabalin fountain see Hypocrene Cabin a cottage also a little room in a ship called also Cabern Cablish a term used by the writers of forrest laws signifying Brushwood Cabura an odoriferous fountain of Mesopotamia wherein Juno was used to wash Caburn a small line made of yarn to bind the cabel of a ship withal Cacams Doctors among the Jews Cacafuego a Spanish word signifying shitefire Cachexy Greek a physical term signifying an ill disposition of the body Cachinnations Lat. a loud laughter Cacique a certain King among the Indians Cackrell a kind of fish Cacochimie Greek a physical word signifying ill juice which is caused in the body through bad nutriment or ill digestion Cacodemon Greek an evil spirit Cacosyntheton Greek a vicious composition of words Cacozealous Greek ill affected or badly imitating Cacuminate Lat. to form into a sharpe top like a Pyramid Cacumination Lat. a making sharp at the top Cacus a shepherd of Aventinium in Italy who stealing some of the oxen which Hercules Recaranus had taken from Gorgon drew them backward by the taile to his cave that they might seem by their foot-steps to have gone an other way but the theft being discovered Hercules slew him with his club and recovered his oxen Cadaverus Lat. like a carcase full of dead carcases Cadbury a Town in Sommersetshire which is thought by some to have been that Cathbregion where K. Arthur overcame the English Saxons in a memorable battel Caddow a chough or daw Cade or Caddâ—e an Arabian word signifying a Lord or Magistrate among the Eastern people Cadence Lat. a just falling of the tone in a sentence a descending of notes in musick Cadâ—nt houses are the third sixth eight and twelfth houses of a scheme or figure Cadet French a younger brother among Gentlemen Cadier Arthur a high mountain in Brecknockshire whose two tops resembling the form of a chair it is thence vulgarly called K. Arthurs Chair Cadmus the King of the Phoenicians the son of Agenor and brother of Europa he brought the Greek letters out of Phoenicia he killed a serpent which had slain some of his companions sowing the teeth of it in the Earth out of which there sprung up armed men He built Thebes in the Country of Aonia which was afterwards called Boeotia but being driven thence with his wife Hermione by Zethus and Amphion he was changed into a serpent Cadrou or Cadzou a Barony in Scotland out of which was paid a yearly pension of 26 pounds 13 shillings and 4 pence to the Kings Exchequer Caduce the snaky staffe which Apollo gave to Mercury in recompence of his harp This staff had such vertue that with it he could kill or make alive It was also a rod among the Romans which was carried by their Heraulds in sign of peace whence an Embassadour is called Caduceator Caecity Lat. blindnesse Caelibate Lat. an unmarried state a bachelers life Caenis a Thessalian Virgin who was ravisht by Neptune and being turned into a man and called Caeneus was made invulnerable afterwards fighting against the Centaurs was buried alive by a great weight of trees thrown upon him Caercaradoc a hill in Shropshire where Caratacus an ancient King of the Brittans resolutely defended a stone Rampire against Ostorius Lieutenant of the Romans Caerdiff a Town in Glamorganshire fortified by Robert Fitz-Hamon whose Grandchild William Earle of Glocester was afterwards besieged in the Castle and taken prisoner by Yvor-Bach a Brittish Mountaineir In this Castle Robert Curthose son of William the Conqueror after he was bereft of his eyes lived till he was very old Caerfuse or Caersuâ—e a Town in Montgomeryshire anciently as they say a very famous City Caermarden by Ptolomy called Maridunum the chief Town of Caermardenshire the birth-place of Merlin the ancient Brittish Prophet Caernarvon the chief Town of Caernarvonshire where the Princes of Wales anciently kept their Chancery Exchequer and Courts of Justice it was built by K. Edward the first and the birth-place of K. Edward the second sirnamed thence Edward of Caernarvon Caesar a name attributed to the Emperours of Rome from Julius Caesar the first Emperour Caeyx see Halcyon Cageole French to prate to little purpose to canvas or dispute a businesse Cainsham a Town in Sommersetshire so called because it was built by Keina a devout Brittish Virgin of whom it was believed by the vulgar that she turned Serpents into stones because the high-way thereabout is full of stones which wreath about resembling a Serpent Cairus or Alcairus a great City of Aegypt formerly called Babylon Egyptia it was taken by the Turk Zelmi Caishoberry the name of a country Palace or great House near Watford in Hertfordshire it was begun by Sir Richard Morisin Knight Embassadour to several great Princes under K. Henry the eighth and K. Edward the sixth and finisht by Sir Charles Morisin his son It is now in the possession of the Lady Capell Dowager Caitive wretched wicked from the French Chetif or the Italian Cattivo Caitisned chained a word used by Chaucer Calabria a fruitful Country of Italy which now belongs to the kingdom of Naples Calamint an herb so called Calamist a Piper upon a reed from the Latin word Calamus Calamity Lat. misery but originally it signifies a destruction of corn from Calamus a stalk of corn Calasticks a physical word signifying purging ointments Calatrava a place in Spain which gives denomination to certain Knights who are called Knights of Calatrave Calcanth a Chymical word being the same as Vitriol Calcation Lat. a treading or stamping Calcedon a word used by Lapidaries being a certain forbe vein in a Ruby or Saphyre differing from the rest of the stone also the name of a precious stone Calchas a Grecian south-sayer the son of Thestor who seeing a Serpent devour ten Sparrow chickins prophesied that Troy should be taken the tenth year Calcine or Calcinate Lat. a Chymicall Term signifying to reduce any
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
Officer of the Forrest Castigate lat to punish to chastize Castlesteed a word anciently used for any Fortresse or Bulwark Castleward an Imposition upon such as dwell within a certain compasse of any Castle toward the maintenance of such as watch and ward the Castle it is taken also for the circuit it self which is inhabited by such as are subject to this service Castor and Pâ—llux the sons of Jupiter and Leda whom he lay with in the shape of a Swan they being grown to age freed the sea of Pirates and were therefore counted gods of the sea they went with Jason to Colchos and coming home they recovered their sister from Theseus and won the Town Aphydna wherein Castor died Pollux who was born in the same Egge with Helena and so became immortal desired of Jupiter that his brother might partake of immortality with him whereupon they were both reported to live and die by turns Castrated Lat. gelded cut away Casual Lat. accidental hapning by chance Casu consimili a Writ of Entry granted where a Tenant in courtesie or for Term of life doth Alienate in Fee or in Tail Casu proviso a Writ of Entry granted by the Statute of Gloâ—ester Casuit a vvriter of Cases of conscience Casule a kinde of vestment in which the Priest sayes Masse resembling the purple Robe of derision which was put upon our Saviour Catabaptist Greek an enemy or abuser of the Sacrament of baptisme Catachresis Greek a Rhetorical figure the using of another word in stead of the proper word Cataclysme Greek an inundation or deluge Catadrome Greek an Engin like a Crane which builders use also a Tilt-yard or place where horses run for prizes Cataglottisme Greek a thrusting out the tongue in kissing Catagraph Greek the first draught of a picture Catalia see Chattels A Catalepsie Greek occupation also a disease in the head which causeth a deprehension of the spirits Catalogue Greek a roul of names Catalonia a Province in Spain Catamidiate to put one to open shame for some notorious offence A Catamite Lat. an Ingle a boy kept for Sodomy Cataphora Greek a kinde of disease in the head which causeth heavinesse and deep sleep Cataplasme Greek an unctuous and moist composition made of Meal and Herbs like a Pultis but of a thicker substance Cataphrygians a Sect of Hereticks who baptized their dead forbid second marriage and had other erroneous opinions they were broached by Montanus and Apelles who were of the Countrey of Phrygia in the year 181. Catapuce an Herb called Spurge Catapult Lat. the same as Balista Catarract Greek a great fall of waters from a high place a flood-gate a post-cullis also a disease in the eyes caused by a coagulation of flegme between the Uveoâ—s Tunicle and the Christalline humour hindring the egresse and ingresse of the visual spirits Catarractonium or Caturactonium the name of a Town near Richmond anciently very famous so called from a great waterfall near unto it in the year 769. it was burnt by the Tyrant Beanred but afterwards it flourish't again in the time of King Ethelred who solemnised his marriage with King Offa's daughter in this Town it is now called Catarrick-bridge Catarrh Greek a Rheum a distillation of humours out of the head into the mouth or throat Catastasis Greek the third Act of a Comedy or Tragedy wherein things are brought to a full perfection and ripenesse Catastrophe the conclusion of a businesse also the last Act of a Comedy or Tragedy Catechize Greek to instruct or inform A Catechumen Greek one that is Catechiz'd for the receiving of the Communion Category Greek an accusation also a Predicament which is a Term in Logick Catenate Lat. to chain Caterlogh or Carlogh a Countrey of Ireland joyning on the East to the County of Kilkenny Cathanesse or Cathnesse a Province of the South-part of Scotland the people were called by Ptolomy Catini Cathaea a Countrey in India where beauty is so much regarded that they choose the hansomest man for their King Catharine Greek pure chaste a proper name of women Catharians a Sect of Hereticks who held themselves pure from sin rejected baptisme and denied original sin Catharists another sort of Hereticks who were counted a branch of the Manichees Catharticks Greek the general name in Physick for all purging Medicines Cathay a great Country Eastward divided into 9 Realmes under the great Cham. It was formerly called Scythia now Sinarum Regio the chief City is Issedon Cathedral Lat. belonging to a chair also a Cathedral Church is the chief Church in a Bishops See Cathelaunum or Catalaunum a Citie of Champagne in France now called Chaalons near unto which are Campi Cathelauni those famous fields where Attila the Hun was overthrown Caâ—ethus a Mathematical Term the Perpendicular side of a right angled Triangle Catholick Greek general universal defending the Christian faith a Title attributed to the King of Spain Catholicon a physical word signifying a general purging Medicine Cathorius a Term used in the practick of Scotland signifying the value of 9 kine it being a penalty set upon him who breaks the Kings peace to give to the King 22 Kine and 3 Cathores or for every Cathorius 9 Kine Catini an ancient people of Scotland see Cathanesse Cato the name of several famous men of Rome whereof the chief were Cato Porcius Cato Censorius and Cato Vticensis Catoptrick Greek belonging to a kinde of Optick glasse which is called Catoptron Catry a place where Cates or victuals are set Cat in Navigation is a piece of Timber fastned aloft right over the Hawse to trise up the Anchor from the Hawse to the fore-castle Cattieuchlani an ancient people of this Island inhabiting those parts which are now called Buckinghamshire Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire they were as Camden believeth more anciently called Cassii and govern'd by Cassivellaunus Cavalier a brave man a Knight or Gentle-man serving on hors-back from the Italian word Cavallo Cavazion a Term in Art Architecture being the hollowing or underdigging of the earth for cellerage allowed to be the sixth part of the highth of the whole Fabrick Caucasus a high Hill which parteth India from Scythia being part of the mountain Taurus Caveare a certain kind of meat which comes from the River Volgha in Russia made of the roes of several sorts of fish Caveat Lat. a caution or warning also a Term in Civil Law being a writing which is entered by an Executor to keep others from medling in the administratorship Cavechin or Cavesan a false rein to lead a horse in A Cavern Lat. a Cave Cavillation Lat. a mocking or jesting also a wrangling Cavity Lat. hollownesse Caulk a ship to fill the holes and chinks with Ockam and Towe Cavon a County of Ireland called anciently East Breanny lying to the West of Louth Caupes or Calpes a Scotch-Law Term signifying any gift which a man gives in his own life time to his master especially to the head and chief of the Clan for his maintenance and protection
with winged Dragons through the air she sent him to teach mortals the use of corn whence she was adored as the Godesse of Agriculture Cerinthians a sort of Hereticks who held that Christ at his second coming should give to his people all carnal delights and pleasures they had their original in the year 97 from one Cerinthus Cerna an Island in the Aethiopick Sea where the North Pole is not seen by some thought to be the same with Madagascar Ceromatick Greek anointed with oil Cerones a certain people anciently inhabiting that part of Scotland which is now called Assinshire Cerote Greek a kind of sear-cloth or plaister A Certificate a writing made in any Court to give notice to another Court of any thing done therein Certification of Assize of novel disseâ—sin a Writ granted for the examining of a matter passed by Assize before the Justices and is called a Certification of new disseisin Certificando de recognitione stapulae a Writ directed to the Maior of the Staple taken before him in a case where the party himself refuseth to bring it in Certiorari is a Writ issuing out of the Chancery to an inferiour Court to call up the Records of a cause depending there upon complaint made by the bill that the party seeking the said Writ hath received hard dealing Cervine Lat. belonging to a hart also of a taâ—ny or hart-colour Ceruse Lat. white-lead refined out of the Mine used by Chyrurgians for ointments by painters for the painting of a white colour Cesata or Cesada a City of Spain between Emerita and Caesar-Augusta To Cespitate Lat. to stumble Cessation Lat. a leaving off a ceasing Cessavit a Writ lying upon this general ground where a man hath neglected to perform such service or to pay such rents as he is tied to by his tenure To Cesse from the Lat. Censere to leave off to be idle also to tax Cession Lat. a yeilding or giving place Cest Lat. a marriage-girdle which the Bride useth to wear and which is loosed by the Bridegroom the first night Cetaceous Lat. belonging to a Whale Ceus an Island where all men above 60 years old were commanded by the law to poison themselves that there might be no scarsity of provision for the rest C H Cha the leaf of a tree in China which being infused into water serves for their ordinary drink Chace French a warren also a term in the game at tennis Chafewax an officer in Chancery that fits the wax for the sealing of Writs and such other instruments as are thence to be sent out Chaffare a buying and selling from the Dutch word Kauffer a Buyer Chaffinch a kind of bird so called because it delighteth in chaff Chagrin French care heavinesse also a disease caused by melancholy Chaine the decimal chaine is an instument used in surveying made of round wire 16 foot in length Chaines is used by a figure called metonymie of the Adjunct for captivity and sometimes in an amorous sense Cleopat Chalcedon a Citie of Asia near Bosphorus Thracius it was built by the Megarenses who were called Caeci or blinde because they did not choose the other side where Constantinople stands Chalcographer Greek an ingraver in brasse Chaldaea a Countrey of Asia the greater bordering upon Arabia their chief Citie is Babylon and the people have ever been famous for Astrology and Magick Chaldron a certain measure of coales containing 36 bushels Chalice a holy vessel wherewith they had wont to sacrifice Challenge a Term in Common-law signifying an exception against persons or things as a prisoner may except against the partial impanelling of a Jury or against the insufficiency of the Jurors Chalons blankets or coverings Chalybeate Lat. of the temper or quality of Steel Chalybes a people of Asia the lesse dwelling upon the banks of Thermodoon Strabo calls them Chaldaeans they had great store of Iron Steel Mines whence some think Chalybs comes to signifie Steel A Chamber in gunnery is a charge made of brasse or iron to put in at the breech of a Murtherer Chamberdekins Irish beggars Chamberlain of a Citie is the chief keeper of the publick treasury from Camera or Chamber the place where the Treasury is kept there be also two Officers of this name in the K. Exchequer Chameleon see Cameleon Chamelot or Chamblet a kinde of water'd stuff mixed with Camels hair A Chamfer a word in Architecture being an artificial gutter or crevice made in a pillar Chamois or Chamoy a wilde Goat of whose skins they make Chamois leather Champernouns see Campernulphs Champerty French signifieth in Common-law the maintenance of a man in his suit depending on condition to have part of the Land or Goods when they are recovered Champion French one that fighteth in anothers behalf the Kings Champion is one who is to come armed on hors-back upon the Kings Coronation day and in the presence of the Nobles to challenge any who shall affirm the King not lawfull Heir to the Crown by this Tenure the Dimmocks hold a manner at Scrivelby in Lincolnshire Chananaea the holy land bounded on the East by Euphrates and the River Jordan on the West by Aegypt on the South by Arabia on the North by Libanus Chancellour from the Latin word Cancelli Latices with which in former time the judgement seats were compassed it is a title of honour given unto him who is the chief man next unto the Prince for matter of justice in civil affairs having power to moderate and temper the written Law according to equity also the Chancellour of the Exchequer is a supream Officer appointed to moderate the extreamities in Exchequer Chancery the Court of Equity Conscience moderating the severity of other Courts that are more strictly tied to the rigour of the Law the Officers belonging to this Court are the Lord Chancelour who is chief Judge twelve masters of the Chancery whereof the master of the Roll's is chief the Clerk of the Crown the six Clerks with many others Chanfron the name of an Italian coyn valuing about twenty pence A Chantepleur French he that singeth and weepeth together A Chanter he that singeth divine service in a Church or Chappel Chanticleer French a name often given to a Cock for its clear singing Chaonia the hilly part of Epirus which Helenus the son of Priamus so named from his brother Chaon whom he there slew against his will while he was a hunting Chaos Greek a confused indigested heap Chapin Spanish a high Cork-heel'd shooe Chaplain from Capella a Chappel he that dependeth upon the King or other great person for the instruction of him and his family Chaplet a wreath or Garland for the head from the Latin word Caput Chapter in the common and Canon-law signifieth a company of Clergy-men met together in a Cathedral conventual or collegiate Church and this company is a kinde of head to rule and govern the Diocesse in the vacation of the Bishoprick it is also a word of Architecture signifying the top
or head of a pillar Character Greek the print or seal of any thing a Note in Chronology also the name of printers several sorts of Letters Characteristick belonging to a Character Chardford a Town in Hantshire heretofore called Cerdeford from Cerdick that warlike English Saxon who obtained a great victory over the Saxons Chare a kinde of fish which breeds most peculiarly in Winandermere in Lancashire A Charge in Blazon is that thing whatsoever that doth occupy the field of an Escutcheon as the contained in the containing Charientisme Greek gracefulnesse also a Rhetorical figure when we sweeten harsh expressions with softer terms Charing-crosse a famous monument which stood not long since at the end of the strand towards Westminster it was erected by King Edward the first in memory of his Queen Eleanor who accompanying him to the holy war suck't the poyson out of his eye when it had been wounded by a More with an envenom'd sword this crosse was utterly demolish't not many years since Charlatenerie French a cousening cheating or cogging from Carlatan a Mountebank Charles a proper name contracted from the Dutch words Gar and Ethel signifying all Noble Charles wain certain starres near the North-pole Charmes certain verses or expressions which are thought to have a bewitching power also taken figuratively for surprizing attractions and allurements Artamenes A Charnel-house a place where dead bones are laid Charon the son of Erebus and night whom the Poets faign to be the ferryman of Hell and to carry the Souls of those that die over the stygian Lake in a Boat Chart Lat. a paper or parchment or written deed Charter-house a famous Hospital in London founded by Sir Waltermany of Henault who served under King Edward the third in the French wars this place was anciently a very noted Caemitery or place of burial Charters French written Evidences of things done between party and party also Letters Pattents wherein priviledges are granted by the King to Towns and Corporations Charterparty a Term in Merchandize a Covenant or Agreement between a Merchant and the Master of a ship Chartulary a keeper of a Register roll or Reckoning book Charvil or Chervil an Herb called in Latin Cerefolium Charybdis a Gulph in the Bay of Sicily near the Tauromitanian shore which is feign'd to have been a woman of prodigious greedinesse who for stealing Hercules his Oxen was struck with Thunder by Jupiter and turned into this Gulf. Chasma Greek a wide gap or opening of the earth Chasteleyn a word used by Chaucer signifying a Gentle-woman of a great house Chasuble French a kinde of Cope which the Priest and his assistants wear at Masse Chattels French a Term in Common-law signifying all goods moveable and immoveable but such as are in the nature of a freehold or a parcel thereof Chattesworth a stately house in Darbyshire built by Sir William Cavendish or Candish Chaumond an ancient and Noble family of Lancels in Cornwall written in Latin Records de Calvo Monte. Chaud-melle signifieth in the practick of Scotland a fault committed in a sudden Tumult A Chauncel the most sacred part of a Temple or Church so called from Cancelli or Lattices which separate that part from the rest of the Church the Greeks call it Adyton Chaunce medley signifies in Common-law the casual slaying of a man Chauncery see Chancery Chaworths the name of a very Noble family of Ailesbury in Buckinghamshire they were so called as descending from Cahors a Town of Querce a Province of France in Latin Records they are stiled de Cadurcis Cheap-gild a restitution made by the Hundred or County for any wrong done by one that was in plegio Checkie a term in Heraldry as a bordure checkie is when the bordure consisteth of three panes of checquer-work wherein it differs from counter-pany which never exceeds two panes Chief a term in Common law as lands holden in Chief See Capite Also a term in Heraldry being a line added to the upper or chief part of an Escutcheon and contains a third part thereof Chiefpledge the same as Headborow Constable Tything-man Chekelâ—ton a stuff like motly Chaucer Chelandri a Goldfinch a word used by Chaucer Chelidon a pretious stone which they say is found in the belly of a Swallow Chelidonie an herb so called from the Greek word Chelidon which signifies a Swallow Chelmerford a Town in Essex so called from the River Chelmer it is commonly known by the name of Chensford In the reign of King Henry the first it belonged to Maurice Bishop of London who built here two bridges Some think it to be the same with that which was anciently called Canonium Chelonophagi a certain people bordering upon Carmania who feed onely upon Tortoises covering their houses with the shells of them being so large that one of them will serve to make a ship Chemnis an Island which is driven to and fro by the wind wherein there is a Temple consecrated to Latona Cherisaunce old word comfort Chersonesus Greek a tract of land almost invironed by the Sea and joyned to the Continent by an Istthmus or narrow neck of land it is called in Latin Peninsula Chert or Cheort old word love jealousie Chertes merry people Chaucer Cherubim or Cherub an Hebrew word signifying fulnesse of knowledge one of the nine orders of Angels Cheslip a kind of little vermin that lies under tyles Chest old word subject Chesten French a chessnut Chester see Westchester Chestoul poppie To Cheve old word to thrive Cheveril leather a kind of soft tender leather from the French word Chevereul a wild goat of whose skin some say it is made or else from the River Charwel in Oxfordshire which is famous for dressing of leather Cheverons French the strong rafters and cheifs that met at the top of the house to hold up the covering of the house also a term in Heraldry being one of the ordinaries of an Escutcheon made in fashion of a triangle Chevesal a Gorget Chaucer To Chevice old word to redeem Chevin a certain fish having a great head from the French word Chef a head Chevisaunce a composition or agreement between the debtour and creditour from the French word Chever to come to a head Chevronel a term in Blazon being a half Cheveron Chibboll a little onion Chichester the name of a famous City of Sussex formerly called Cissancester i. the City of Cissa because it was built by Cissa King of the South-Saxons It hath a very stately Cathedral and in the reign of William Rufus the Bishops See was translated from Selsey hither Child-wit a law-term signifying a power to take a fine of your bond-woman begotten with child without your consent Chiliade Greek the number of a thousand Chiliarch Greek a Commander of of a thousand men a Colonel Chiliasts Greek a sect of men who are also called Millenaries who hold that Christ shall come and reign personally upon Earth with his Saints a thousand years Chilo the Lacedemonian one of the 7 Wisemen of Greece whose
being told they should throw the bones of their first mother behind them they took stones out of the earth and cast them behind them Those which Deucalion cast became men and those whic Pyrrha cast became women Devest lat signifieth in Common Law to deprive of a possession Devils-bit a kind of plant whose root looks as if it were and is fain'd to have been bitten by the Devil out of envy because of the many excellent virtues and properties it hath wherewith mankinde is benefitted Developed French unfolded Deviation lat a turning aside out of the way Devirgination lat a deflouring or depriving of Virginity Devise in Common-law is where a man in his will bequeaths his goods or his lands to another after his decease and he to whom the lands or goods are bequeathed is called the devisee devise also signifieth a Motto or conceit in a Coat of Arms or Picture and is also called an Imprese Deumo an Idol adored by the East Indians of Calicut Devoir French duty Devoirs of Caleis were the customs due to the King for Merchandize brought to or carried thence when our staple was there Devolution lat a rolling down a falling from one to another Devote lat vowed or consecrate to God Devotion lat a vowing or consecrating also piety religiousnesse Deusan any kind of hard fruit that lasteth long so called from durare to last Deuteronomy Greek a Book written by Moses signifying the second Law being the fifth Book in the Holy Scriptures Dew is generated of a most thin cold vapour onely exhal'd so high by the Sun as to keep it up in the air but when he withdrawes himself from our Hemisphear it falleth down again in round drops and is by the coldnesse of the air congealed resolved into water Dewlap called in Latin paleare the skin which hangeth down under the throat of an oxe Dexterity lat nimblenesse readiness agility Dexter aspect is contrary to the succession of the Signs Dexter point a term in Heraldry being that place in an Escutchâ—on that hath its beginning near the right corner in the chief thereof D I Diabetical Greek a term in Physick signifying troubled with the Diabetes which is a disease wherein a mans water runneth from him without any stay Diabolical Greek devillish Diacatholicon a certain Medicine or physical Composition Diachylon a Plaister composed of juices whose office is to soften and concoct Diaconal Greek belonging to a Servant Minister or Deacon Diademe Greek a wreathed hatband also a Kings Crown Diaeresis Greek a figure whereby one syllable is divided into two Diagnostic Greek thoroughly knowing or discerning in Physick Diagnostic signs of a disease are those signs which at present are apparent Diagonal Greek a term in Geometry signifying a line in a quadrangle which passeth from one corner to another Diagram Greek a Geometrical figure also a certain form described in demonstrative sciences also a proportion of measures in Musick distinguished by Notes Diagraphical Greek belonging to to the art of painting or graving Dialect Greek a propriety of speech or difference of pronunciation peculiar to each several Countrey as in Greece heretofore there were the Attick Dorick Ionick and Aeolick Dialects or Idiom's it is also the art of Logick Diallel lines Greek lines running crosse and cutting one another Dialogisme Greek a figure wherein a man reasoneth and discourseth with himself as it were with another Dialogue Greek a written discourse wherein two parties are brought in talking together Diameter Greek a Geometrical word signifying a streight line drawn through the middle or Center of any figure Diamond a sort of precious stone called also Adamant so hard that it is not to be softned by any thing but Goats bloud it cometh from the Greek word Adamas untamable Diana the daughter of Jupiter and Latona brought forth at one birth with Apollo she that she might keep her Virginity fled into the Woods and addicted her self wholly to hunting whereupon she was called the Goddesse of the Woods Diapasme Greek a Pomander or perfume made of dry powders which is used upon several occasions Diapason Greek an eight or the most perfect concord in Musick Diaper a kinde of linnen cloath which is wrought with flourishes and divers sorts of figures Diaperd a bordure in Heraldry is properly said to be Diapred where it is fretted all over and hath something quick or dead appearing within the frets Diapering in painting is an overrunning your work after it is quite finish't with branches or other work Diaphanous Greek transparent or that may be seen through or pierced through by the Sun beams Diaphony Greek a harsh sound a sound which maketh a discord Diaphoretick Greek easily piercing through a word used in physick and signifies a Medicine that discusses any humour by concoction or transpiration Diaphragme Greek a fence or hedge in Anatomy it signifieth a skin or muscle which passeth overthwart the body seperating the breast or middle region from the stomack or lower region Diarrhaea Greek a flux of the belly without any inflammation of the Entrailes Diastole Greek a figure whereby a syllable short by nature is made long also in physick it is taken for that motion of the pulses which dilates the heart and the arteries being contrary to Systole which contracts them Diarie a Diurnal or Day-book wherein the passages of every day are written Diatesseron Greek one of the chief Chords in Musick called a fourth also a plaister that consists but of foure ingredients Diatribe Greek a place where Oratoâ—ns or Disputations are held Dibble a two forked instrument wherewith they set Herbs in a Garden Dicacity lat a taunting or mocking Dicearch Greek a just Governour or Prince Dication or Dedication lat a promising devoting or consecrating Dichotomy Greek a cutting in two pieces a dividing a speech or discourse into two parts Dicker a quantity of leather containing ten Hides Dictate lat to tell any one what they are to write Dickins a contraction from Devilkins or little Devils Dictator lat a great Commander among the Romans who had the chief authority for the time being both in war and peace he was never chosen but upon some great occasion and his command was to last but half a year Dictionary lat called in Greek a Lexicon a Book wherein hard words and names are mentioned and unfolded Dictum the ancient name of a City in Caernarvonshire now called Diganway Dictynna a name attributed to Diana who flying from Minos she cast her self into certain nets which are called Dictya Didapper a kind of bird so called from the Greek word Diadyptein to duck under water Dido the daughter of Belus King of the Tyrians she was married to Sichaeus Priest of Hercules whom Pygmalion slew that he might obtain his riches but she gathering all the wealth she could together fled into Africa and there built a City which was first called Byrsa afterwards Carthage and refusing to marry Iarbas King of Getulia because he went about to
to be eagerly bent upon a thing also to be puft up with pride Golden number the full course of the Moon which is performed in 19 years See Cycle Golden Fleece small graines of Gold which are found by Rivers and Brookes and gathered up by the help of sheep-skinnes with the wool on of these Graines there were great plenty upon the Cholchian shore which gave occasion to the Fable of Jason and his Argonauts Gâ—ldfoile leaf Gold Goldknops a flower called Crow-foot Golgotha a place hard by Mount Sion full of malefactors bones It signifieth in the Syrian tongue a place of dead mens sâ—ulls Golierdies old word ravenously mouthed Golp Spanish a slash or blow Goman Saxon a married man Gomer an Hebrew measure containing almost a gallon and a pint over Gondola or Gondolot a kind of boat much used at Venice Gonfennon old word a little flag Gonorrhaea Greek a disease called the running of the reines Good abearing or Good behaviour signinifieth in Common Law an exact carriage of a subject toward the King and his leige people Goodmanchester a Town in Huntingtonshire so abounding in tillage that Kings in times past coming that way were received in country fashion with 180 ploughs Goods escheat goods confiscate Goosewing in Navigation is a fitting up the sail so as that the ship may go before a wind or quarter winds with a fair fresh gale Gorbelly one who is all panch or belly Gorcrow a Raven Gâ—rdieus a Mountain of Armenia where the Ark of Noah was said to rest Gordius a King of Phrygia who being raised from the plough to the Throne hung up the furniture of his oxen in the Temple as a memorial which being tied in a very intricate knot and the Monarchy of the World being promised to him that could untie it Alexander the Great after he had long tried in vain at length cut it in two with his sword whence the Gordian knot came to be a proverb being taken for any thing which is difficult to be expounded Gore a term in Blazon and consists of two Arch lines drawn from the sinister chief and bottom of the Escutcheon and meeting in a sharp angle in the fesspoint Gorgious gallant sumptuous some think from the Greek word Gargairo i. e. to shine Gorgons the three daughters of Phorcys Medusa Sthenio and Euriale with Medusa Perseus fought and cutting off her head turned it into a stone Also particularly taken for the head of Medusa in Astrology Gorlois a Prince of Cornwall whose wife Vther Pendragon fell in love with and injoying her by the means of his Magical delusions he begat King Arthur Gormandize French to play the gourmand i. a glutton or great devourer Some derive it from the Latin words gulose mandere i. to eat greedily Gormoncester a Town in Huntingtonshire the same with Gâ—odmanchester above mentioned it was called Gormoncester from Gormon the Dane unto whom after an agreement of peace King Alfred granted this Town with the adjoyning Territories it is thought to have been the same Town with that which was called in old times Durosiponte Gospel a Saxon word signifying good saying or Gods word it is commonly taken for one of the four Evangelists in the New Testament Gossehauke quasi Grossehauke a kind of Hauke called in Greek Asterias because of its spots which are like little Stars Gossip one that undertakes for a child in Baptism the word signifieth in the Saxon tongue spiritually of kin Gossomor or Gossymear Saxon a kind of thin Cobweb-like exhalation which hovers abroad in the air in hot weather Gothia a Country of Europe bordering upon Denmark and Norway the people are called Gothi or Gothes who in former times overrun the greatest part of Europe Goule old word Usury from the Latin Gula i. the throat Gourd a kind of plant somewhat like a coucumber also used by Chaucer for a bottel Gowtes a word used in Sommersetshire common sewes or sinks that run under ground Gowreth old word stareth G R Gracchus Sempronius a great Captain of the Romans who subdued the Celtiberians a people of Spain and repaired their chief City Illurcis calling it by his own name Gracchuris he had two sons by his wife Cornelia Caius and Tiberius who were both slain in a popular sedition seeking to re-establish the Agrarian Laws Graces the three daughters of Jupiter and Venus Aglaia Euphrosyne and Thalia the Goddesses of Elegance and handsome conversation Grace a proper name of divers women the signification well known Gracility lat slendernesse Gradation lat an ascending by degrees Gradual that part of the Mass which uses to be sung between the Epistle and Gospel Also by degrees Graduate lat he that hath taken a degree at the University Graecia a famous Countrey of Europe the Nurse of learning and of all the arts its chief Regions are Attica Boeotia Phocis Achaia c. Graeae the three daughters of Phocys who had but one eye and one tooth among them which they used by turns they helpt Perseus to overcome their sisters the Gorgons Graffer is used in some of the statutes for a Notary or Scrivener from the French word Greffier A Graie a beast called a Brock or Badger Grains of Paradice a certain plant otherwise called Cardamomum Gramercy from the French Grand-merci i. e. great thanks an expression of giving thanks Gramineous or Gramineal lat grassie or made of grasse Gramineal Crown see Crown Grammatical Greek belonging to the art of Grammar i. e. the Method of attaining to any language by certain Rules Granadil Span. a Diminutive of Granado which signifieth a Pomegranate also a certain Engin like a Pomegranate which is to be shot out of a piece of Ordinance Granary lat a place to lay Corn in Grandevity lat ancientnesse seniority of years Grand distresse in Common-law is a distresse taken of all the Lands or Goods that a man hath within the County or Baylywick Grandezza or Grandeur Spanish and French greatnesse of state or of spirit Cleopatra Grandiloquence or Grandiloquie lat Majesty or heigth of stile Grandimoniensers a religious order erected in the year 1076. by one Stephen of Avern Grandinous lat belonging to hail Grandity lat greatnesse Grand Sergeanty a certain kinde of service whereby the Lords of Scrivelby in Cheshire held their Land which was to come well armed and mounted into the Kings presence upon the day of his Coronation and by publick Proclamation to offer himself to maintain the Kings right by open Combat against whosoever should dare to oppose it this Tenure belonged by Hereditary succession to the Family of the Dimmocks Grange from the Latin word Grana a building which hath barnes stables stalls and all other places necessary for Husbandry Granicus a River in Bithynia famous for the great battel between Alexander and Darius wherein above 600000 Persians were slain and taken Granito Ital. a kind of speckled marble found in divers places of Italy Graniferous lat bearing kernels or grains Grantcester see Gron. Granule
breathing between Interstitial lat having an interstice or space between Intertexture lat a weaving between Interval lat a distance or space either of place or time Intervenient lat coming between Intervert lat to turn upside down also to beguile or deceitfully to take away a thing committed to any ones trust Intervigilation lat a watching between whiles Intestable lat uncapable by the Law to make any Will or be taken for a witnesse Intestine lat inward lying within the entrailes Inthronization lat a placing upon a Throne or Seat of Majesty Intimation lat a signifying or secret declaring Intimidation lat a making timorous or fearful Intinction lat a dying a dipping into any coloured liquor Intire lat whole or sound Intitulation lat an intiteling an adding a title unto any thing Intollerable lat not to be born or endured Intonation lat a thundering or making a terrible noise Intoxication lat a poisoning or envenoming Intractable lat not to be managed or trained unmanageable Intrado Spanish an entrance also a yearly revenue Intraneous lat inward Intricacy or Intrique lat and Fr. an intanglednesse incumbrance or winding like a labyrinth Intrinsecal lat inward or secret Introduction lat a leading in also a beginning or preface to any discourse Introgression lat a going in Intromission lat a sending inward †Introruption lat a breaking in a rushing in by violence †Introversion lat a turning upside down also a turning ones thoughts within a looking a word used in practical Divinity Intrusion lat a wrongful or unmannerly thrusting in Intuition lat a clear seeing into a distinct beholding Intumescence lat a swelling or rising up into a heap Intumulation lat a throwing a heap upon a burying Invagination lat a putting into a sheath or scabbard Invalid lat of no force strength or value Invasion lat an assailing or setting upon anothers right or dominions Invecked from the Latin Invehere a term in Blazon as a bordure Invecked is when the line of which the bordure is made inverts its points not toward the field but into it self Invection lat a carrying in or against Invective lat railing sharp bitter in expressions as it were violently carried on against any one Inveigle to allure or intice from the Dutch word avanglen i. to cast alluring eyes Invellop see Envelope Inventory lat a certain writing wherein is contained a Catalogue or reckoning up of the Goods Chattels of a deceased party which are to be prized or valued by sufficient men and exhibited to the Ordinary Inversion lat a turning the inside out a changing the order of things or words Invest lat to give possession which used to be done by delivering the Tenant a rod and administring him an Oath also to instal with any honour or dignity Investigation lat a making diligent search or inquiry Investiture lat a giving possession an endowing with honour Inveterate lat grown old rooted and setled by long custome Invigilation lat a carefull watching a diligent over-seeing Invigorate to inspire vigour life and spirit Invincible lat not to be conquered or overcome Inviolable lat not to be violated or broken Inviron French to encompasse Invisible lat not to be seen or discerned Invitation lat an inviting bidding or calling unto Inumbration lat a casting a shadow upon Inunction lat an anointing thoroughly Inundation lat an overflowing with water Invocation lat an invoking or calling upon Involation lat a flying into or a flying upon Involve lat to wrap or fold in to entangle or overwhelm Involuntarie lat unwilling Inurbanitie lat incivility want of courtesie or affability Inure or Enure to accustome also in Common-law it signifieth to take effect or be available Inusitate lat not accustomed unwonted Inutility lat unprofitablenesse Invulnerable lat not to be wounded J O Io the daughter of Inachus King of the Argives she being beloved of Jupiter was transformed into a Cow that she might not be known of Juno who neverthelesse suspecting caused her to be watch't by Argus who had many eyes but Argus being slain by Mercury Juno sent a Gadfly to sting her which made her run up and down restlesse till at length she arrived at Aegypt where being restored to her former shape she was married to Osiris and called Isis. Joab Hebr. Fatherhood Joachim an Hebrew proper name signifying preparation of the Lord. Joan a proper name of women answerable to that of John in men it was the name of several great Queens as those of Aragon and Naples Joannitiques a certain order of Monks that wear the figure of a Chalice upon their breasts Job Hebr. sighing or sorrowing Joblin French a sot or gull Jocasta the daughter of Creon King of Thebes and the wife of Laius after whose death she was married unknowingly to her son Oedipus to whom she brought forth Eteocles and Polynices who slaying one another in a contest about the Kingdom she killed her self for grief Joculatory or Jocous lat jesting sportive done or spoken in jest Jocund in Latin Jucundus chearfull pleasant or joyfull from Jocus i. a jest John a proper name signifying in Hebrew gracious there have been divers great Kings and other famous men of this name as Kings of England Scotland Spain and Portugal 23 Popes of Rome also Joannes Hircanus a famous Captain of the Jews who conquered Samaria Idumaea and a great part of Syria Joannes Acutus or Hackwood an English-man who performed several great martial exploits in Italy under the Dukes of Milain Joannes Guttenberg a German who invented the Art of printing this name was anciently pronounced Juon Joinder in Common-law is the coupling of two in a suite one against another Joyning-issue a Term in Common-law the referring a point of a matter depending in suite to the tryal of the Jury Joynt-Tenants in Common-law are those that hold Lands or Tenements by one Title or without partition Joynture a Term in Law being a Covenant whereby a husband assureth unto his wife in respect of marriage lands or Tenements for Term of her life or otherwise Jolaus the Nephew of Hercules he drove his Unkles Chariot when he fought against Cycnus the son of Mars afterwards when he grew old he was restored to youth by the prayers of Hercules Jollitrin Fr. a youngster or young Gallant Jonas a proper name signifying in Hebrew a Dove Jonathan another Hebrew name signifying the gift of God Joncade French a certain kinde of spoon meat Ionia a Countrey of Asia the lesse having twelve great Cities whereof Miletus and Ephesus were the chief the inhabitants of this Countrey descended anciently from the Greeks whence their language was called the Ionick Dialect Ionick Order in Architecture see Corinthian Jopaean a certain expression used in Hymnes or songs of rejoycing Jopa◠an African King who was one of those that sought to have married Dido he was a great Musician and sung in verse of the course of the Moon and the motion of the Stars Jordan
dutch word Iskekel a tappe of ice a drop of water frozen Isis a goddesse worshipped by the Egyptians she was at first called Io and was the daughter of Inachus King of Argos see Io. Isis the river Ouse in Wiltshire which meeting with Thames is called Thamisis Islip a Town in Oxfordshire anciently called Gistlipe famous for being the birth-place of King Edward the Confessour Ismaelite one descended from Ismael the son of Abraham by his Concubin Agar Isonomy Greek an equality Isoceles Triangle in Geometry is that which hath two equal sides and two equal opposite Angles Isota de Nugarolis a Virgin of Verona the daughter of Antonius de Nugarolis she was very famous for Philosophy Philology and Poetry Isped old word dispatched Israel Hebrew prevailing in the Lord. Issue in Common law signifieth either children begotten between a man and his wife or the profits of lands or the profits growing from a fine or a matter depending in suit whereupon the parties joyn Isthme Greek a narrow neck of land lying between two seas the most famous Isthmus is that of Greece whereupon Corinth stands from thence were denominated the Isthmian Games instituted by Theseus in honour of Neptune Istria a Country of Italy joyning to Illyricum Isurium Brigantum the name of an ancient City in York-shire so called from the River Vre running by it It was many ages since rased to the ground but out of the ruines of it was built a Town now called Ealdburgh or Aldborow I T Italia or Italie one of the most famous Countries of Europe so called from Italus otherwise called Atlas an ancient King thereof who had two daughters Electra whom he marryed to Camboblasco King of the Janigenae and Roma whom he made Queen of the Aborigenes she is said to have laid the foundation of the City Rome which was afterwards finished by Romulus others derive Italy from the Greek word Italos an Ox because that Country abounded with Oxen it was anciently called Hesperia from Hesperus the brother of Atlas To Italianize a made word signifying to speak or do like an Italian Iteration lat a saying or doing the same thing over again a repeating Ithaca an Island in the Ionian sea where Vlisses was born it is full of Goats but no Hare can live there Itinerary lat belonging to a journy also substantially used for a Calender of miles or a note-book wherein are set down the passages of a journy Itylus the son of Zethus and Aedon see Aedon Itys the son of Tereus King of Thrace by Progne the daughter of Pandion King of Athens he was slain by his mother and set before Tereus to eat at a banquet because he had deflowred her sister Philomel who after her hands and tongue were cut off wrought the relation of it with her needle but Tereus discovering in the midst of the banquet the slaughter of Itys by seeing the head of the child he pursued Progne and her sister with his sword drawn who running from him Progne was changed into a swallow Philomell into a Nighingale and Itys into a Pheasant J U Juba a King of Mauritania he was a constant friend to Pompey's party he overthrew Curio and all his forces sent into Africa by Caesar when Pompey was overcome he joyned his forces with Scipio and dyed fighting with Petreius Jubarb q. barba jovis because of its perpetual greennesse a kind of plant otherwise called Housleek Jubeb fruit or Jujubes Arab. zufalzef a kind of Pruan used much in Physick and sold by Apothecaries it was a fruit known among the Seres a people of Scythia and therefore called in Latin Sericum Jubilation lat a solemn rejoycing a shouting for joy A year of Jubile a great festival or time of rejoycing celebrated every 50th year by the Jews in remembrance of their deliverance from Egypt it came at length to be solemnized among the Christians being first instituted by Pope Boniface the eighth in the year 1300 who ordained it to be kept every hundred years it comes from the Hebrew word Jocel rejoycing Jucundity lat pleasantnesse Judea a Country of Syria in Asia the greater bordering eastward upon the dead sea it is also called Chananaea or the land of Promise Judaisme lat the faith or religion of the Jews Judicatory lat a place of Judgement or hearing of causes Judicial or Judiciary lat belonging to a cause tryal or judgement Judith Hebr. praising a proper name of women Ivetot a Town of lower Normandy in France which hath in former times been governed by a titular King whence a man of a great Title and a small inheritance is in derision called a King of Ivetot Jugal lat belonging to a yoak Jugament lat a yoaking or coupling Jugular or Jugularie lat belonging to the throat whence the jugular veins are those veins which ascend along the sides of the neck to the bottom of the head Jugulation lat a cutting the throat of any one a killing Jugurth the son of Manostabales brother of Micipsa King of Numidia whom his Uncle dying constituted heir of his kingdom together with his two sons Adherbal and Hiemsal but Jugurth that he might possesse the Kingdom to himself slew them both whereupon the Romans made war upon him for a long time wherein at length being overthrown by Marius he fled to Bocchus King of Mauritania by whom he was betrayed to Sylla and being brought to Rome dyed in prison Jujubes see Jubeb fruit To Juke to pearch or roost as a Hawk Julep a kind of physical medecine to open the inward parts and prepare for purgation being a decoction mingled with sirrups or sweetned with sugar Jullaber a certain hillock in Kent so called from one Jullaber a Giant or as some say a Witch who was here enterred but Cambden rather thinks it so named from Laberius Durus a Captain of Julius Caesars who was here slain Julian sirnamed the Apostate because that being brought up in the Christian religion he fell back to Heathenisme he was the son of Constantius and by his valour came to be made Roman Emperour he prohibited to the Christians all kind of learning that through their ignorance they might become uncapable to defend their religion at last in an expedition against the Persians being mortally wounded he cryed out vicisti Galilaee Thou hast overcome O Galilaean meaning Christ and soon after dyed also a proper name of women contracted Juliana some write it Gilian Julian account see Gregorian account Julio a kind of Italian coin made by Pope Julius valuing about six pence of our mony Julius Caesar the first of the Roman Emperours he subdued France Spain Brittain the Low Countries and the greatest part of Germany afterwards he entred into a civil war with Pompey whom he utterly defeated at the battle of Pharsalia and his two sons Cneus and Sextus Pompeius in Spain and having reigned three years in Rome as absolute Emperour he was at length slain in the Senate house by Brutus and Cassius the
of his own authority he cannot deal in his County-Court Justiciable French subject to Law under authority Justicians a certain religious Order instituted in the year 1412 in the Abby of St. Justine at Padua by one Lewise Balus a Venetian Justification lat a clearing justifying or making good in Common Law it is a shewing a good reason why a man did such a thing as he is called to answer Justinianus a name by which two of the Roman Emperours were called The first was famous for causing the Civil Law to be reduced into the Pandects and the Code whence Students of the Civil Law are called Justinianists the second for the great wars he had with the Saracens and Bulgarians Justinopolis a City of Istria built upon the Sea side by the Emperour Justine it is now called Cabo d' Istria Jutties of houses are certain parts of a building which jut or stand out farther than the rest Juturna the daughter of Daunus and sister of Turnus King of the Rutuli she was by Jupiter in recompence of the losse of her maiden-head immortalized and made Nimph of the River Numicus Juvenility lat youthfulnesse lustinesse or vigour Juventas the Goddesse of Youth the same with Hebe Juverna an ancient name of Ireland I W Iwimpled old word muffled I X Ixion the son of Phlegyas he having slain his son in law Erioneus after he had long wandered up and down and could not be absolved either by gods or men at length Jupiter pitying him took him up into Heaven and expiated him but he after his purgation remaining among the gods fell in love with Juno and sollicited her to unchastity which she making known to Jove he formed a cloud in the shape of Juno and Ixion thinking it to have been the goddesse begat a race of Centaurs and being soon after sent down to the earth he boasted every where that he lay with Juno for which being struck down to Hell with a Thunderbolt he was condemned to be alwayes rowled on a wheele K A KAb or Cab an Hebrew measure containing three pints of our measure Kalends see Calends Karena the twentieth part of a drop a term used in Chimistry Karobe or Carobe a kind of fruit also an herb called St. Johns bread also a very small weight used by Goldsmiths being the 24 part of a grain Karos or Caros a certain disease in the head which causeth much drousinesse Katharine see Catharine K E Keel the lowest and first timber laid in a ship the botton of a ship also a vessell to coole new beer or ale in Keen or Kene old word sharp some think it comes from the Greek word a cone a whetstone Keeper of the great Seal of England is he under whose hands passe all Charters Commissions and grants of the King strengthned by the Great or Broad Seal without which they are of no effect He is a Lord by his office and one of the Kings privy Council Keeper of the privy Seal is also a Lord by his office and one of the privy Council under his hands passe all Charters signed by the King before they come to the Broad Seal Keeper of the Forrest is he who hath the principal government of all things belonging to the Forrest he is also called chief Warden of the Forrest Kele old word to coole Kemeling old word a Brewers vessel Within Ken within sight or view a term in Navigation and comes from the Saxon word Kenne i. e. to know or discover Kenchester a Town in Herefordshire built as some think out of the ruines of old Ariconium Kenhelm the proper name of a man signifying in Saxon defence of his kindred Kenneleth applyed to a Fox when he is in his hole A term in hunting Kenodoxy or Cenodoxy Greek vain-glory Kenotaph see Cenotaph Kerchief French Coâ—vrechef a kind of linnin dresse which women use to wear upon their heads Kerck or Kirk old word a Church Kern an old Brittish word signifying a horn Kern a kind of light-armed foot souldier among the Irish we use it also for an ordinary Country farmer also to Kern signifieth to powder or to salt Kernel lat Kernellare an old word signifying to embattle a house Kerry a County of Ireland in the Province of Mounster Kers or Cresses a kind of plant so called Kersie French a kind of cloth or stuff much used Kesar a word which the Brittains used instead of Caesar and is taken in the same sense at this day when they say King nor Kesar Kesteven see Holland Key of a River or Haven a place where ships ride and are as it were lock't in Some deduce it a quiescendo i. from resting or from the old Latin Casare i. to restrain Keynard old word a micher K I Kichel old word a kind of cake the same which is called in Latin Libum Kilderkin in Dutch Kindekâ—n a kind of liquid measure being the eighth part of a hogshead it contains about eleven or twelve gallons Kiles from the Dutch word keghel an Isicle certain pins to play withal commonly called Nine-pins Kildare two Counties of Ireland in the Province of Leimster Kilkenny two Counties of Ireland in the Province of Leimster Kinburgh Sax. strength and defence of kindred a proper name of women King from the Dutch word koning i. to know because he ought to be the most knowing of men or from Konnen to be powerful the supream Ruler of a Nation King of Harolds or King of Arms he is called Garter and is the same with Pater patratus among the Romans See in Harald Kingsbench the Court or Judgement-seat where the King was wont to sit in his own person and therefore it was moveable with the Court or Kings houshold and was called Curia domini Regis or Aula Regia Kings Silver that money which is due to the King in the Court of Common-pleas in respect of a license there granted to any man for passing of a fine Clark of the Kings Silver is an officer of the Common pleas unto whom every fine is brought after it hath been with the custos Brevium and by whom the effect of the Writ of covenant is entred into a paper book Kingston upon Thames a Town in Surry so called because Athelstane Edwin and Etheldred were here Crowned Kings in the open Market-place Kintal see Quintal K N Knap of ground a little rising hillock Knave Sax. Canapa signifieth originally a Lacquey or Waiting-man and cometh originally from the Hebrew word Gnavadh to serve Knees in Navigation are certain crooked pieces of timber used in Ships to fasten the beames unto the sides Knight Sax. Cnicht hath been taken originally for a souldier or horseman in war those that were wont to accompany and wait upon the Emperour in the wars were called in Dutch Knechts i. e. servitours or lusty young men It is also taken for a client or vassal but more especially one that holds his land by serving his Lord on horseback it is now grown to be a Title of great
the Coast of Asia Lanarious or Laneous lat belonging to or made of wool Lancaster or Loncaster i. a Town situate upon the River Lone the chief Town of Lancashire which some think to be the same with the ancient Town Longovicum Lancelot the proper name of a man signifying in Spanish a Lance or Spear of this name was one of King Arthurs Knights of the round Table Lancepesado see Launcepesado Lanch to put a float a ship or boat that lies aground Lanciferous lat bearing a Launce Landcape an end of Land or continent which stretcheth it self out into the Landgraviate a Countrey belonging to Sea to a Landgrave which in the Dutch tongue is as much as Count or Earle of a Province or piece of Land given by the Emperour Landlcck't a term in Navigation is when a man sees land round about him out of a ship or boat Landloper Dutch a vagabond that runs up and down the Country Landskip see Lantskip Landto just so far off at Sea as a man can see the land Landturn the same off the land by night as a breiz is off the sea by day Langrel a term in Gunnery a loose shot which when it is put into the piece flies out at length when it is discharged Langued tongued a term in Blazon or Heraldry from the French word langue a tongue Langid lat weak faint languishing Languour lat a drooping decaying languishing Laniation lat a butchering or tearing to pieces Laniferous lat bearing cotton or wool Lank old word slender or weak Lanner or Lanneret a kind of Hawk called in French Faulcon Lanier Lantgrave see Landgrave Lantskip Landskip or Paisage a description of Land as far as may be seen above the Horison by hills valleys cities woods rivers c. in a mixt picture which contains both persons and the description of a Country or any part of a Country the persons are called the Argument the Landskip the Parergon or By-work Lanuginous lat covered with Lanuge which is a soft thin down or cotten-like substance which groweth upon some kinds of fruit also that which appeareth upon the chins of young men before they come to have perfect beards Laocoâ—â— the son of Priamus and Hecuba and Priest to Apollo he was the first that disswaded the Trojans from receiving the great horse into the walls and strook his Spear so hard against it that the sound of the armes was heard within whereupon it hath been affirmed that for his despising the gift of Minerva there came immediately two great Serpents and first devoured his two children afterwards himself Laodamia the daughter of Bellerophon and Achâ—mone she brought forth Sarpedon King of Lycia to Jupiter who was inamoured of her at length having displeased Diana the goddesse shot her with her own arrows Laodicea a City in Asia the Lesse which became very wealthy by the great gifts of divers rich Citizens as Jeronymus who died worth two thousand talents Zeno the Orator and his son Polemo whom Augustus advanced to be a King Laodoche the wife of Protesilaus she died imbracing the dead body of her husband slain by Hector Laodocus the son of Antenor in his shape Minerva came into the Army of the Trojans and perswaded Pandarus by shooting at Menelaus to break the league Laomedon a King of the Trojans he was the son of Ilus and the father of Priamus to divert a great pestilence which was sent upon the City because he had defrauded Neptune and Apollo of the wages he had promised them for building the City walls he was constrained to expose his daughter Hesione to be devoured by a Sea-monster promising Hercules to give him his horses which were of sacred race on condition he would undertake to free his daughter which he having performed and Laomedon going back from his word Hercules made war against him and took the City slew Laomedon took Priamus captive and gave Hesione to Telamon who was the first man that skalled the walls Lapicide lat a stone-cutter a hewer of stones out of the quarry Lapidary lat one that pollisheth or works in stones a jeweller Lapidation lat a stoning or putting to death with stones hurled or slung Lapidescence lat a waxing hard like stone or of a stony substance Lapithae a people of Thessalie inhabiting the mountains Pindus and Othrys they were governed by Pirithous had great conflicts with the Centaurs and were the first that invented bridles and saddles Lappewing a kind of bird so called from the often clapping of its wings it is also called a Houp and in French Lapouin Lappise is when Greyhounds open their mouths in their course or Hounds in the liam or string a term in Hunting Lapse lat a slip or fall It is also when an original Patron departeth from the right of presenting to a void Benefice by neglecting to present within 6 moneths unto the ordinary Laqueary lat the roof of a chamber vaulted Lara the name of one of the Nimphs called Naiades the daughter of the River Almon she was delivered to Mercury to be carried to Hell for revealing to Juno the love of Jupiter to the Nimph Juturna the sister of Turnus but Mercury falling in love with her by the way lay with her and begat twins called Lares or House-hold-gods who are also named Penates Larboard a term in Navigation the left side of a boat or ship Larcenie from the French word Larrecin i. theft a word used in Common-Law and is either great larcenie namely when the things stollen exceed the value of 12 pence or petit larcenie when the things stollen exceed not such a value The Larch-tree a tree so called from Larissa a City of Thessalie where it was first known It hath leaves like the Pine-tree and beareth a kind of drug called Agaricum which is of an exhilarating nature Lareow Sax. a Master Lares see Lara Largesse French a free gift bestowed upon any one also liberality Largitional an officer that oversees the bestowing of gifts Lariâ—s the greatest Lake in Italy vulgarly called Lago di Como containing 60 miles from North to South Larvated lat masqued or visarded for the representing some Gobling or dreadful Spirit Lascivious lat of a wanton carriage loose or effoeminate in behaviour Lask a disease called in Greek Diarrhaea causing an immoderate loosenesse of the belly and cometh from the Latin word Laxitas i. loosenesse Lassitude lat an extream wearinesse Lastage or Lestage a custom challenged in Markets or Faires for carrying of things also the ballast of a ship it cometh from the Saxon word Last which signifieth a certain kind of weight also a burthen in general Latebrous lat full of Latebrae i. dens or hiding-holes Latent lat lying hid Lateral lat belonging to the sides of any thing Lateranus a Patrician of Rome so called because he used to skulk and hide himself for the taking of his ease and pleasure he being designed Consul was slain by the command of Nero and many Ages after his houses
Lenient lat softning of an asswaging or pacifying power Lenitude lat the same as Lenity Lennox a County in the south part of Scotland so called from the River Levin which Ptolomy calleth Letanonius Lenonian lat belonging to a Pander or Band. Lentigenous lat belonging to Lentills which are a kind of round and flat pulse growing in hot Countries also full of little pimples or freckles resembling Lentills Lentisk lat a kind of tree called the Mastick-tree from which there is taken a Gum of very great vertue Lentitude lat slacknesse slownesse or negligence Lentour lat stiffnesse or clammynesse Lent-season in Lat. Quadragesima a Fast of fourty dayes instituted by the Church and first appointed to be kept in England by Ercombert a King of Kent It comes from the Dutch word Lente i. Spring because it ever happens to be about the beginning of the Spring time or as others say from length because about this time the dayes begin to lengthen Leo the name of several Roman Emperours reigning at Constantinople also the name of several Popes of Rome also one of the 12 Signes Leocorion a Monument erected by the Athenians in honour of Leo the son of Orpheus who when no body else would permit their daughters to be sacrificed to the gods to divert a great pestilence which then raged in the City willingly consented to the offering up of his three daughters Pasithea Theope and Eubule Leodegar or Leger a German proper name signifying a gatherer of the people Leodium a famous City of Germany anciently called Ebur num Augusta and is said to have been built by Ambioriges a King of Germany who also called it Legia from the cutting off of a Roman Legion in a valley near unto it at this day it is named Luttich or Leige Leofstan i. most beloved a Saxon name Leofwin i. Winlove Leoh Sax. light Leonard the proper name of a man signifying in Dutch popular disposition as Lipsius will have it but as others say Lion-like disposition answering to the Greek name Thymoleon Leonidas a famous Captain and King of the Lacedemonians who defending the Streights of Thermopylae against the whole Army of Xerxes was himself slain together with all his men Leonine lat belonging to or like a Lion Leopard or Libberd a certain African beast otherwise called a Panther this beast is all over full of streakes or little spots and is begotten between a Pard and a Lionesse Leopold q. Leodpold the proper name of a man signifying in Dutch Defender of the people being in imitation of the Greek names Demochares i. gracious to the people and Demophilus i. a lover of the people and Laodamus i. tamer of the people the chief of this name was Leopoldus Arch-Duke of Austria Leorning â—night Sax. a disciple or scholar Lepid lat neat jocund pleasant in speech or behaviour Leporine lat belonging to a Hare Leprosie Greek a kind of disease which causeth a white scurfe to run all over the body it is also termed Elephantiasis from the roughnesse of an Elephants skin which it resembleth Lerna a Lake near the City of Argos where the Serpent Hydra was slain by Hercules Lesbos an Island in the Aegaean Sea which in old time obtained the Empire of all Troas It is now called Metelin from the chief City thereof Mitylene the rest were Erâ—ssos Antâ—ssa Portus Methymna Lesinage Ital thriftinesse sparingnesse good husbandry from Lesina which signifieth a Coblers aule Lesion or Laesion lat a hurting or endamaging Lessee and Lâ—ssâ—r see Lease Lâ—sses the dung of a Boare Lessian diet a moderate temperate diet from Lessius a famous modern Physitian who wrote divers rules for the keeping of an exact and temperate diet Lestage see Lastage Lestrigones or Laeâ—trigones a certain barbarous people and of a vast Giant-like stature that anciently inhabited Formiae a City of Campania and were said to live upon Human flesh their King Antiphates oppos'd Vlisses with all his might when he landed on that coast and tore one of his companions in pieces with his teeth Letanie Greek the Book of Divine-service used in Churches from Liteuo or Lissomai i. to pray and supplicate Lethality lat deadlinesse or mortality Lethargick Greek sick of a Lethargy i. e. a disease which causeth an excessive drousinesse and sleepinesse Lethean lat forgetful from Lethe a River of Hell which the Poets feign to be of that nature that the water of it being drunk causeth oblivion or forgetfulnesse Lethiferous lat bringing death deadly Letifical or Laetifical lat making glad or joyful Letter missive lat an Epistle or Letter sent from one party to another from the Latin word Mittere i. to send Letters of Atturney writings whereby an Atturney or any friend made choice of for that purpose is appointed to do a lawful act in anothers stead from which warrants of Atturny differ in this that besides being sealed and delivered before sufficient witnesse they must also be acknowledged before a Justice or Serjeant Letters of Mart or Marque are Letters which authorize any one to take by force of armes those goods which are due by the Law of Marque See Law of Marque Letters Patents are writings sealed open with the Broad-Seal of England whereby a man is authorized to do or injoy any thing which of himself he could not from the Latin word patere i. to lie open Lettice a Christian name of severall women from the Latin Laetitia i. joyfulnesse mirth Lettice a kind of plant called in Latin Lactuca because in women that eat of it it breedeth milk Levament or Levation lat an enlightning easing comforting also a lifting up or causing to rise Levant and Couchant French terms used in Common Law when the beasts or cattel of a stranger come into another mans ground and there have remained a good space i. rising and lying down Levant is also taken for the Eastern Countries Levari facias the name of a Writ directed to the Sheriff for the levying of a sum of money upon the lands of him that hath forfeited his Recognisance Leucophlegmatick Greek troubled with a disease called Leucophlegmaty i. a Dropsie caused by the abounding of white flegme Leucothea see Ino. Leucothoe the daughter of Orchamus King of the Babylonians with whom Apollo being in love transformed himself into the shape of Eurynome her mother pretending private businesse with her he re-assumed his former shape and won her by fair speeches to consent to his desires whereupon Clytia who was in love with Apollo growing extreamly envious declared the whole businesse to Orchamus who in a great fury caused his daughter to be buried alive whose death Apollo grieving at transformed her into the Frankincense-tree and Clytia seeing her self contemned of Apollo pined her self away and was turned into a Marygold Leuctra a Town in Boeotia where the Thebans under Epaminondas gave the Lacedemonians so total an overthrow that they could never after recover themselves Level-Coil French is when he that hath lost the game sits out
Latin records de Lupello Loverd or Laverd old word a Lord. Lourdain see Lordane Louvre a stately Palace in Paris and the chief seat of the Kings of France built by Francis the first and augmented with a long stately Gallery by Henry the fourth Lowbell as it were loud bell a certain bell hung about the neck of a weather Lozenge a little square cake made of preserved herbs in the form of a Rhomb or a quarrel of Glasse L U Lua a certain goddesse among the ancient Romans she was the goddesse of all lustrations and purging from sin Lubricity lat slipperinesse Lucernes a kind of rich Fur taken from a beast of the same name breeding in Russia and those Northerly Countries Lucia a Christian name of divers women signifying in Latin Lightsome Lucida Laucis a Star in 9 degrees 45 minutes of Scorpio Lucidity lat brightnesse shiningnesse Lucifer lat as it were lightbearing the morning Star called in Greek Phosphorus Lucina a name attributed to Juno as she is the Patronesse of Childbirth or as some say to Diana or the Moon Lucius the praenomen of divers famous men among the Romans as Lucius Sylla Lucius Antonius Commodus the Emperour Lucius Septimius Severus and many others The first of this name is likely to have been so called from being born in the dawn or first shining of the day Lucre lat gain or profit whence Lucration a gaining or winning Lucretia the daughter of Lucretius Tricipitinus Prefect of Rome and the wife of Tarquinius Collatinus she being ravisht by Sextus the son of Tarquinius Superbus King of the Romans slew her self which was the cause of banishing both Tarquin and Kingly Government from Rome which was afterwards ruled by Consuls chosen anew every year and this act of Lucretia hath ever since been so famed that every chast woman is proverbially called a Lucrece Luctation lat a striving or wrestling Luctatius Catulus a famous Captain of the Romans who with 300 ships overcame 600 of the Carthaginians and made an end of the war Lucubration lat a studying or working by candle-light Luculency lat clearnesse brightness fulnesse of light Lucullus a famous Roman being a man of great eloquence and ingenuity he having been successeful in the wars against Mithridates heaped up a mighty masse of riches after the war was ended gave himself up wholy to ease and delicacy living in more state and splendor than any of that Age besides afterwards beginning to grow mad he was given in charge to his brother Marcus Ludibrious lat shameful or reproachful Ludicrous lat belonging to sport recreation or mockery Ludification lat a mocking or deceiving Ludlow a Town in Shropshire in Old times called Dinan afterwards Lystwysoc i. the Princes Palace it hath a fair Castle built by Roger Montgomery which was besieged by King Stephen who valiantly rescued Henry son to the King of Scots who was about to have been pulled into the Castle with an iron hook Ludovicus Pius the son of Charles the Great who was created Emperour by Pope Leo he succeeded his father in the Empire and Kingdom of France also Ludovicus hath been the name of several other Emperours and Kings of France this name according to Helmoldus Nigellus is deriv'd from the Dutch words Hludo Wiggh i. e. famous Warrier Lugdunum the chief Citie of Gallia Celtica vulgarly called Lyons built by Munatius Plancus a Roman Governour Lugubrous lat mournfull heavy sorrowfull Luition lat a making satisfaction for any offence also a paying a ransome Luke Hebr. rising or lifting up Lumbar see Lombar Luminaries in Lat. Luminaria lights lamps also conspicuous stars as the sun and moon also the feast of Christs Nativity commonly called Christmas was by the ancient Western Church called Luminaria Luminous lat full of light Lunaeburgum a great Citie of Germany built by Julius Caesar vulgarly called Lunemburgh Lunar belonging to the Planet of the Moon called in Latin Luna Lunatick lat troubled with a Lunacy i. a kinde of madnesse which happens at certain times of the Moon Lunes for Hawks leashes or long lines to call them Lungis French a tall slim man that hath no making to his heighth Lupercal a place about Rome where anciently certain feasts were celebrated to Pan which were called Lupercalia from Lupa a she-wolf which gave Romulus suck or as some say a Harlot of that name which nursed him Lupines lat a kind of little flat round pulse almost like a small bean Lurcation lat a greedy eating or playing the glutton derived originally from Lura a great leathern bottle Lure for Hawks a certain leathern device whereby with a little piece of flesh they call a Hawk from a good distance off it comes from the Dutch word Laeden i. e. to invite Lurid lat pale wan of a sallow colour Luscitation lat a being dim-sighted or pore-blind Lushborough a base Coyn brought over from beyond Sea in the dayes of King Edward the third †Lusion lat a playing or gaming Lusitania the third part of Spain according to the ancient division it is now called Portugal and is a Kingdom by it self A Lusk a slug or sloathfull fellow from the French word lasche Lust of a ship a Term in Navigation when a ship out of her own mold and making hath an inclination more to one side then another Lustration lat a going about also a purging by sacrifice Lustre French a shining also from the Latin word lustrum it signifieth a Den of wilde beasts also the space of five years by which space the Romans were wont to compute the time Lutheranisme the doctrine and judgement of Martin Luther who being first a Monk of the Order of St. Augustin forsook the Church of Rome and writ against the errors of it Luteous lat muddy or of a muddy colour Lutulent lat miry or dirty Lutzenburgum or Lutzenburgh a Dutchy in the low Countreys adjoining to Leige and Namur being one of the 17 Provinces and having a chief Citie of the same name Luxation lat a putting out of joynt a making loose Luxuriant or Luxurious lat riotous given to excesse or debauchery L Y Lycanthropy Greek a kinde of melancoly or phrenzy which causeth those that are poâ—sest therewith to think themselves turned into Wolves and to fly the company of men Lyâ—aon the son of Pelasgus and King of Arcadia who when Jupiter came into Arcadia in the likenesse of a mortal man resolved to try whether he were a God or no as men reported him to be and killing one of those whom the King of the Molossi had left with him for pledges he caused him to be dressed and part rosted to be set before Jupiter whereat he being highly provoked turned Lycaon into a Wolf and burnt his Pallace with Thunder others say it was for sprinkling with the bloud of an Infant an Altar which he had erected to Jupiter upon the Mountain Lycaeus a hill of Arcadia Lycaonia a Countrey of Asia the lesse near Phrygia and reaching
ancient Brittish name from Mad i. good Madrigal Ital. a kind of Song Maeonia see Lydia Maeotis a Lake in the North part of Scythia near the mouth of the River Phasis It is called by the Italians Mar della Tana and Mar Bianco by the Scythians Garpaluc Magazine French a Store-house where Armes and Ammunition of War are put as it were Mansio Gazae Magdalen Hebr. Majestical the Christian name of divers women Magdalen Colledge a Colledge in Oxford built together with a Hall near adjoyning to it by William Wainâ—let Bishop of Winchester Magdaleon lat a kind of long plaister like a rowler called also a Langate Magdeburgum or Magdeburg as it were Maidenburg from the Dutch word Magd i. a Maid the chief City of Saxony in Germany heretofore called Parthenopolis from Venus Parthenia who was there worshipped Magician lat one that professeth the Art Magick which was the same among the Persians as Philosophy among the Grecians i. e. the study of the more occult and mysterious Arts whence the 3 Wisemen of the East were called Magi but among the vulgar the word simply taken is used in the same signification as Diabolical Magick i. e. Sorcery or Witchcraft Magisterial lat pertaining to Magistery or Mastership done by or like a Master in Physick a pill or plaister c. prepared after the best manner is called Magisterial Magistracy lat the office of a Magistrate or chief Ruler Magna charta the great Charter containing a number of Laws ordained in the nineth year of Henry the third and confirmed by Edward the first containing the sum of all the written Laws of England †Magnality a greatnesse to be admired at being a made word from the Lat. Magnalia i. e. great and wonderfull things Magnanimity lat greatnesse of mind courage stoutnesse Magnes a youth of Smyrna the most beautiful of his age and excellent in musick and poetry for which he was in high esteem with Gyges King of Lydia who because the Parents of Magnes spoiled his cloths and cut off his hair made war upon the Country overcame them and brought away Magnes in Triumph to Sardes Magnetick lat belonging to the Magnete or Lodestone See Lodestone Magnificence lat as it were a making great sumptuousnesse statelinesse a carrying things on at a great heighth Magnificat the Song of the Virgin Mary so called because it beginneth with these words Magnificat anima mea c. Magnifico Ital. the title of a Noble man of Venus also the Governours of Academies in Germany are called Magnifici Magniloquence lat a lofty speaking a talking of high things Magnitude lat greatness ampleness largeness Mago the first that increased the wealth of Carthage before the first Punick war he aided the Romans in the war of Tarentum with 120 ships Magog see Gog and Magog Magonel according to Chaucer is an instrument to cast stones with Mahim or Maim in Latin Mahemium is the hurting or taking away of any member by the wrongful act of another whereby the party so hurt is made unable to fight it comes from the old French word Mehaighn and is called by the Canonists Mutilatio membri Mahumetanisme the Religion and Law of the Turks founded by Mahomet the first Emperour of the Saracens there was also of this name a great Emperour of the Turks who overthrew the Greek Empire took twelve Kingdomes and two hundred Cities from the Christians whereof the chief were Constantinople the Island Chalcis Scodra Trapezuntium and Hydruntum in Italie but at the siedge of Belgrade or as some say of Taurinum he was overthrown and put to flight Maia one of the seven Pleiades on whom Jupiter begat Mercury she was the daughter of Atlas and Pleione Maid Marrian or Morion a boy dressed in womans apparel to dance the Morisco or Mâ—rrisdance Maiden-hair a kinde of plant called in Latin Adiantum or Capillus veneris Maidenhead a Town in Bark-shire so called from a Maids head that was had in great reverence being one of those 11000. who returning from Rome with their Leader Vrsula were taken by Attila and martyred at Colein in Germany Maidstone a pleasant Town in Kent situate upon the River Medway and therefore anciently called Medweg-ston and thought to be the same with the old Town Vagniacae Maim see Mahim Mainour Manour or Meinour from the French word Maniere signifieth in Common-law an apprehending of one that hath stollen any thing and is followed with Hue and Cry with the manner that is having the thing Mainprise from the French words main i. a hand and prins i. taken signifieth in Common Law the receiving a man into friendly custody that otherwise might be committed to prison giving security for his forth comming at a day assigned those that do thus undertake for any are called Mainpernours he that is taken into custody Mainpernable Maint Saxon mingled Maintenance in Common Law is upholding of a cause depending in suite between others either by lending of money or making of friends for either party Majo a County of Ireland in the Province of Conaught Major signifieth in Latin greater but with us it is commonly taken sometimes for a Praetor or Governour of a City sometimes for a Military officer also in Logick the first part of a Syllogisme is called the Major or the proposition the second the Minor or the assumption Majoration lat a making greater Maisnilwarings and by contraction Manwarings the name of a great and ancient Family in Cheshire Master of the Rolles is an assistant unto the Lord Chancelour of England in the high Court of Chancery and in his absence heareth causes and giveth orders Maisters of the Chancery are assistants to the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal in matters of judgement of these there are 12 in number whereof the chief is the Master of the Rolles Masters of the Court of Wards and Liveries the principal officer of that Court named and assigned by the King to whose custody the Seal of the Court is committed Master of the Horse is he that hath the rule and charge of the Kings stable Make in Common Law signifieth to perform or execute as to make his Law is to perform that Law which he hath formerly bound himself unto that is to clear himself of an action commenced against him by his Oath and the Oaths of his Neighbours also to make ones beard an old phrase to deceive Malachias Hebr. my messenger Malachite Greek a kinde of precious stone so called Malacissation a kneading a making soft Malacy Greek a calm on the Sea also a longing of women with childe Maladie French a disease sicknesse or infirmity Malaga a Citie and Port-Town of Andalusia whence we have that sort of wine which is called Malago Sack it is said to have been so called because Cava the daughter of Count Julian after that her being ravish't by King Roderigo had been the occasion of the losse of Spain to the Moors threw her self from a high Tower crying out Malacà i.
Trinity whose Office is to redeem Christian Captives out of Turkish slavery Matricide lat a killing of ones mother or one that kill 's his mother Matrice lat that part of the Womb where the Child is conceived also a mould for letters Matriculation lat a Registring of young Schollars into the society of their Foster-mother of learning the University Matrimonial lat belonging to matrimony i. marriage or wedlock Mattins French Morning-prayer Mattock a kinde of Pick-axe from the Dutch word Methaâ—â—k i. with hook Mattresse French a quilt or flock-bed Matura a certain goddesse among the ancient Romans who was said to be the Patronnesse of Corn when the eares began to ripen as Patalena took charge of them when the cups began to open and Lactucina when the juyce or milky substance began to abound Maturity lat ripenesse whence maturation a ripening Matuta see Ino. Matutine lat belonging to the morning Maud Germ. a Christian name of divers women from Matilda or Mathildis i. Honourable Lady of maids Maugre or Maulgre French whither one will or no or as we commonly say in despite of his teeth also a proper name in Latin Malgerius Mavis in Latin Malviccium a bird called a Thrush or Thrussel Maund French a hand-basket from Manus i. a hand or from Mandere i. to eat because they use to carry meat in it Maundy-Thursday see Mandy-Thursday Mavors the same as Mars Mauritania the utmost Region of Africa toward the Gaditan Bay now called the Streights of Gibraltar where the Gyant Antaeus is said to have raign'd who was overcome by Hercules it is divided into Tingitana and Caesariensis which Strabo call's Massilia and Massaesylia Mausolus a King of Caria the husband of Artemisia by whom he was so intirely loved that after he was dead she is said to have drunk up his ashes in wine and built him a very stately Sepulcher which from his name she called Mousoleum being one of the seven wonders of the world and from which every rich Monument is figuratively called a Mausoleum Maxillar or Maxillary lat belonging to the jawbone A Maxime in Phylosophy or Law is a proposition or principle generally received grounded upon reason and not to be denied called also an axiome Maximilian a name first given to one of the German Emperours by his father Frederick the third composing it of the names of two famous Romans Quintus Fabius Maximus and Scipio Aemelianus with hope that his son would imitate their vertues May so called because Romulus dedicated it to Mâ—ya the mother of Mâ—rcury Maze an astonishment also the same as Labyrinth Mazer a Beker or standing Cup to drink in from the Dutch word Maeser i. Maple of which sort of wood those Cups are commonly made M E Mead the same Hydromel Meagre French scraggy or lean The Mean in Musick the Tenor or middle part also in Law it is used for the interim or middle time as the action was mean c. Meander or Maeander a River of Phrygia which hath many oblique diversions whence a thing that is full of intricate turnings and windings is called a Maeander by way of Metaphor Mearstones in Latin Lapides terminales certain stones which are put as bounds and limits between one mans land and anothers Mease in Latin Mansus a Mansion house from the French word Maison i. e. a house or as some say from Meix i. e. a Mansion also Mease or Mese is used for a measure of Herrings consisting of 500. Measandue an Hospital from the French Maison de Dieu Meath a Province of Ireland containing these following Counties Eastmeath Westmeath and Longford Mecaenâ—s a learned Noble-man of Rome who lived in the time of Augustus he was a great favourer of Virgil and Horace whence every favourer of learning and learned men hath been ever since saluted with the Title of Mecaenas Mecha a Citie in Arabia Foelix which is had in great reverence by the Turks as being the place where Mahomet was buried Mechanick Arts or Handycrafts those Arts which require the labour of the hand of which these seven are esteemed the chief Agriculture Clothing Navigation Hunting Architecture Medecine Military Discipline the word comes from the Greek Mâ—chane an artifice or invention Mechation lat a committing fornication or whoredom A Medal French a kinde of ancient coyn or piece of plate having stampt upon it the effigies of some Prince or other eminent man Medea see Jason Medewife Sax. a woman of merit Media a large Countrey in Asia so called from Madai the son of Japheth or Medus the son of Aegeus and Medea it is divided into the greater Media whose chief Citie is Ecbatana and the lesser called also Atropatia Mediastine from the Latin Mediastinus is a drudge or Kitchin slave from Mediastinum it signifies that partition made by certain thin skins dividing the whole breast into two hollow bosomes Mediation lat a dividing into two also a making suit or means for any one whence Mediatour an intercessour Medicable lat able to heal also easie to be heal'd or cur'd Medicament lat a Medecine or Physical drugge Medication lat a curing or healing Medietas linguae an inquest empanell'd upon any cause whereof one part consisteth of Denizens the other of strangers Mediety lat the half or middle Medimne lat a certain measure containing six bushels Mediocrity lat a mean a middle temper and indifferency Mediolanum the chief Citie of that part of Italie formerly called Gallia Cisalpina it was first built by the Gauls who as they were digging in the earth finding a sow half covered with wool like a sheep called the Citie Mediolanum vulgarly Millain and the whole Countrey afterwards being Conquered by the Lombards was thence named Lombardy Medisance French evil speaking obloquy or reproach Meditation lat a studying or devising Mediterranean lat being in the middle of the earth or land whence the Mediterranean Sea is that Sea which hath its course in the midst of the earth Medrinacles a kinde of course Canvas called also Pouledavies Medullar lat belonging to the marrow Medusa the daughter of Phorcys with whose golden hair Neptune was so much in love that he lay with her in the Temple of Minerva and begat Pegasus at which the goddesse being incenced turned her hairs into Serpents whose sight converted all that look't on them into stone but at length Perseus finding the Serpents asleep killed them and cut off Medusa's head Meed old word merit or reward Meen French the countenance or posture of the face also the outward Garb. Meer in Common-law hath been used for meer right Mees Saxon Meadows Megabysus one of the Persian Nobles who in the behalf of Darius overthrew the Tyranny of the Magi in Europe he took Perinthus overcame the Paeones and attempted Macedonia Megaclo the daughter of Macares King of the Lesbians who being of a froward disposition and alwayes contending with his wife Megaclo was so grieved at her mothers calamity that she hired the Muses to be
far into the fire Metempsychosis Greek a Transmigration or passing of the Soul out of one body into another Meteor from the Greek word Meteoros i. high a certain imperfectly mixt body consisting of vapours drawn up into the middle Region whereof are ingendred Rain Winds Thunder and Lightning Meteorologie Greek a discourse of Meteors Meteoroscopie that part of Astrology which handleth the difference of Sublimities and distance of Stars Metheglin in latin Mulsum a kinde of drink made of Herbs Hony Spice c. Methodical Greek belonging to a Method i. an orderly or artificial disposing or placing of things Metiochus the son of Alcibiades he being taken by the Phaenicians and brought a prisoner to Darius the King of Persia against whom his father then made warre was yet honourably received the King bestowing upon him large possessions and a wife named Persiba by whom he had many Children Metius Suffetius Dictator of the Albans who being bound by Covenant to aide Tullus Hostilius King of the Romans against the Fidenates stood with his Army upon a Hill to see the event of the battel for which he was by the command of Hostilius torn in pieces with wilde horses Metonymie Greek a Rhetorical figure wherein there is a changing of one name for another as of the cause for the effects of the subject for the adjuncts and contrarily Metope a Term in Architecture the distance of space in a pillar between the Denticles and Triglyph's Metoposcopy Greek the guessing at mens inclinations as also the future events of men by looking on their faces Metrical lat belonging to Meeter or verse Metropolitan belonging to a Metropolis Greek i. the chief Citie of a Countrey or Province whence an Arch-bishop is called a Metropolitan Bishop because his Sea is alwayes in the chief Citie Mexico a great and famous Citie of the Mexican Province in Nova Hispania the Citie was the chief seat of Montezeuma who was Lord of the new world Mezentius a King of the Thuscans who with his son Lausus assisting Turnus in the war against Aeneas and the Trojans they both fell by the hand of Aeneas himself M I Miagrus the God of flies so called by Plautus by others Myopes Miasme Greek a polluting or defiling Michael Hebr. who is like God St. Michaels Mount a Rocky cliffe or Promontory in Corn-wall which John Earle of Oxford fortified against King Edward the fourth there is also a place so called in Normandy Miche to play the Truant or hide ones self out of the way from the French word Muser i. to be idle or the Dutch Micke i. a wary looking about Mickle much from the Saxon word Micel or as some say from the Greek word Megale Microcosme Greek the body of man is commonly so called being as it were a little world see Macrocosme Micrologie Greek a discoursing about petty small affairs Microscope Greek a certain instrument whereby the full proportion of the smallest things may be discerned Midas a King of Phrygia the son of Gordias a Cowheard he having intertained Bacchus and being bid to ask of him what ever he had a minde to he desired that whatsoever he toucht might be turned into gold which desire was immediately granted and not onely every thing else he touched but his meat also before he could bring it to his mouth was changed to gold whereupon he being forced to request that he might be freed from that gift he was counselled to wash himself in Pactolus streams which immediately became very bright with the glistering of the sands which were turned into gold afterwards Pan having challenged Apollo to a musick duell Tmolus being chosen Judge Midas being the onely man that gave the victory to Pan was adjudged for his ignorance to have Asses ears grow to his head which disgrace neverthelesse had been concealed had not his Barber gone into a hollow place of the earth and cried out Midas hath Asses ears and soon after the reeds which grew in that place became vocal and continually uttered the same words Middleburgh the chief City of Zealand Midriffe see Diaphragme Migration lat a removing or passing from place to place Mile such a space of ground in length onely as containeth a thousand paces or eight furlongs every furlong containing 125 paces Miles the proper name of a man in Latin Milo from the grain called Milium i. Millet others make it a contraction from Michael Miletus the chief Ciâ—ie of Ionia whose inhabitants the Milesii were accounted the potentest and the richest people of all Asia it was originally called Anactoria now Melazzo also a Citie of Caria built by Miletus the son of Apollo and Argâ—a or as some say by Sarpendon the son of Jupiter and the brother of Minos and Rhadamanthus Milfordhaven a very commodious Haven in Pembroke-shire where Henry Earle of Richmond landed when by that famous battel at Bosworth he won the Crown from Richard the third this Haven hath sixteen Creeks five Bay's and thirteen Rodes Militarie lat belonging to Souldiers or War Millefoile in Lat. Millefolium a kind of Herb otherwise called yarrow Millenarians see Chiliasts Millet in Latin Milium in Greek Cenchros a kind of plant so called from the multitude of small granes or seeds which it beareth Milo a certain Crotonian of that vast strength that at the Olympick games he carried an Oxe the space of a whole furlong killed it with his fist and afterwards eat it all himself in one day Miltiades a great Captain of the Athenians who with 11000 Greeks overthrew 600000 Persians in the fields of Marathon yet afterwards being accused of bribery he was forced by the Athenians to die in Chains A Mime or Mimick Greek a Jester or one that counterfeits the gestures or countenances of others whence Mimical Apish or given to imitate Minacity lat a menacing or threatning Minchings an ancient word for those consecrated whom we call Nuns Mindbruch a Saxon word a hurting of honour and worship Mine French the same as meen the aspect or garb of any person Cleop. Mineralist one skilfull in minerals lat i. metals or any thing growing in mines Minerva the goddesse of wisdom she is said to have been born without a mother and to have sprung out of Jupiters head she is reported also to have invented the liberal sciences and to have found out the use of wool about which a Lydian Virgin named Arachne contesting with her was overthrown and turned into a Spider also to her is attributed the first finding out of the use of Oyl she was called in Greek Athenaea and from her the Citie of Athens took its denomination Miniature a drawing of pictures in little which is many times done with Minium i. red lead A Minime a certain quantity in musick containing one time up or down from the Latin word Minimus i. least also Minime friars are a certain order instituted by Fran. de Paul A Minion or Mignon French one that is in highest credit and esteem with a great
half part of any thing Mokel Sax. bignesse Molar lat belonging to a Mill whence the molar-teeth are those five most extreme teeth on either side of the mouth both above and beneath which are called Grinders Molendinarius lat belonging to a Mill. Molestation lat a vexing a troubleing Moliminous lat requiring strength force stresse or indeavour Molition lat a trying endeavouring or attempting Mollification lat a making soft or tender Mollitude lat softnesse tendernesse effeminatenesse Mollock or Meore old word dirt dung excrement Molochite see Malachite Moly a certain herb of very great vertue mentioned by Homer Momus a certain deity among the Ancients reputed the god of carping and reprehension he is feigned by the Poets to have been born of Nox and Somnus and that his whole businesse was to reprehend and carp at all the other gods Mona see Anglesey Monachal lat belonging to a Monk Monarchy Greek the government of a Common-wealth by a Monarch or one man alone Monas Greek the number one Monasterial lat belonging to Monasteries i. solitary places where Monks live it comes from the Greek word Monos i. alone A Mond a ball of Gold being one of the Ensigns of an Emperour who challengeth a kind of right to the whole World Monedule lat a jackdaw Monmouth the chief Town of Monmouthshire called in the Brittish tongue Mongwy because it is seated at the confluence of the Rivers Munow and Wye This Town is famous for the birth of King Henry the fifth and of Geffry ap Arthur Bishop of Asaph the compiler of the ancient Brittish Story Moneth Sax. Monad Dutch Maendt from Maene i. the Moon the space of 28 dayes in which time the Moon compleateth her circle There are four sorts of moneths First a moneth of Apparition i. the space of 26 dayes and 12 hours wherein the Moon appears the other three days being deducted wherein it is obscured by the Sun Secondly Medical or Decretorial i. the space of 26 days and 22 hours Thirdly of Consecution or Progression i. the space of one conjunction of the Moon with the Sun and the other being 29 dayes and a half Fourthly of Peragration i. the space of the Moons revolution from any part of the Zodiack unto the same again being 27 dayes and 8 hours Monger or Manger a Saxon word anciently used for a Merchant whence Woodmonger c. i. a Woodmerchant Moniers a word anciently used for ministers of the Mint coiners of money Monition lat an admonishing or giving warning Monkeshood a kind of flower called in Latin Consolida Regalis Monoceros Greek a Unicorn or beast having but one horn Monocular lat having but one eye Monodical Greek belonging to Monody i. a kind of Funeral-song wherein one sings alone Monogamy Greek a single marriage a having but one wife or one husband Monogram Greek a writing or sentence consisting of one line or verse Monology Greek a talking alone a discourse held by one man onely Monomachy Greek a single combate or fighting of one couple onely hand to hand Monophagy Greek an eating alone or of one kind of meat Monopoly Greek the ingrossing of any saleable commodity by one man that no body can gain by them but himself A Monops Greek a kind of beast of Paeonia otherwise called a Bonasus which voideth a kind of sharp and fiery ordure deadly to whomsoever it lights upon Monoptote Greek a term in Grammar being a Noun that hath but one Case Monostick Greek a sentence consisting onely of one single verse A Monosyllable Greek a word consisting onely of one syllable Monothelites Greek a sort of Hereticks living in the year 640 who held that there was but one will in Christ. Monstrosity lat monstrousnesse that which is beyond the ordinary course of nature Montanists a sort of Hereticks so called from their first Author Montanus they held that the Holy Ghost was not given to the Apostles but to themselves Montanous lat full of mountains belonging to a mountain Montchensy a great sirname in Kent and Suffolk stiled in Latin records de Monte Canisio Montefiasco a sort of rich wine made at Montefiascone a City in Italy Montera Span. a kind of cap used by Hunters and Seamen Monticulous lat full of Monticles i. little mountains or hillocks Montivagous lat wandering up and down the hills and mountains Montfichet a name of great note stiled in the Latin records de Monte Fixo Montgomery the chief City of Montgomeryshire so named from Roger de Montgomery Earle of Shrewsbury who built the Castle It is called in Latin Mons Gomericus Monument lat from the verb Mâ—nere i. to admonish a memorial of any famous person or action by Sepulchre Statue Pillar or the like Monychus the name of one of the Centaurs whose strength was such that he could pull up the strongest trees by the roots and use them instead of darts Monyma the wife of King Mithridates who when her husband was overthrown attempted to have strangled her self by tying her Diadem to her neck but the rope breaking she cursed her Diadem as being neither useful in prosperity nor adversity and delivered her self up to an Eunuch to be slain To Moor a ship a term in Navigation to lay out her Anchors as is most fit for the Ship to ride by in that place where she is Moorland a part of Staffordshire so called from certain barren places thereabout which have been anciently called Moores To Moot from the French word Mot i. a word or the Dutch ghe-moet i. a meeting together a term used in the Innes of Court and signifieth to handle a case in Law and those that handle these cases are called Mootmen who after 7 or 8 years study are chosen Utterbaristers Moral lat pertaining to manners or civility also the moral of a fable is used substantively for the application of it to mens lives and manners whence to moralize is to give the moral sense or interpretation of any thing Moration lat a tarrying or staying Moravia a Country of Germany anciently called Marcomannia it is now joyned to the Kingdom of Bohemia Morbidezza Ital. tendernesse effeminacy Morbiâ—ical lat causing sicknesse bringing diseases Mordacity lat bitingnesse sharpnesse also bitternesse of speech taunting terms Mordication lat a biting or fastning the teeth deep into any thing Moresk work French a kind of antick work in painting or carving wherein there is a wild resemblance of birds beasts trees c. intermingled Morgan a proper name of a man signifying in the ancient Brittish tongue as much as Seaman Morglay from the French words Mort i. death and Glaive i. a sword a mortal or deadly sword Moris a proper name in Latin Mauritius from Maurus a Moor. the most famous man of this name was St. Morice a Commander in the Theban Region martyred for the Christian Faith under Maximianus Morigeration lat as it were a bearing manners an obeying a yeilding obedience Morion Ital. a steel-cap or head-piece Morisco Span. a Moor
also a kind of Dance which seemeth to be the same with that which the Greeks call Pyrricha we vulgarly call it the Morris Dance as it were the Moorish Dance Morkin a term in Hunting a Deer that dies by mischance or sicknesse Morling or Mortling the wool which is taken from the skin of a dead sheep Morology Greek foolish speaking talking like a fool Morosity lat peevishnesse frowardnesse waywardnesse Morphew a kind of white scurfe upon the body from the French word Mort-feu i. dead fire because it lookes like the white sparkes that fall from a brand extinguished Morpheus the minister of sleep used also metaphorically for sleep it self Morta the name of one of the three Destinies according to the Latins See Parcae Mortal lat deadly bringing death Mort d' ancester is a Writ that lieth where a mans father mother brother or Uncle die seised of land and a stranger abateth or entreth the land Mortgage French a pawn of land or goods bound for money borrowed to be the Creditours for ever if the money be not repaied at the time agreed on Mortiferous lat bringing death Mortification lat as it were a making dead a quelling or subduing but it is peculiarly used in Divinity for an humbling or bringing down the flesh by fasting and prayer A Mortise French a term in Carpenters work being a fastning a piece of wood as it were by biting into another piece Mortmain French signifying a dead hand is in Common-law an Alienation of Lands or Tenements to any Corporation or Fraternity and their Successours with the Licence of the King and the Lord of the Mannour Mortresse a kinde of made dish of meat consisting of several ingredients A Mortuarie lat a Funeral a burying place also a gift left by a man at his death to his Parish in recompence of his Tythes not duely paid in his life time Mosaical Musaique or Musive work a kinde of curious work in Architecture consisting of small inlayed pieces of stone glasse sundry coloured shells or other materials Moscovia a large Countrey of Europe otherwise called Russia bordering upon Tartary it is governed by the great Duke of Muscovie called also Emperour of Râ—ssia Moses Hebr. drawn up A Mosque the same as Meskite A Mosstick a word used in painting being a round stick about a yard long which the Artist doth rest upon when he paints Mot or Motto French and Italian an Emblem Impresse or devise as it were a a short sentence comprised in a word also a certain note which hunts-men wind on their horn Motet French a verse in Musick a stanza of a song also a short posie Mouch old word to eat up Mougnon French the brawny part of the arm also the brassel or that part of a Coat of Armour which covereth the Arms. Mound q. Munimentum a Fence or Hedge Mounster a Province in Ireland containing these following Counties Kerry Desmond Kork Waterford Limmerick Tipperary Mountain of piety a certain stock or bank of money which used to be raised out of voluntary contributions and treasured up to be lent upon occasion to poor people who were ruined by the usury and extortion of the Jews Mountebank from the Italian word Montimbanco because he monts upon some high bench or form a Drugseller or one that buys Drugs of Apothecaries and by much boasting of their vertues sells them again for choice Medecins He is called in French Charlatan from his great talking and bragging A Mowe from the French Amas i. â— heap a pile or stack of corn or hay M U Mucilaginous or Mucculent lat full of snotty or slimy substance Mucidity or Mucour lat mouldiness hoarinesse filthinesse A Muefor Hawks a kind of cage or aviary where Hawks are kept when they change their feathers it comes from the from the French word Muer to change whence that place called the Mues near Charing-crosse came to be so called it having been anciently appointed for the keeping of the Kings Hawks Mufti the chief Priest among the Turks who is created by the Emperour himself Mugwort a kind of herb which being carried about a man taketh away wearinesse it is called in Latin Artemisia from Artemisia the Queen of Caria or from Artemis i. Diana Mulato Span. one whose father is a Blackmore and his mother of another nation or contrarily Mulct lat a fine penalty or amerciament Muleto Ital. a beast called a Moile or great Mule made use of in some parts for the carrying of Sumpters Muliebrity lat womanishnesse softnesse effeminacy Mulier in Common Law is a word taken contradistinct to a bastard as if a man have a son by a woman before marriage and then marrying the mother of that son who is called a bastard have another son this second son is called Mulier and being compared together they have this addition Bastard eldest and Mulier youngest but the most proper signification of Mulier is a woman that hath had the company of man Mullar in French Mulleur the upper stone wherewith Painters use to grind their colours Mullet in Latin Mullus a kind of fish called a Barbel also a term in Heraldry being like a spot falling from above and divided into five ends Mulse lat a kind of wine mingled with honey Multifarious lat of divers sorts divided into many parts Multifidous lat having divers slits cleft into several parts Multiformity lat a having divers forms or shapes Multiloquous lat talking much of many words Multiparous lat bringing forth many young ones at a birth Multiplicious lat manifold consisting of divers wayes or things Multiplication lat an increasing a making much or many Multipotent lat having much power able to do much Multiscious lat having much skill or knowledge Multisonant lat sounding much making much noise Multivagant lat straying or wandering much Multure in Common Law is a toll that a miller taketh for grinding of corn Mumme a kind of Dutch Beer made originally at Brunswick Mummery French a personating of any one in a mask Mummy lat a kind of pitchy substance arising from the moisture which is sweat out of dead bodies that have been embalmed with divers sorts of spices and is called in Greek Pissasphaltus Muncerians a sort of Anabaptists that made a great insurrection in Germany so called from their Ringleader Muncer Mundane lat worldly belonging to the world Mundification lat a making clean purging or purifying Muneration lat a recompencing or rewarding Municipal lat injoying a freedom or the right of a free City Munificence lat bountifulnesse liberality Muniment lat a Fence or Fortress also a house of Strength where the Deeds or Plate of a Colledge are kept Munite lat fenced made strong Munkseam a term in Navigation a kind of sowing the canvasses of sails the edge of the one over the edge of the other Murage lat a toll to be levyed for the building or repairing of publick walls Mural lat belonging to a wall Mural Crown a Crown which among
Saturn and Ops in the division of the world among Saturns sons the Empire of the Sea fell to him by lot Nereides the Nimphs of the Sea the daughters of Nereus and Doris among whom was Amphitrite the wife of Neptune Domitius Nero one of the ancient Roman Emperours who killed his mother Agrippina his wife Octavia the Poet Lucan and Seneca his master Nerve lat a sinew also by metaphor force or strength of body Nervosity lat a being full of Nerves or Sinews i. certain organick parts of the body which cause strength and motion it is also metaphorically taken for strength or vigour Nescious or Nescient lat ignorant or not knowing Nesh old word tender Nessus one of the Centaurs whom Ixion begat upon a cloud formed into the likenesse of Juno he was slain by Hercules for attempting to ravish his wife Deianira Nestor the son of Neleus and Chloris he came with 50 ships along with the Grecian Army to the wars of Troy and was famous for his prudence and eloquence and the great age he lived to Nestorians a sort of Hereticks so called from Nestorius their first founder their chief tenet was that there were two persons as well as two natures in Christ. Nettings a term in Navigation those small ropes which are ceased together with roap yarnes in the form of a Net with Mashes Nevin a Town in Caernarvonshire where in the year 1284. the Nobles of England triumphed over the Welsh with solemne Justs and Turnaments wherewith they celebrated the memory of King Arthur Nevosity lat fulnesse of Warts or Moles Neustria a region of Gallia Celtica vulgarly called Westrich Neutral lat indifferent inclining to neither side Newark a pleasant Town seated upon the River Trent in Nottinghamshire it is so called as it were the new work from a stately Castle built in King Stephens time by Alexander Bishop of Lincoln In this Town King John ended his dayes Newcastle a noted Town in Northumberland situate upon the River Tine which maketh a very commodious Haven for ships It derived this name from the new Castle built by Robert son to William the Conquerour Some think it to have been that Town which was anciently called Gabrosentum Newcolledge a Colledge in the University of Oxford built by William Wickam Bishop of Winchester Newyears-gift a gift presented to friends or great persons the first day of January a custom derived from the ancient Romans who used to offer Presents to the Emperors in the Capitol though they were absent In Italy it is the custom for the greatest persons to give to the meanest whereas here the meanest give to the greatest Nexible lat easie to be knit N I Nias hawk a term in Faulconry a Hawk newly taken out of the nest and not able to prey for her self also metaphorically taken for a Novice Nicaea a City of Bithynia famous for the great Synod or Council which was kept there by the appointment of Constantine the Great consisting of 318 Bishops Nicia a Christian name of women in Greek Victorious Nicias an Athenian Captain who together with Demosthenes being sent against the Syracusians was repulsed with a very great overthrow by Gylippus the Lacedemonian who was sent to aid the Syracusians Niches or Niâ—es a term in Architecture the hollow places in a wall wherein Statues or Images are set Nicholas Greek Victorious over the people Nicholaitans a sort of Hereticks who held it lawful to have their wives in common so called from Nicholas of Antioch who was created by the Apostles one of the 7 Deacons Nicomedia a City of Bithynia wherein Constantine the Great died having in his sicknesse been baptized by Eusebius Bishop of this City a maintainer of the Arrian Heresie it was anciently built by King Nicomedes and is at this day called Nichor Nicodemites a sort of Hereticks in Switzerland so called from their imitation of Nicodemus who made profession of his faith in private Nicopolis as it were the City of Victory a City of Epirus so called from the great Battle at Actium which is near this City where Augustus overcame M. Antony and Cleopatra It is now vulgarly called Gallipoly Nicostrata the mother of Euander she was otherwise called Carmenta Nicotian a certain plant vulgarly called Tobacco it was called Nicotian from one I. Nicot who first brought it from France into Portugal Nictation lat a twinkling with the eyes Nidgeries French trifles fooleries Nidification lat a building of a birds nest A Niding an old English word signifying a base-hearted fellow a coward Nidisdale a Country in the south part of Scotland q. the dale upon the River Nid Nidulation lat the same as Nidification Nief see Neif Nightertaile Saxon by night Nigrefaction lat a making black Nihil dicit in Common Law is a failing to put in an answer to the plea of the Plaintiff by the day assigned whereupon judgement passeth against him as saying nothing Nil the sparkles that fly from mettals tryed in a furnace it is called in Greek Pompholyx or Spodium Nilling old word unwilling Nilus a River running through the midst of Aegypt and Aethiopia counted the chiefest and the father of all other Rivers and as some say taketh its name from Nilus an ancient King of Aegypt This River is famous for overflowing the Country every year and making the soil fruitful and for falling into the Sea within seven mouths in he figure of a Greek Δ. Nimbiferous lat bringing tempests or stormy showers Nimbot French a dandiprat a dwarf Nimious lat excessive overmuch Ninus an ancient King of the Assyrians the son of Jupiter Belus he very much enlarged the Assyrian Empire overcame Barzanes King of the Armenians Pharus King of the Medes Zoroaster the King of the Bactrians the first inventour of Magick and Sabarius King of the Sagae at length he was secretly made away by his wife Semiramis whom he had taken from Menon the Prefect of Syria who conspiring against his life succeeded him in the Kingdom Niobe the daughter of Tantalus and sister of Pelops she was married to Amphion and by him had 6 sons and 6 daughters whom Juno prevailed with Apollo to kill with his Bow and Arrows because their mother had adventured to preferre her self above the goddesse and Niobe her self while she was railing against Juno was carried by a whirlewind into Asia and there changed into a stone Niphates a Hill parting Armenia the greater from Assyria from this Hill the River Tigris springs Niseus a Tyrant of Syracuse who being admonish't by the Augurs that he had but a short while to live spent the remainder of his life in excesse of luxury and revelling Nisi prius a Writ judicial that lieth where the Enquest is panelled and returned before the Justices of the bank the one party or the other making petition to have this Writ for the ease of the Countrey Nisus a King of the Megarenses against whom war was made by Minos a King of Crete to revenge the death of
Polybius King of Corinth and bred up by the Queen as her own son when he came to age he unfolded the riddle of Sphnix slew his father and married his mother See Creon and Jocasta Oenâ—maus see Pelops Oenopolist Greek one that sells wine a Vintner O F Offertory lat a part of the Masse also a place where offerings are kept An Official lat is used in the Canon Law for him to whom any Bishop doth commit the charge of his spiritual jurisdiction Officine lat a shop or workhouse Officious lat dutiful or serviceable Offton a Town in Suffolk so nam'd from Offa King of the Mercians as it were Offa's Town Offuscation lat a shadowing a making dark or dusky O G Ogdastick Greek an Epigram or a Stanza consisting of 8 verses Ogive or Ogee French a wreath circlet or round band in Architecture Ogyges an ancient King of Boeotia who built the City of Thebes in his time hapned a very great flood called the Ogygian flood bigger than that of Deucalion but lesse than Noahs Flood O I Oisterloit a certain herb otherwise called snakeweed in Latin Bistorta O K Oker a colour used in painting whereof are several kinds Oker de lace or yellow Oker burnt Oker and brown Oker O L Oleaginous lat belonging to an Olive-tree Oleander a certain shrub called Rose-bay in Greek Rododendron or Rododaphne Oleity lat the time of gathering Olives also oilynesse Olfactâ—ry lat belonging to the sense of smelling Olicana the ancient name of a Town in Yorkshire re-edified by Virius Lupus then Propretor in Brittain and is thought to have been the same with that which is now called Ilkely Olidous lat rank-smelling having a strong savour Oligarchy Greek the government of a Common wealth by a few Olivaster lat of an olive colour also a wild olive-tree Oliver the proper name of a man derived from the peace-bringing Olive as Daphnis from the Laurel Oliviferous lat olive-bearing bringing forth Olives Olivity see Oleity Olla podrida Span. a hotchpot or dish of meat consisting of several ingredients being somewhat like that which the French call a Bisque Olympia a City of Greece near unto which were solemnized the great Games instituted by Hercules in honour of Jupiter they were from the name of this City called the Olympian Games and were celebrated every fifth year which space was observed as an Epoch of time by the Greeks and called an Olympiad Olympias the Christian name of divers women so called from Olympus Olympus a hill in that part of Thessaly that lieth against Macedon the top of this hill toucheth the clouds and therefore it hath been taken by the Poets for Heaven or the seat of the gods Olynthus a City of Thrace which Philip of Macedon won from the Athenians by corrupting the souldiers with money Olysippo the chief City of Portugal vulgarly called Lisbon O M Ombrage French a shadow also a colour or pretence Omega Greek the last letter in the Greek Alphabet It is also used metaphorically for the end of any thing Omelet French a pancake or froise Ominous lat portending good or ill luck but most commonly it is taken in the worst sense Omission lat a neglecting or letting a thing passe Omnifarious lat divers sundry of all sorts Omniparent lat bearing or bringing forth all things Omnipotent lat all mighty all-powerfull Omnipresent lat present in all places Omniscious or Omniscient lat knowing all things Omnivagant lat wandring every where or in all places Omnivâ—rous lat eating or devouring all kind of things Omology Greek agreeablenesse or proportion also a confession Omphale a Queen of Lydia by whom Hercules was highly rewarded for killing a great Serpent upon the River Sangaris and afterwards he falling in love with her and desiring to be intertained in her service she compelled him to sit and spin while she leaving her distaff put on his armes and Lions skin others say that he was sold to her by Mercury at the command of Jupiter for having slain Iphitus the son of Euritus O N Onagre lat a wild asse also a certain Engin used by the Ancients out of which they used to shoot great stones Onerary lat serving for burthen or carriage Oneration lat a loading or burthenning Onomancy lat a divination by names also a repeating of many names by the Art of memory Onomatopy Greek the faining of a name from any kind of sound as Bombarda i. a Gun from the sounding of bom Onpresse old word downward Onyx a certain pretious Stone so called from the Greek word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. a naile of a mans hand because it is of a kind of whitish colour resembling the colour of a mans naile Some say it is the congealed juyce of a Tree called Onycha it is also called a Chalcedonie O P Opacous lat shady obscure darkned Opal Greek a precious stone of divers colours yellowish green and purple Opening of Gates is when a Planet applies it self to another who ruleth the figure opposite to his house or when one Planet separates from another and applies immediately to one that hath dominion by house in the signe opposite to these ruled by the Planet with whom it was joyned either by body or aspect Opera a kinde of Dramatick Poem in use among the Italians performed by voyces and instrumental Musick in a recitative stile and adorned with Scenes by Perspective Operation lat a working or labouring Operiment lat a covering Operosity lat busie work great pain or travel Ophthalmy Greek a certain disease of the eye rising from an inflammation of the uttermost skin of the eye called Adnata Ophites lat a kinde of marble variegated like a Serpent Ophiuchus a constellation in Sagittary Ophiusa an Island in the Balearick Sea so called from the abundance of Serpents which are in it An Opiate lat a confection of Opium i. the juyce of black Poppy which is used to cause sleep or asswage excessive pain Opiferous lat bringing aid help or succour Opifice lat workmanship Opimous lat fat or grosse also rich or plentifull Opination lat a thinking or supposing Opiniatrecy French opiniativenesse obstinacy a wilfull persisting in any opinion Opisthograph Greek a book or paper written upon on the back-side Opitulation lat a helping or aiding Opobalsame Greek the gumme or liquor that distilleth from the Balm-tree Oppication lat a covering over with pitch Oppignoration lat a pawning or laying inpledge Oppilation lat an obstruction or stoppage in the inward parts Oppletion lat a filling up An Opponent lat a withstander or contradicter one that maintaineth a contrary argument in the Schools to what is generally held Opportune lat fit seasonable convenient whence opportunity due time or season Opposite lat contrary or over-against also opposites substantively used signifie in Logick things relatively opposed as master and servant or privately as light and darknesse or contraries as knowledge and ignorance Opposition lat a contrary setting against also a resisting in
signifying the season wherein hens lay egges An Ouch a collar of Gold a Jewel or Tablet it is also caled a brooch Oviary lat a flock of sheep Oviparous animals lat those creatures that bring forth egges or spawn Ounce a certain weight being the twelfth part of a pound Troy weight but in a pound aver du pois it is the sixteenth part also a kind of spotted beast called a Lynx Ounding old word rising like waves Ourage French work or labour Outborow see Inborow Outfangthef see Infangthef Outlawry in Latin Vtlagaria the losse or deprivation of the benefit belonging to a subject of the Kings protection and the Realm Outparters a sort of theeves about Ridesdale that ride about to fetch in such cattel or other things as they can light on O W Owelty of services an equality when the Tenant paravail oweth as much to the Mesen as the Mesen doth to the Lord Paramount Owen in Latin Audoenus the proper name of a man being the same with the Latin Eugenius as appeareth by severall Records O X Oxford the chief City of Oxfordshire which some say hath been anciently called Caer Vortigern and Caer Vember as being thought to have been built by Vortigern and Memprix but the Saxons called it Oxenford corresponding to Bosphorus among the Greeks from a foard of Oxen. Leland deriveth it from the River Ouse and supposeth it may have formerly been called Ouseford It is chiefly famous for its University which Cambden calleth Our most noble Athens the Muses seat the Sun the Eye and the Soul of England This University was begun as most Authors agree in the year of our Lord 806. three Colledges being built by the learned Aelfred who then reigned Oxgang of land see Bovata terrae Oxygon Greek a term in Geometry being a Triangle having three acute Angles Oxymel Greek a certain kind of potion made of honey vinegar and water boyled together being good to attenuate grosse phlegmatick humours O Y Oyer and terminer French signifieth in Common Law a Commission granted to certain men for the hearing and determining of one or more causes O Z Ozene Greek a kind of disease or putrified stinking sore in the nostrils P A Pabular or Pabulatory lat belonging to forrage provender or fodder for cattel Pacation lat a stilling or appeasing Pace a measure of two foot and a half or the distance from the toes of the fore-foot to the heels of the hinderfoot but a Geometrical pace consisteth of 5 foot a thousand of which paces make up a mile Pachynum a Promontory of Sicily lying toward the Peloponnesus Paciferous lat bringing peace Pacification lat a making peace an asswaging or appeasing Paction or Pact lat a bargain covenant or agreement also a truce in war Pactitious lat done by bargain or upon condition Pactolus a River of Lydia rising out of the hill Tmolus the gravel whereof hath been said to be of a golden colour ever since Midas washt himself in the streams Paddock from the Dutch word Padde a toad Padelion a kind of plant otherwise called great Sanicle in Latin Pes leonis Padua a famous City and University of Italy now under the jurisdiction of the Venetian It was anciently built by Antenor the Trojan and called Antenorea Paduentage French common of pasture in one or more Parishes Padus a famous City of Italy rising out of the Hill Vesulus it is now called Po. Paean Greek a certain Hymn which the ancient Greeks used to sing to Apollo Paedagogue Greek a school-master a bringer up of youth in learning Paeonia a part of Macedon was formerly so called from Paeon the son of Endymion Paganical lat belonging to country villages whence Paganals i. Wakes Country-Holidayes Ploughmens Feasts also belonging to a Pagan i. a paynim Heathen or Gentile Paganism heathenism gentilism also the manner or fashion of the Country Paginal lat belonging to a page i. the side of a leaf in a book Pagod a kind of Idol Paigles a sort of flower otherwise called Oxlips Paillardise French lechery whoredom Pain fort dure signifying in Common Law an especial punishment for those that being arraigned of felony refuse to put themselves upon the ordinary trial of God and the Country and thereby are mute and dumb Paisage French the discription of any part of the Country in painting or drawing See Landskip Palamedes the son of Nauplius King of Eubaea he was the occasion of Vlisses being forced against his will to go to the Trojan wars but was himself by a forged accusation of Vlisses stoned to death by the Graecian Army He is said to have been the first that accomodated the year to the course of the Sun he is also said to have found out the use of weights and measures and to have added to the Greek tongue these 4 letters 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Palate lat the roof of the mouth being the uppermost hollow part wherein the sense of tasting lies Palatinate the Country or chief Seat of a Count Palatine or Paladine i. a Supream Officer in a Sovereign Princes Palace but it is more especially taken for one of the Electors of the Roman Empire called the Palsgrave or Prince Palatine of the Rhene also certain Knights of this Island in ancient times called Knights of the round Table were called Paladines also Palatine signifieth adjectively belonging to a Princes Palace Palaemon the son of Aâ—hamas and Ino called also Melicerta See Ino. Pale a term in Heraldry being an Ordinary consisting of two lines drawn perpendicularly from the top to the bottom of the Escutcheon Pales the goddesse of Shepherds to whom certain Feasts were consecrated called Palilia Palestine a Country of Syria thought by some to have been that Country called Phoenicia whereof Cadmus was King it containeth Judea Samaria and Galilaea Palestrical or Palaestrical Greek belonging to wrestling Palfray French a horse of state for a Princesse or great Lady Palici or Palisci two twins the sons of Jupiter and the Nimph Thaleia whom he ravisht by the River Simethius when she was with child she wished that the earth would open and hide her from the wrath of Juno whereupon the earth immediately opened and received her within its bowels and as soon as she was delivered it opened again and let out the two twins into the World Palindrome Greek a certain verse or sentence which being read forward or backward the words and sense are the same as Sator arepo tenet opera rotas Palingenesie Greek regeneration or new birth Palinode or Palinody Greek a recantation or unsaying what one had spoken or written before Palinurus a Promontory of Lucania so called from Palinurus the Pilot of Aeneas who sleeping fell into the sea and being taken up and rifled by the inhabitants of this place had a Grove consecrated and Cenotaph built unto him to appease his ghost Palisado Span. a defence made with stakes posts piles c. to keep out an enemy Pall lat a certain robe or long
Perioch Greek an argument containing briefly the summe of an ensuing discourse Periodical Greek belonging to a period i. e. the Term of time wherein any thing is finisht also the end of a perfect sentence Perioici or Perioeci those that dwell in the same climate Peripateticks from the Greek word Peripatein i. to walk the Disciples and followers of Aristotle who was wont to teach walking Periphelium Greek that point of the heaven wherein the earth or any other Planet is nearest to the Sun Peripherie Greek as it were a carrying about the circumference or round crooking line of a Circle Periphrastical Greek spoken by a Periphrase i. circumloquution or expressing a thing by many words Peripneumonical Greek sick of a Peripneumony i. a disease which causeth an inflammation of the Lungs and shortnesse of breath Periscians Greek those that dwell where the shadows are cast round about them Perissologie Greek a redundancy or superfluity of speech Peristaltick Greek having the power to strain or presse together Perit a certain measure being the 20th part of a Droit a Droit the 24th part of a Mite a Mite the 20th of a Grain a Grain the 24th part of a penny-weight and a penny-weight the 20th part of an Ounce 24. blanks make a Perit Peritoneum the caule which is extended over the bowels and vessels that lye between the Diaphragma and the thighes Perjuration see Pejeration Perkin a proper name as it were Peterkin i. little Peter the particle Kin being in the Saxon language a note of diminution Permagies a sort of Turkish boat Permanent lat durable very lasting Permeation lat a going or passing through Permission lat a suffering or giving leave Permistion lat a mingling well together Permutation lat an exchanging one with another Pernel the Christian name of divers women from Petronilla pretty stone Pernicious lat hurtfull destructive dangerous Pernicity lat swiftnesse Pernoctation lat a tarrying all night Pernour of profits French a taker of profits a Termin Common-law Peroration lat the conclusion or last part of an Oration Pero the sister of Nestor and Periclimenes and the daughter of Neleus and Chloris she was married to Bryas the son of Amythaon and Aglaia after he had brought Neleus the Oxen which Hercules took from Diomedes Perpenders or Perpent stones stones fitted to the thicknesse of a wall Perpendicle lat a Plumb-line whence Perpendicular i. falling directly down and inclining neither way Perpenna a famous Roman overthrown by Pompey he slew Sertorius at a Banquet Perpension or Perpensation lat a diligent weighing considering or examining Perpession lat a suffering or induring Perpetration lat a committing acting or atchieving any thing Perpetuation lat a making a thing continue or abide everlastingly Perplexity lat doubtfulnesse incertainty also trouble or anguish of minde Perplication lat a folding through Perquisites lat those profits that accrew to a Lord of a Mannour over and above his yearly Rents by virtue of his Court Baron Perquisition lat a diligent searching or inquiring Perry wright old word imbroidered with precious stones Perscrutation lat a searching throughly or into the depth of any thing Perse sky colour Persecution lat a following after any one to do them harm Perseverance lat constancy firmnesse stedfastnesse in any thing Perseus the son of Jupiter and Danae see Danae and Andromeda Persia a famous Countrey in the Eastern part of the world so called from Perses the son of Perseus and Andromeda its famous Citie Persepolis was destroyed by Alexander at the request of Lais. Personable a Term in Law inabled to hold Plea in Court as he was made personable by Parliament that is he was made able to stand in Court Personality a Law-Term an abstract of personal as the action is in the perâ—onalty that is brought against the right person against whom in Law it lieth Personate lat to sound very loud also to represent the person of another Perspective lat the art of advantaging the sight by the contrivance of glasses being a branch of Opticks Perspicacity lat quicknesse of sight or apprehension Perspicil lat a kinde of mirrour or looking-glasse wherein the form of any thing is clearly represented Perspicuity lat clearnesse easinesse to be seen through Perspiration lat a breathing through Perterebration lat a boring through with a wimble Perthia or Perth a large and plentifull Countrey in the North-part of Scotland Pertinacie or Pertinacity lat obstinatenesse stifnesse in opinion Pertinent lat pertaining or belonging unto Pertingent lat joyning or reaching near unto Aelius Pertinax a Roman Emperour so called because he obstinately refused the Empire when it was offered him he was slain in his Palace by the Praetorian Souldiers at the instigation of Didius Julianus who succeeded Pertingent lines in Heraldry vide Entire Pertransient lines in Heraldry vide Entire Perne a great Province in America or the West-Indies having in it a famous Citie of the same name Perturbation lat a disquieting or troubling Pervade lat to go through or into Pervagation lat a straying or wandring through or up and down Perversity lat frowardnesse crosnesse overthwartnesse Pervert lat to corrupt to overthrow or turn upside down Pervestigation lat a finding out by diligent seeking Pervicacy lat obstinacy or stubbornnesse Pervigilation lat a watching all night Pervise a rail or barre also a conference among young pleaders and Students in the Law it was so called in ancient time and seemeth to be the same with that which we now call mooting Pervious lat easie to be passed through Pessary lat a kinde of suppository made of soft wool Pessundation lat a putting to the worst a casting under foot Pestiferous lat bringing Pestilence and destruction unwholesome Petalisme Greek a manner of banishment among the Siracusians which was inflicted by writing the offenders name upon an Olive leaf Petard French a kinde of Engine like a Mortar wherewith strong gates are burst open in war Petarrade French a gun-shot of farting a yerking out of a horse behind commonly accompained with farting Petaurist Greek a tumbler or dancer on the ropes Peter the proper name of a man from the Greek word Petra a rock Peterpence a tribute given by Iâ—â—s King of the West-Saxons being in pilgrimage at Rome in the year 720 which was a penny for every house it was also called the fee of Rome Peters post that famous delph or quarry of stone in Yorkshire out of which the stones that built St. Peters Church in York were hewed by the liberal grant of the Vavasours Clerks of the Petit bag three officers of Chancery who record the return of all inquisitions out of every Shire all liveries granted in the Court of Wards make all Patents of Customes Gaugers Controllers c. each record being put in a petit or little leather bag whence they had the denomination of Clerks of the Petit bag Petitory lat belonging to a petition i. a request or intreaty made by an inferiour to a
Arcadia she as she went a hunting one day with Diana was got with child by Mars and after she had brought forth twins she cast them into the River Erymanthâ—s who being a little after found by the Shepherd Tyliphus sucking a she Woolf they were brought up by Tyliphus and being called Lycastus and Parrhasius succeeded in the Kingdom of Arcadia Philosâ—phical Greek belonging to a Philosopher or Philosophy i. the love and study of wisdom knowledge of natural causes Philotimy Greek the love of honour Philtre Greek a potion powder or any kind of Medicine procuring love Philyra the daughter of Oceanus with whom Saturn lying in the shape of a horse begat the Centaur Chiron who being wounded with one of the arrows of Hercules that had been dipt in Lernaean poison wished to die but being immortal was placed among the heavenly Signs and called Sagitarius Phineus the son of Agenor or as others say of Phoenix and Cassiopaea he was King of Thrace and had by his first wife Cleopatra Orythus and Crambus whose eyes he put out at the perswasion of his second wife Harpalice the sister of Zethes and Calais for which he was strucken blind himself and the Harpyes were sent against him who continually defiled his meat as it came to his table but at last they were driven by Zethes and Calais into the Strophades Islands and Phineus himself was killed by Hercules after he understood that the children were blinded without a cause Phlebotomy Greek a cutting of a veine a letting blood Phlegmatick Greek full of phlegm or fleam i. one of the four humours of the body being cold and moist Phlegmon Greek a hot and red swelling of the body caused by an inflammation of the blood Phlegraean fields certain fields of Thessaly where the Gyants fought against the gods Phlegyas son of Mars and King of the Lapitheans in Thessaly he was the father of Ixion and the Nimph Coronis who being ravisht by Apollo Phlegyas in revenge burnt his Temple for which being cast into Hell he remained in continual fear of the falling of a great stone which hung over his head Phoebus the son of Jupiter and Latona born at the same birth with Diana he is also called Apollo and Sol. Phoenix Greek an Arabian Bird of which it is reported that there is but one of them in the World at a time and that having lived 500 years it builds a nest of combustible spices which taking fire from the Sun she fans it with her wings and burns her self therein out of whose ashes there springs up a new Phoenix It is also an ancient name of several famous men Phorbas the son of Priamus and Epithesia the daughter of Stasippus King of Mygdonia he was after many great atcheivements performed in the Trojan war slain by Menelaus Phâ—rcys the son of Neptune and the Nimph Thesea and father of Medusa he was King of Corsica and Sardinia and being overthrown by Atlas in a Sea-fight was turned into a Deity of the Sea Phospher Greek as it were a bringer of light the morning 〈◊〉 Phrase Greek a 〈◊〉 peculiar manner and form of speech Phrenetick 〈◊〉 possessed with a Phrensie i. a certain kind of madnesse arising from an inflammation of the membranes of the brain Phrygia a Country of Asia the Lesse bounding upon Caria Lydia and Bithynia it is divided into the Greater Phrygia and the Lesser Phryxus the son of Athamas and Nephele and the brother of Helle. See Ino and Helle. Phtisick Greek a kind of Consumption accompanied with a Cough and Ulceration of the body Phylarch Greek the Govenour or chief Ruler of any Tribe or Family Phylacteries Greek scrolles of parchment having the ten Commandments written upon them which the Pharisees were wont to wear about their necks and arms also preservatives against poison or witchcraft also places to keep things safe in Phyllis the daughter of Lycurgus King of Thrace she hanged her self for the love of Demophoon who she thought had neglected her and was turned into an Almond tree Physick Greek natural Philosophy also the Art of curing by Medicines Physiognomy Greek an Art which teacheth to know the dispositions of men by looking on their countenances it is vulgarly called Phisnomy Physiology Greek a discourse of natural things a handling of natural causes P I Piacular lat able to absolve or clear a man from some hainous sin or offence Pia mater lat a film or skin which encompasseth the brain Piation or Piacle lat a satisfaction for sin a purging by sacrifice or intercession Piazza Ital. a great open place or broad street a market-place Picardy a Province of that part of France called Gallia Belgica whose chief City is Amiens Piccage money paid in a Fair for breaking up the ground to set up a standing or booth Picenum or Picentum a Region of Italy between the Apennine hills and the Adriatick Sea vulgarly called Marca Anconitana Pickadil from the Dutch word Pickedillekens the hem about the skirt of a garment also the extremity or utmost part of any thing also an Ordinary at St. James's so called To Pickear French picquer is when particular persons fight between two Armies before the main Battle is begun Picle or Pitle from the Italian word Piccolo i. little an inclosure or small close Piepouders court from the French word pied i. a foot and pouldreux i. dusty a Court held in Fairs for the redresse of all disorders committed within them Pierced a term in Heraldry as a crosse pierced i. e. bored in the middle Pieria a Country in the confines of Macedonia by the Rivers Axius and Haliacmon Pierpoint a sirname of great note and antiquity stilled in Latin records De Petrae Ponte Pight old word propped setled Pigment lat a kind of painting wherewith women colour their faces it is also used metaphorically for deceit or guile Pigneration lat a gaging or laying to pawn Pignitis a certain kind of Mineral commonly called black chalk Pigritude lat lazinesse slothfulnesse Pilaster French a little pillar also an inflammation of the Uvula Pilchard or Pilcher a kind of fish called in Latin Sarda in Greek Trichis Pile a term in Heraldry being an Ordinary consisting of a twofold line formed after the manner of a wedge Pilgrim from the Ital. Pelegrino one that travelleth out of devotion thorough strange Countries to visit holy places Pilkrow see Paragraph Pillaw a kind of meat made of rice used among the Turks Pilosity lat hairinesse roughnesse Pilotage the office of a Pilot or Steersman of a Ship called in Dutch a Lootsman Pilumnus the son of Jupiter and King of Daunia he married Dane the daughter of Acrisius and mother of Perseus Pimpernel a kind of little flower called in Latin Pimpinella Pimpompet a kind of antick dance wherein three hit each other on the bum with one of their feet Pimplea a mountain in Macedon near which was the Pimplean Fountain and Den sacred to the Muses from whence they were called Pimpleides Pingres or
Profusion lat a powring out lavishly a wasting Progeny lat an off-spring or issue whence Progenitour a fore-father or ancestour Progne see Philomela Prognostication lat a foretelling of things to come Progressiâ—n lat a making progresse or going foreward Prohibition lat a forbidding in Astronomy it is when two Planets are applying to Conjunction or Aspect and before they come to joyn themselves another comes to Conjunction or Aspect of the Planet applied to Projections a Mathematical Term all sorts of Globes or Spheres in Plano Projecture lat a forecasting or designing also a Term in Architecture a jutting out in pillars or buildings Prolatation lat a delaying or deferring Prolation lat a putting forth a pronouncing or speaking plain Proleptical Greek belonging to a Prolepsie i. a conceaving of things in the minde before-hand a figure wherein we prevent what another intendeth to alleadge Proletaneous or Proletarious lat having many Children and little to maintain them of a mean or low condition Prolifical lat apt to breed or bring forth fruitfull Prolifical signes are Cancer Scorpio and Pisces Prolixity latin teadiousnesse in speech Prologue Greek a Preface a Speech which commends to the people a Comedy or Fable or the Author of it Proloquutour lat he that speaks before others a Chair-man or Speaker of a Synod or Convocation-house Prolusion lat as it were a playing before an Essay or making tryal before hand of what a man is able to do Prolyte Greek one that hath studied the Law four year a Licentiate Prometheus the father of Deucaleon and son of Iapetus and Asia he having formed of Clay the Image of a man and climbing up to Heaven by the help of Minerva he kindled a little stick at the Sun and with that celestial fire inlivened the man he had made for which he was at the command of Jupiter bound by Mercury to the Mountain Caucasus where a Vulture was continually pecking at his Liver but afterwards having diswaded Jupiter from marrying Thetis he was for his good counsel freed by Hercules Prominence lat a jutting or standing out farther then another Promiscuous lat mingled or confused one with another Promontorie lat the top of a Hill butting out upon the Sea Promoters or Promouters those men who for complaining of such as offend in actions bearing a penalty have part of the profit for their reward Promptitude lat quicknesse or readinesse Promptuarie lat a Cellar or Buttery Promulgation lat a proclaiming or publishing by hanging any Law in the open market place Prone lat stooping downward or lying with the face downward Pronephew lat a Nephew or Grand-childs son Proem lat a preface or prologue an entrance into any discourse Propagotion lat a planting of many young Vines from the old one cut down also a spreading abroad the multiplying of a stock Propâ—lled lat thrust out or driven forward Propension lat a pronenesse or inclination to any thing Properation lat a doing a thing quickly a making haste Prophetical Greek belonging to Prophesie i. a foretelling of things to come by certain hidden and mysterious speeches Propination lat a drinking to any one Propinquity lat nearnesse or neighbourhood also affinity Propitiatory lat a place where God is pacified Propitious lat favourable whence Propitiation an appeasing of Gods displeasure by sacrifice or prayer Propontis all that Sea that reacheth from the Streights of Hellespont to the Bosphorus Thracius Proportion lat a convenience or answerablenesse of one thing to another Proposition lat a propounding or shewing what one intends to speak of also the major or first term in Logick Propraetor lat a Deputy Praetor or Chief Justice Proprietary French an owner or he that hath a property in any thing or one that hath the fruit of a benefice to himself and his Heirs Propudious lat shamefull filthy dishonest Propugnacle lat a Bulwark or Fortresse whence propugnation a defending or fighting for Propulsation lat a chasing away or driving back Proreption lat a creeping or stealing on by little and little Proritation lat a stirring up or provoking Prorogation lat a deferring or putting off to another time it is spoken more especially of the adjourning of a Parliament or Councel Prosaick lat belonging to prose Proscription lat a banishing or outlawing a making it lawfull for any man to kill the Proscript or person outlawed where ever he findeth him Prosecution lat a following or pursuing eagerly Proselyte Greek a stranger converted to our faith it was heretofore meant onely of one converted from Heathenisme to the Jewish religion Proserpina the daughter of Jupiter and Ceres she being ravisht by Pluto was sought for by Ceres all over the earth but after the whole matter was related by the Nymph Cyane Jupiter at her earnest request granted that her daughter should return again to earth on condition she had tasted no meat since she came to Hell but Ascalaphus having declared that she had eaten part of a Pomegranate for which Ceres turned him into an Owl she could obtain no more but that she should be 6 moneths upon earth and 6 moneths with Pluto Prosodie Greek the art of giving words their due accent or tone Prosopopaea Greek a certain figure wherein divers things are personated which are not real A Prospect lat a view or sight of any thing afar off Prospicuous lat fair or goodly to behold Prosternation lat a throwing to the ground or laying flat an overcoming Prostitution lat a Harlots letting out the use of her body for hire Prostration lat a falling at ones feet Protatick lat belonging to a Protasie i. a proposition also the first part of a Comedy Protelation lat a driving or chasing away Protend lat to stretch forth Protervity lat way-wardnesse or frowardnesse Protesilaus the son of Iphiclus who going to the Trojan war contrary to the Oracles advice was slain by Hector Protestation lat an open declaring of ones minde whence the Reformers in Germany from the protestation they made at Spires were called Protestants Proteus a Sea deity the son of Oceanus and Thetys he was reported to have been Neptune's Sheapheard and the keeper of his Sea-calfs the Poets also feign that he was a great Prophet and that he could transform himself into what shape he pleased Servius affirms that he reigned in the Carpathian Island leaving Pallene a Citie of Thessaly where he first lived Protocol Greek the first draught of a deed contract or instrument or a short Register kept thereof also the upper part of the leaf of a book wherein the Title is written Protolicia a Castle in Northumberland where in King Henry the second 's reign William King of Scots laying siege to it received a repulse it is thought to have been the same with that which is now called Prudhow-Castle Protologie Greek a fore-speech or Preface Protomartyr Greek the first Martyr or witnesse of the New Testament Protoplast Greek first formed or made Prototype Greek the Original type or
stone and 14 pound Sacramental lat belonging to a Sacrament or Oath Sacrificial lat belonging to a Sacrifice or holy offering Sacrilegious lat committing Sacriledge i. a robbing of Churches or violating of holy things Sacristie or Sacrary lat a Vestry a place where the Priests Vestments and things belonging to the Church are kept Sadduces a Sect among the Jews so called from Sadock their first Author they denied the being of Angels and the Resurrection of the body Safe conduct see Passeport Sagacity lat quicknesse of understanding or apprehension sharpnesse of judgement or wit Sagamore a King or Supream Ruler among the Indians Sagbut Span. a kinde of Musical instrument somewhat resembling a Trumpet Sagination lat a cramming or making fat Sagittal lat belonging to an Arrow Sagittarius one of the 12 signes of the Zodiack see â—hiron Sagittipotent lat powerfull in darts or arrows Saguntus a Town of Valentia a Province of Spain now called Morviedro situate upon the River Ibero it was destroyed by Hannibal which was the cause of the second Punick war Saker a kind of Hawk called in Greek Hierax i. holy also a great piece of Ordnance Saie a kinde of stuffe to make Cloaths of called in Spanish Saietta Saint Anthonies fire see Erysipely Salacity lat wantonnesse or inclination to Venery perhaps from Salacia a goddesse of the water whom the ancients held to be the wife of Neptune and that she caused the fluctuation or moving up and down of the Sea also the Ebbing and flowing of the Sea was called by the Romans in old time Salicia and Venilia Salade French a kinde of head-piece or helmet called also Salet Salamander a kinde of little beast like a Lizard vulgarly believed to subsist in the hottest fire and to quench it Salarie lat a servants stipend or wages so called as Pliny saith from Sal i. Salt both being alike necessary Salenae the ancient name of a Town in Bedfordshire now called Salndy Sandy Salebrous lat rugged rough uneven Saliant lat leaping a Term in Heraldry Saligot Fr. a water-nut or Caltrop Salii the 12 Priests of Mars instituted by Numa Pompilius Marcus Livius Salinator a famous Roman Captain Consull with Claudius Nero he overcame Asdrubal in the second Punick warre Salique Law a Law whereby the Crown of France cannot fall from the Lance to the distaffe i. cannot be inherited by women it is so called either from these words si aliqua often mentioned in the Law which as some say was made by Pharamond others by Philip the fair or else from the River Sala near unto which the Francks anciently inhabited Salisbury the chief Citie of Wiltshire risen up out of the ruines of a very ancient Town called Sorbiodunum and by vulgar Latinists Sarum and Sarisburia this place is famous for a stately Minster built here in the reign of King Henry the third by Richard Poor then Bishop of Salisbury this Cathedral hath as many windows as there are dayes in the year as many pillars as there are hours in a year and the gates are answerable in number to the 12 moneths Salivation lat a fluxing or drawing humours out of the mouth by spettle Salligot French a kinde of fruit called water Nuts Sallow latin Salix the Goats willow-tree Sally to issue out of a besieged Town from the Spanish word Salir Salmacis a Fountain of Caria near Halicarnassus so called from Salmacis a Nymph who falling in love with Hermaphroditus the son of Mercury and Venus when she could by no other means draw him to her love she leapt into the Fountain and imbracing him prayed unto the gods that they might grow into one whereupon they immediately became one person having both Sexes also at the prayers of Hermaphroditus the Fountain contracted this quality that who ever entred into it were transformed into both Sexes and called Hermaphrodites Salmoneus a King of Elis the son of Aeolus who aspiring to be a god drove his Chariot over a brazen bridge which he had made that he might imitate Thunder at which Jupiter inraged struck him down to Hell with a Thunderbolt Salomon a proper name signifying in Hebrew peaceable Salsamentarious lat belonging to salt things brine or pickle Salsure lat a salting seasoning or powdering Saltation lat a dancing or leaping Saltimbanco Ital. a Mountebank or Quacksalver Saltire a Term in Heraldry see Sautoir Salvatel Vein see Vein Salubrity lat wholsomnesse or healthfulnesse Salutatory lat a place where people stand to salute great men Salutiferous lat bringing health or safety Samaria a Countrey of Palaestine bordering upon Judaea Sambenito Span. a Coat of course sackcloth in which Paenitents are reconciled to the Church Sambuke a Musical instrument called also a Dulcimer also a warlike Engine Samonds the sirname of a very ancient family of Barons who heretofore had their chief habitation at Bromham in Wiltshire they are stiled in Latin Records de Sancto Amando Samos the name of two Islands the one near Ionia over against Ephesus sacred to Juno anciently called Parthenia the other in the bay of Ambracia over against Epirus anciently called Cephalenia Samothracia an Island of the Aegaean Sea not far from Thrace heretofore called Dardania Samplar corrupted from Examplar a pattern or coppy Sampson a proper name signifying in Heb. there the second time Samuel another proper name signifying in Heb. placed of God Sanable lat to be healed or cured Sanchia a Christian name of divers women from the Latin Sancta i. holy Sanctification lat a sanctifying hallowing or making holy Sanctimony or Sanctity lat the profession of holinesse Sanction lat a decreeing enacting or establishing any Law or Ordinance Sanctuary lat a sanctified or holy place also a place priviledged by the Prince for the safeguard of offenders lives founded upon the great reverence which the Prince beareth unto the place whereunto he granteth such a priviledge Sanctum Sanctorum the innermost and holiest place of the Jews Temple where the Arke was kept Sandal a kind of pantofle or slipper also a pretious sort of Indian wood A Sandapile lat a coffin or beer to carry dead bodies on Sandarach a kind of red painting otherwise called Orpine or red Arsenick A Sand-bag in Etching or Graving is that on which they use to turn their plate Sanglant French bloody or imbrued with blood Sanglier French a Bore of five years old Sanguin or Sangnineous lat full or abounding with blood also of a complexion where that humour is predominant also in Heraldry it is taken for a kind of ruddy or murrey colour Sanguinolent lat bloody or cruel Sanhedrim Heb. the Supream Council or Court of judicature among the Jews consisting of the high Priest and 70 Seniors or Elders who were to consult about the greatest matters of the Common-wealth both Ecclesiastical and Civil Sanity lat health soundnesse Sanjacks the Governours of Cities among the Turks Sanicle a kind of herb called self-heal Sankfin from the French words Sang i. blood and fine
the year 1004. for the recovery whereof Bishop Arfast removed his Episcopal See from Elmham hither Sittim or Sethim Hebr. a certain wood growing in Judaea of which the Ark was made Sixain see sestain Size a Term used among the Schollars in the University of Cambridge signifying so much bread or beer set upon any of their names in the buttery book as amounts to the value of a farthing S K Skeg in Navigation is that little part of the Keel which is cut slaunting and is left a little without the stern post Skinker Dutch a filler of drink a Cup-bearer or Butler Skuppers the holes close to the decks through the ships side whereat the water runs forth of the ship from the decks S L Slay of a Weavers Loom a certain instrument having teeth like a Comb it comes from Slaegen Dutch i. to strike Slego a County of Ireland in the Province of Connaght Slockster Dutch a plagiary or one that inticeth away mens servants Slot the print of a stags foot a Term in Hunting Slough old word a Ditch S M Smalt a kinde of blue colour used in painting Smaragd a precious stone of a green colour otherwise called an Emerald Smectymnus the title of a certain book so called from the first letters of those Ministers names that composed it Smegmatick Greek belonging to Soap of a scouring faculty Smeth a certain oyntment to take away hair Smilas the name of a fair Virgin who falling in love with Crocus and being despised by him pined away and was turned into a plant of that name called in English a Kidney-bean Smired Sax. anointed Smoterlich old word snout-fair Smyrna a Citie of Ionia watered by the River Milete built as some think by Smyrna the Amazonian who possessed Ephesus in this Citie most conclude Homer was born S N Snakeweed a kinde of plant otherwise called Adderswort Snapdragon a plant called in Latin Antirrinum also a kinde of Hobgoblin Snaphaunce a Firelock a kinde of Gun that strikes fire without a match Snette a Term in Hunting the fat of all sorts of Deer S O Soccage a certain Tenure of Lands by inferiour husbandry services from the French Soc i. a Plough-share Sociality lat fellowship company Socinians a certain Sect that deny the Divinity of Christ first spred by Faustus Socinus of Siena Socome a Term in Common-law signifying a custome of grinding at the Lords Mill. Socord lat sluggish idle slothfull Socrates a famous Athenian Philosopher the son of Sophronius a statuary and Phanareta a Midwife he was approved by the Oracle the wisest of men at length being condemned to death by the Magistracy he had a Hemlock potion given him to drink which he took with much constancy and patience Sodality lat fellowship brotherhood or society Sodomitical lat belonging to Sodomy i. buggery or unnatural lust Sokmans those Tenants that hold by Socâ—age Tenure Solace lat comfort or delight Solar lat belonging to Sol i. one of the seven Planets Apollo or the Sun Solarie lat a yearly pension paid to the Prince to live free from publick businesse also a yearly rent paid for a house from Solum i. the ground or floor Soldures among the old Gauls were such as vowed friendship to any and to take part with them in their good or bad fortunes Soleated lat shod having on shooes or sandals Solegrove an old name for the moneth of February Solemnity a Pomp or Ceremony performed yearly from the Latin Solum i. alone and annus i. a year Solicitation lat a moving to do a thing Solicitude lat care anguish of mind Solidation lat a making firm or solid Solifidian one that depends upon faith alone without works Solifuge lat a certain venemous animal found chiefly in the silver Mines of Sardinia Soliloquy lat a talking or discoursing with ones self alone Solitude lat lonelynesse privatenesse Solivagant lat wandring alone Sollar lat an upper roof of a house the story next the tiles Soloecisme Greek a speaking contrary to the rules of Grammar from Soli a barbarous people of Pamphilia Solon one of the seven wise-men of Greece he made excellent Laws for the government of Athens and abolished those of Draco afterwards he flying his Countrey went first into Aegypt next to Cyprus Lastly to Craesus of Lydia see Craesus Solâ—titial lat belonging to the Solstice or Sunstead â— the time when the Sun being in Capricorn the dayes nights are at the longest which is about the midst of June Solve lat to loosen or undo whence Solution a loosning or undoing also a resolving a doubt A Sommer vide a Summer Somniferous lat bringing or causing sleep Sonorous lat sounding or making a loud noise Sontage a Tax of fourty shillings laid upon every Knights fee. Sontick lat hurtfull or noysome Sophia a proper name of a woman signifying in Greek wisdom Sophisme Greek a cunning evading Argument or Oration whence Sophister a suttle caviller in words Sophistication lat a falsifying counterfeiting or adulterating Sophronia Greek prudent and temperate a Christian name of several women Sophy Arab. Tzaophi i. pure and holy the Monarch of Persia is so called Sopition lat a laying to sleep Soporation lat the same Soporiferous lat bringing sleep Sorb lat a kinde of fruit called a Service Sorbition lat a supping Sorbonists the Divines of a Colledge in Paris called the Sorbone from one Robert de Surbonne who was the founder of it Sorcory or Sorcelery French a kinde of witchcraft or inchantment perhaps derâ—ved from the Latâ—n Sortilegium Sordet or Sordine French a pipe put into the mouth of a Trumpet to make it sound lower Sordid lat foul filthy sluttish also base or dishonest A Sore or Sore-el a Male fallow Deer of three year old A Sorel colour a kinde of a brownish dun or dark red Sorites Greek a kind of a Syllogism consisting of divers propositions heaped together Sâ—rorcation lat a swelling or becoming round and embossed like a young Virgin 's breasts Sorority lat sisterhood Sortilegie lat a divination by lots Sortition lat a casting of lots Sospitation lat a keeping safe and in health a preserving from danger Sote old word sweet Sothale a kinde of intertainment made by Bayliffs to those of their hundred for their gain it is also called Filctale Sothernwood a kinde of plant called in Latin Abrotonum Sothfast Sax. true faithfull Soâ—lack a great Officer among the Turks Sourâ—e French a spring-head also a rise or beginning of any thing from the Latin word Surgere to arise Sourd lat deaf Sourdet see Sordet Sous a kinde of French Coin valuing about a penny Southhampton or South-Anton the chief Citie of Hantshire so called as being situate on the South-side of the River Test named in times past Anton some think it to be the same with that Town which Antonine calleth Clausentum from the Brittish Cladh-Henton i. the Haven of Henton in the wars between King Edward the third and Philip Valoise it was burnt to
carried him into Aethiopia where she had Memnon by him being at length grown very old he was changed into a Grasse-hopper Titillation lat a tickling or pleasant itching Title in Law is a lawfull cause to claim a thing which another man hath he having no action for the same Titubation lat a stumbling Titular lat belonging to a title having a title Tityus the son of Jupiter and Elara the daughter of Orchomenus he for indeavouring to force Latona was slain by Apollo and cast down into Hell where a Vulture is said continually to gnaw upon his Liver which grows again as fast as it is devoured T L Tlepolemus the son of Hercules and Astioche he was of a vast stature and strength and raigned over three Cities in Rhodes at last he was slain by Sarpedon in the Trojan war T M Tmolus a Mountain near Sardes in Lydia out of which riseth the River Pactolus famous for its Golden Sands T O Tobacco a certain Plant whose smoak taken in pipes is generally in much request it was first brought into these parts out of the Indies by Sr. Francis Drake and is so called as some say from an Island of that name Tobias a proper name of a man signifying in Hebrew the Lord is good Tod of Wool see Sarplar Toll a liberty to buy and sell within the Precincts of a Mannour also Tribute or Custome Toletum or Toledo the chief City of new Castile in Spain begirt with a strong Wall and a hundred and fifty little Towers Tolsey a kinde of Exchange or place where Merchants meet in Bristow Toman a kinde of Persian Coyn. Tomarus a mountain in Thesprotia where there are a hundred Fountains Tome lat a part or volume of a book Tomin a certain weight among Jewellers weighing about three Carrats Tonicul lat belonging to a Tone or Accent Tonitruation lat a thundring Tonnage a Custome due for merchandize brought or carried in Tuns Tonsils lat certain kernels at the root of the tongue Tonsorious lat belonging to trimming or barbing Toparch Greek a Governour or Ruler of any place Topaze a kinde of precious stone of a Gold or Saffron colour Topical Greek belonging to Topicks i. a part of Logick treating of places of invention Topography Greek a particular description of any place Torce a Term in Heraldry see Wreath Torch Royal a Term in Hunting the next start in a Stag's head growing above the Royal. Torcularious lat belonging to a Vine presse Torcular vein see Vein Tormentill a kinde of Plant called in English Setfoil good against gripings of the guts Torminous lat troubled with Tormins i. gripings of the Belly Tornadâ— Span. a sudden or violent storm of ill weather at Sea Torosity lat brawninesse or fulnesse of flesh Torpedo lat a kind of fish of that stupefying quality that if any one touch it with a long pole it benums his hand Torpid lat num also slow or dull Torquated lat wearing a Chain or Collar Titus Manlius Torquatus the son of Manlius surnamed the Imperious he overcame the Gaul that challenged the stoutest of the Romans to fight with him and took off his Golden Chain whence Torquatus became a name to him and all his family he caused his sonne to be beheaded for fighting against his command notwithstanding he had obtained the victory whence Manlian severity became a proverb Torrefaction lat a parching scorching or roasting Torrent lat a strong stream or violent floud running down a Hill Torrid lat burning or parching Torsion lat a wresting or wringing of any thing Torteauxes French a sort of round figures in Heraldry by some called wastells Tortuosity lat a winding or crooking in and out Torvity lat sowrnesse crabbednesse or grimnesse of Aspect Totality lat the whole sum of any number also the whole or intire part of any thing Totilas a King of the Goths who overcame the Romans and took most of the imperial Cities Tournement French a revolution turning or changing also a justing or tilting Tournois a kinde of French Coyn valuing the tenth part of a penny To Tow a Term in Navigation to drag any thing a stern a ship in the water Towton a Town in York-shire where in the year 1461. a mighty pitch't battel was fought between the 2 houses of York and Lancaster where 30000 men were left dead upon the place but the victory fell to York Towrus when a Roe desires copulation he is said to go to his Towrus Term of Hunting Toylet French a kinde of bag to put night-cloaths in T R Trabal lat belonging to a beam Tracasserie French a needlesse hurrying or restlesse travelling up and down Traces among Hunters signifieth the foot-steeps of wild beasts Tract lat a continued line a long road also a discourse drawn in length Tract is also the footing of a Boar Term in Hunting Tractable lat gentle or easie to be managed or ordered Tractate lat a handling or treating of any thing a treatise Tradition lat a delivering also a bequeathing any Doctrine to posterity from age to age Traduction lat a translating or conveying from one thing or place to another also a defaming or slandering Tragecomoedie Greek a play that is half Tragedy and half Comedy Tragedian or Tragediographer Greek a writer of Tragedies i. a sort of Dramatick Poetry or Stage-play representing murthers sad and mournfull actions and setting forth the highest and noblest sort of persons Tragical Greek belonging to Tragedies sad blondy disastrous Tragelaph Greek a stone-buck or Goat-hart so called because it is begotten between a Goat and a Deer Tragematopolist Greek a Comfit-maker a seller of Preserves and Confections Trajection lat a passing or conveying over Tralucencie lat a being through clear a shining through Tramontane Ital. Nothward or beyond the Mountains from Italy Tranquillity lat calmnesse quietnesse stillnesse Transaction lat a finishing or dispatching any businesse Transalpine lat being beyond the Alps. Transcendent lat surpassing exceeding or excelling Transcript lat that which is written out from an Original Transcurrence lat a running over quickly Transduction the same as Traduction Transfiguration lat a transforming or changing out of one shape into another Transfix lat to run through any thing with a Dart Sword or any other sharp weapon Transfretation lat a passing over a River or crosse the Sea Transfusion lat a powring out of one thing into another Transgression lat a going beyond ones bounds a committing a Trespasse or Crime Transjection lat see Trajection Transition lat a passing from one thing to another in Rhetorick it is a part of an Oration wherein they passe from one subject to another Transitory lat soon passing away fading or perishing Translation lat a changing from one thing or place to another a turning out of one language into another also when a light Planet separateth from a more weighty one and presently applieth to one more heavy Translucid lat the same as Transparent shining through Transmarine lat being beyond the
famous Portughese who from a Hunter and noted Robber became at last a great Commander he overthrew the two Roman Pretors Ventidius and Plancius but at last was vanquished by a Consular Army and slain treacherously by the counsel of Caepio Viridity lat greennesse also lustynesse strength freshnesse Virility lat mans estate manlinesse also ability to perform the part of a man in the act of generation Viripotent lat ripe for man Virtuoso Ital. a man accomplisht in vertuous Arts and Ingenuitie Virulent lat full of venome or deadly poison Visceral lat belonging to the bowels of any creature Vicidity or Viscosity lat a clamminesse a sticking to any thing like glue or birdlime Visibility lat an aptnesse to be seen or discerned Visier a Viceroy or chief Statesman among the Turks Vision lat a seeing or discerning Vistula a famous River vulgarly called Wixel running out of the Carpathian Hill and dividing Germany from Europaean Sarmatia Visual lat belonging to the sight Vital lat belonging to or sustaining life Vitation lat a shunning or avoiding Vitelline lat resembling the yolk of an egge Vitemberga the City of Wittenbergh in Germany Vitiation lat a corrupting or defiling also a deflowring Vitiferous lat bearing vines Vitoldus a cruel Tyrant of Lithuania who carried with him a bow and arrows wheresoever he went killing whomsoever he had a mind to kill though upon never so slight an occasion making it his chiefest sport and recreation Vitreal or Vitrine lat belonging to or made of glasse Vitrification lat a making of glasse Vitriolous lat belonging to Vitriol i. a kind of middle substance between stone and mettal called also Copperass Vituline lat belonging to a Calf Vituperation lat a blaming reprehending or dispraising Vivacity lat livelinesse lustinesse vigour Vivification lat an enlivening reviving quickning Viviparous lat bringing their young alive U L Vladislaus a King of Hungaria who was slain in a great battle against the Turks also the name of several other Kings of Hungaria and Bohemia Vlceration lat a bliâ—â—ering or breaking out into an ulcer or running sore Vliginous lat plashy wet full of standing water Vlisses the son of Laertes and Anticlea he married Penelope the daughter of Icarius by whom he had Telemachus he was by Palamedes forced against his will to go to the wars of Troy where he proved very serviceable to the Greeks by reason of his great subtilty for he brought Achilles to them who had hid himself among the daughters of Lycomed He stole away the ashes of Laomedon which were kept in one of the gates of the City He took away the Palladium and with the help of Diomed slew King Rhaesus and brought away his white horses He by a wile caused Palamed to whom he bore a grudge to be stoned to death and after Achilles was slain he was preferred before Ajax by the common sentence of the Greeks to have his armes after the wars of Troy intending to sail back to his own Country he was cast by tempest together with his companions upon unknown Regions being cast upon Aeolia he obtained of Aeolus the winds in a bottle which was broken by his companions thinking there had been a treasure concealed in it next coming to the Country of the Laestrigones his companions were changed into beasts by Circe whom he compelled to restore them to their former shapes and lying with her he begat Telegonus having scap't the charms of the Syrens his companions were afterward cast away for killing the flocks of Phaethusa the daughter of the Sun and he onely escaping was cast uppon Ogygia and intertained by Calypso on whom he begat Nausithous and Nausinous at length he was intertained by Nausicaa the daughter of Alâ—inous King of the Phaeacenses and his wife Arete he obtained of them a new ship and attendants with whom he arrived safe at Ithaca where he slew all his rivals and was himself slain unknown by his son Telegonus Vlophone a kind of plant called the black Chamaeleon thistle it is also called Vervilago Vle-games Christmas games or sports from the French word Noel i. Christmass or the Latin jubilum Vlâ—ter a Province in Ireland which containeth these following Counties Louth Cavon Fermanagh Monaghan Armagh Doun Antrim Londonderry Tir Owen Tirconel Vltimate lat the last extream or utmost Vltion lat a revenging Vltramarin lat beyond the Seas also a kind of colour used in painting Vltramundane lat being beyond the visible World Vlulation lat a howling like a dog or wolf U M Vmber a kind of beast also a dark yellowish colour used in painting Vmbilical lat belonging to the navel Vmbrage French a shadow also suspition also a pretence Vmbragious Vmbratical or Vmbratile Fr. Lat. shady covert obscure Vmbrello Ital. a great broad fan or skreen which in hot Countries people hold over their heads to keep off the heat of the Sun Vmple a word used in some ancient Statutes for fine Lawn U N Vnanimity lat a being of one mind or will a consenting or according together Vncial lat containing an ounce or inch Vnction lat an anointing with oil or any oily substance Vncouth Sax. unknown in Common Law it is more peculiarly taken for one for whom his Host is not bound to answer for any offence committed by him he being not counted a guest till the third night Vndation lat a waving or rising of waves Vnderâ—ide Sax. the evening time Vndulate lat Chamolet wrought or painted like waves Vndulation of the air the waving of the air to and fro Vneth old word scarse difficult Vnguent lat an ointment or liquid salve Vnicornous lat having but one horn Vniformity lat a being of one and the same form figure and fashion Vnion lat a joyning together a growing into one also a kind of pearl growing in couples also a combining of two Churches in one which is done by the consent of the Bishop Patron and Incumbent Vniparous lat bringing forth one onely at a birth Vnison French an agreement of two notes in one tone Vnity lat a being one in substance or in mind union concord Vnity of possession in Common Law is a joynt possession of two rights by several titles It is called by Civilians consolidatio usus fructus Vniversal lat general extending to all Vniversity lat in the Civil Law is taken for a body politique or corporation also an Academy Vniversity Colledge the most ancient Colledge of Oxford begun by King Aelfred who founded this Academy and reedified by William Arch-deacon of Durham Vnivocal lat consisting of one voice name or sound in Logick it is when under one name one thing is signified Vnkennel To unkennel a Fox that is to drive or force him from his hole Vnselinesse Sax. unhappinesse Vnweather Sax. a storm or tempest V O Vocabulary lat a Dictionary or Index of words Vocal lat belonging to or consisting in the voice Vocation lat a profession calling or course of life Vociferation lat a putting forth the
Normandy where being detained he assured the Kingdom of England to Duke William Boss French a stud or knob Bosphorus the name of two seas so called from the passage of Jupiter over them in the shape of a Bull when he stole away Europa the one lieth near Constantinople and is called Bosphorus Thracius the other more northward and is called Bosphorus Cimmerius Botachidae a place of Tegea in Arcadia from Botachus the Nephew of Lycurgus Botanicall Greek belonging to herbs Botargo a kind of Saucedge from the Greek word Oa Taricha salted egges Bothna or Buthna a term used in the practick of Scotland signifying a Park where cattel are inclosed and fed Botin French a kind of boot or buskin Botolph a proper name signifying in the Saxon tongue helpful Bottom old word a blossom or bud Bovillae a Town near Rome where Claudius was slain by Milo Bovillon French a kind of boiled meat made of several ingredients A Boulter a seive to sift meal or flower Boun old word ready Bourchier contracted into Bowcer the name of a very great and ancient Family of this Nation stiled in Latin Records de burgo Chara whose chief seat in ancient times was Hausted a Town in Essex Bourd French to jest Bourges French a free Denison Bourn Dutch a head of a Spring or Fountain and those Towns that end in bourn as Sittinbourn c. are situated upon Bourns or Springs Bourrean French an Executioner Bourrough from the Dutch word Burgh a Town incorporate which is not a City whence Bourrough or Bourgomaster is the Bailiff Maior or Chief Ruler of a Town or Borrow Bourrough English or Burgh-English a term in law being a customary descent of land or tenements to the youngest son or brother A Bourser or Bouser French a Purse-bearer or Treasurer of a Colledge Boute-feu French an incendiary a sower of strife and sedition A Bow a Mathematical instrument to take heights The Bow of a Ship the fore part of it so called from the form A Bowge of Court a livery of bread and drink or other things of the Princes bounty over and above the ordinary allowance To bowlt a Cony term of hunting to start her out of any place where she lies Boxa a kind of drink made in Turky of a seed somewhat like mustard-seed Boy or Booy of an anchor Span. that which being tied to the Anchor swims uppon the water to give notice where the Anchor lies B R Brabantia the Dukedom of Brabant which is parted from Flanders by the River Scheldt it containes the Marchionate of the sacred Empire the Dukedom of Arsâ—hot the Earledomes of Hochstrat and Macklin Braccata Gallia that part of France wich is called Province Brace that which fastens beams in building also a Cable of a ship also a couple or pair from the French brace i. e. the armes Brachy-graphy Greek the Art of writing in Characters or short-writing Brackmans or Bramans a sect of Philosophers or Divines in India who live onely upon herbs and fruits Braggard or Braggadocio a bragging vain-glorious fellow Bragget a drink made of honey used in Wales it is derived from two Welch words Brag which signifies malt and Gots a honey-comb it is also a word used in Architecture signifying a stay cut out of stone or timber to bear up the Corbel Braid Albin otherwise called Albanie the most Nothren Country of Scotland commonly called the Highlands the highest part whereof is likewise called Drum Albin or Brun Albin Brake Dutch a snaffle for horses Brancher a young Hawk newly come out of the neast Brankursin see Bearesfoot Brand-iron a trevet an iron to set a pot upon Brandish French to make to shine with a gentle moving Branonium the ancient name of Wigornia or the City of Worcester Brant a bird called a Bargander or Soland-goose Brassets French armour for the armes Brast old word to break Brat old word a ragge Bravado Spanish a daring a making shew of an onset Bravery a going fine in cloths also a compleatnesse of behaviour Cleopatra Bravy old word a reward Brawders engraven work Brawl a kind of dance from the French word Bransler to move gently up and down Brayd old word to break out Brayed awoke arose also took Breck old word a bruise Brede old word a bredth also abroad Bredgen old word to abridge to shorten Breez a fresh gale or wind blowing off the sea by day Breetch a term in Gunnery the aftermost part of a gun Breme old word furiously also a kind of fish so called Brennus a Captain of the Gaules who overthrew the Romans at the River Albia and took Rome but was beaten out by Camillus afterwards he killed himself at Delphos Brent old word burnt Breve that which we call a writ is called in the practick of Scotland a Breve the several formes whereof will be seen in their order Breviary a compendious collection also a kind of Masse-book Breviloquence Lat. a short discourse a speaking in brief Brian French a shrill voice Briarius one of the Centimani and brother to Gyes and Caeus they were all three the sons of Vranus and Terra and were said each of them to have a hundred hands Bricolls certain Engins used in old time to batter the walls of Towns or Castles Bridgenorth a Town in Shropshire corruptedly so called for Burgmorf i. e. the Town near the Forrest of Morf it was built by Achelfleda Lady of the Mercians and walled by Robert de Belesm Earle of Shrewsbury who keeping the Town against King Henry the second was there besieged and taken A Brie or Brieze a kinde of fly called a horse fly or Gad-fly A Brief or Breve or Writ see Writ Brigade French a Term in Military Discipline a body of Souldiers consisting of three squadrons Brigandine French an ancient kinde of Armour with many plates and joynts like a Coat of Maile whence Brigand a foot Souldier so arm'd or a high-way Robber it signifieth also a kind of ship or Pinnace Brigantes the ancient name of those people that inhabited a great part of the North of England as York-shire Richmond-shire the Bishoprickrick of Durham Lancashire Cumberland and Westmorland Brig-bote or Brug-bote Dutch a contribution made toward the mending of Bridges also an exemption from that Tribute by a Charter from the King Brigidians an order of religious persons instituted by a Princesse of Suetia whose name was Brigidia there was also an Irish woman famous for sanctity who was called St. Brigit or Bride Brimstone a certain Mineral being the fat of the earth decocted unto his hardnesse Brionie a plant called otherwise white Vine Briseis the daughter of Brises she fell to Achilles his share at the taking of Lyrnessus and being afterwards taken from him by Agamemnon was the cause of his defection from the Grecian Army for a great while Britannia the name of this whole Island containing England and Scotland it is so called from the ancient name Brith i. painted and Tania which among the old Greeks