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
Earles Aberration Lat. a going astray Abessed old word cast down humbled Abetting old word a setting on or incouraging * To Abgregate Lat. to lead out of the flock Abhorrency Latin a loathing or hating Abidst old word suffered Abia the daughter of Hercules and Nurse to Hyllus the son of Hercules by Deianira she lived in a Citie called Ira which afterward she named by her own name and built a Temple in it Abject Lat. vile or base Abii a people in Scythia who live without any house and provide for nothing Homer calleth them the most just people Abject Lat. vile or base Abigail a Womans name in the Old Testament signifieth in Hebrew a fathers joy Ability Lat. power strength Abington or Abbendon a pleasant Town situate upon the River Isis in Bark-shire and so called as some say from one Abben and Irish Heremite or rather from an Abbay built here by Cissa King of the West Saxons whereas in old time it had been called Sheovesham Abintestate Lat. without a will Abit old word dwelleth To Abjudicate Latin to give away by judgement To Abjure Lat. to forswear also in Common-Law it is to forsake the Realm for ever when one hath committed fellony or to fly to the Church or Sanctuary or place priviledged for that purpose Ablacted Lat. weaned Ablectick Lat. adorned or garnished for sale as ablectae aedes Plant. Ablegation Lat. a sending away Ablepsie Greek blindnesse of the mind Abligurie Lat. spending in belly chear Ablocated Latin let out to hire Ablution Latin washing away Abnegation Latin a stiff denying Abnodation Latin untying of knots also pruning of Trees Abode Latin a place of habitation Aboeocrites a Captain of the Boeotians who with a thousand of his men was slain near Chaeronea in a fight against the Aetolians Abogen Saxon bowed Abolition Latin an abrogating or utterly destroying Abomination Latin an abhorring or detesting To Abone Ital. to make ripe Aboord a Term in Navigation within the ship Aborigines a people brought into Italy by Chamexenus the Egyptian Saturn and thought to have been the most antient people of Italie Abortion Latin the birth of a Childe before its time Abradacarba a spell in Cornelius Agrippa against Agnes Abraiamins a kind of Enchanters among the Indians To Abrase Latin to shave or pare away Abravanus a River in Galloway in Scotland now called Rian Abricot French a certain sort of plum requiring much of the Sun's warmth to ripen it To Abridge French to make short to abreviate Abrodiaetical Greek feeding deliciciously Abrogation Latin an abolishing Abrotonum Greek the name of an Athenian woman the mother of Themistocles also the herb Southernwood Abrupt Latin suddenly breaking off Absalom the son of David an Hebrew word signifying the father of peace Abscession Latin a going away Abscission Latin a cutting away Absconsion Latin a hiding out of the way Absis a Term in Astronomy is when the Planets moving to their highest or their lowest places are at a stay The high Absis is called the Apogaeum the low Absis the Perigaeum Absolute Latin perfect Absolution Latin a pardoning Absonant Latin disagreeing sounding from the purpose To Absorb Latin to sup up all Absoris a Town built by the Colchians when they were sent with Absyrtus in pursuit of Medea Abstemious Latin temperate sober Abstention Latin the keeping back of an Heir from the possession of his land a Term in law Abstersive Latin cleansing Abstinence Latin temperance Abstorted Latin wrested by force Abstract Latin a small book or writing taken out of a greater To Abstrude Latin to thrust away Abstruse Latin dark obscure Absurd Lat. foolish To Abvolate Latin to fly away Abus the name of a great and famous River in York-shire commonly called Humber whence Northumberland took its name Abysse Greek a bottomlesse pit Abyssini a people in Aethiopia in the subjection of Prester John who is called in the Aethiopian language Negasch Chauvarianni i. e. Apostolick Emperour and is accounted one of the Chief Monarchs of the World A. C. Acacalis a Nymph by whom Apollo had two sons Philarides and Philander Academia a Wooddy place about a mile from Athens built by Academus where Plato was born and taught Philosophy whence the word Academy is taken for any publick Shool or University Acadinus a Fountain in Sicily in which they used to try the truth of an Oath by writing the words of him that swore upon a Table of wood and if the wood did swim they took the words for truth but if it sunk they took it to be a false Oath Acarnar the bright Starre of Eridanus vide Eridanus Acastus the son of Peleus King of Thessaly a famous Hunter with Bow and Arrows he married Hippolita who loving Pelius because he yielded not to her love accused him to her husband for having offered violence to her wherefore Acastus threw him to be devoured of wilde beasts but Mercury coming in the interim freed Pelius with Vulcans sword who returning slew Acastus and Hippolita Acatalepsie Greek incomprehensibility impossibility to be comprehended To Accelerate latin to hasten Accent latin due sound over any word or letter Acceptation latin acceptance Acceptilation latin a verbal acquittance between the Debtour and the Creditour Accessary latin a Term in Common-law signifying guilty of a fellonious Act not actually but by participation as by advice concealment or the like Accius Tullius Prince of the Volsci who with the help of Coriolanus made War with the Romans Accidental latin hapning by chance Acclamation latin an applause a crying out for joy Acclivity latin a stopping place a steep descent Acco an old woman who beholding her face in a glasse and seeing her beauty decayed fell mad Accollade French a clipping about the neck which was formerly the way of dubbing Knights To Accommodate latin to fit or to lend To Accomplish French to fulfill Accomptable French lyable to give an account Accordable latin easie to be agreed on Accort French heedy wary To Accost French to approach to draw near Accoutred French dress't attir'd To Accoy old word to asswage Accretion latin a growing or sticking unto To Accrew French to increase to be added unto To Accumb latin to sit down at a Table Accumulation latin a heaping together Accurately latin exactly Accusation latin an accusing or blaming To Accustome Ital. to be wont to use Ace that point in the dice where one onely is expressed ammez ace quasi ambos as both an ace or two aces Acephalik Greek having no head or beginning Acephaliâ—ts Greek a sort of Hereticks whose first founder is unknown Acerbity latin sharpnesse or sournesse Acerote course brown bread Acersecomick Greek one whose hair is never cut To Acervate latin to heap up Acetars latin sallets of small herbs Acetosity latin sharpnesse or sournesse in taste Achapt French a law Term used in contracts or bargains and signifieth to buy Achates a stone of divers colours resembling a lions skin Achelous the son of Oceanus and Terra he â—ought a
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
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
Coralline a kinde of plant called Sea-mosse or Coral-mosse Coralyse chaffe or drosse of Corn. Corban an Hebrew word signifying a a gift dedicated to God Corbel or Corbet a Term in Architecture signifying a shouldering piece in Timberwork a jutting out like a bragget Corbets the name of a very ancient family in Shropshire who about the coming in of the Normans held divers Lordships by the service of Roger Mountgomery Corciousnesse old word corpulency Corck or Orchall a kinde of blue colour used in painting Cordage the tackle of a ship a word used in Navigation also stuffe to make ropes on Cordelier a Gray Fryer of the Order of St. Francis so called because he wears a cord full of knots about his middle Cordial latin comfortable to the heart Cordon an old English word signifying reward in like manner also the French word Guerdon is used by us Cordovan leather leather made of Goat-skins so called from Corduba a Citie of Andaluzia in Spain where the best sort of that kinde of leather is made Cordwainer or Cordiner French a shooe-maker Corinaeus one of the companions of Brutus whence Cornwall is said to have taken its denomination being in old time called Corinaea it is fabulously reported of him that he fought with a Gyant called Gogmagog and threw him down a steep Rock Corinth a Citie of Achaia in Greece in ancient time called Ephyre which after it had been destroyed was restored by Corinthus the son of Marathon or as some say of Pelops and by him called Corinth Corinthian order a Term in Architecture signifying an adornment of Pillars after the Corinthian manner there being five orders of pillars in Architecture Dorick Ionick Tuscan Corinthian and Composite Coritani a people anciently inhabiting that part of this Island which containeth Northamptonshire Leicestershire Rutlandshire Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Cork a County of Ireland in old time reputed a Kingdom the people whereof were anciently called Vodiae Coriondi Cormorant a Sea Raven Metaphorically taken for a glutton Cornage is in Common-law a certain Tenure whereby in the North men used to hold their Lands which was to blow a horn when any invasion of a Northern enemy was perceived Cornalin a kinde of precious stone which some think to be the same with Corneol Cornavii the name of a certain people who in ancient times possessed that part of this Island containing those Counties which are at present called Warwick-shire Worcestershire Stafford-shire Shrop-shire Cheshire Corn-flowr a kinde of flowr called blue-bottle Cornelian the same as Corneol a kinde of precious stone also Cornelian Law was a Law made by Cornelius Sylla that any who would follow him in should be capable of Office before they had attained their full years Cornelius lat a proper name of men from Cornu a horn Cornel an old word signifying a corner also the fore-part of a house Corneol a kinde of precious stone apt to be ingraven and therefore much used for the making of seals It is also called a Sardy or Onyx Corneous lat of a horny substance Cornet French a kinde of black Taffata which Doctors of Physick or Law used to wear on the collar of their robes as an Ensign or badge of their degree also the Ensign of a Troup of horse so called because it was used to be made of that kinde of Taffata Cornice a Term in Architecture signifying the crests or flourishing work at the upper end of a pillar it is also called a frize Cornigerous lat wearing horns an Epithet of Bacchus Cornil-tree a Tree called a Horn-tree because its branches are hard like a horn Cornimuse lat a kinde of musical ininstrument which some take for a kind of Bag-pipe Cornix see Cornalin and Corneol Cornucopy a horn which Jupiter gave to Amalthea whereby she injoyed plenty of all things it is Metaphorically taken for plenty Cornuted lat horned Corody from the Latin word Corrodo it signifieth in Common-law a summe of money or allowance of meat and drink toward the maintenance of any of the Kings servants out of an Abby or religious house whereof the King is the founder Corodio habendo a Writ for the exacting a Corody out of an Abby or religious house Corollary an advantage above the ordinary measure also a gift bestowed on the people at publick feasts Corona by the Greeks called Halo that is to say a clear Circle appearing in a Cloud about the Sun or any other bright Star but especially about the Moon also a coelestial constellation upon the shoulder of Bootes Coronal Suture this is by Chirurgons called the formost seam of the skull passing from one bone of the Temples to the other Coronation lat a Crowning Coroner an ancient Officer belonging to the Crown and Common-wealth of England his Office is to enquire of every man that is slain or cometh to an untimely end and what Corn Cattel or freehold the Felon had at the time of the fact committed and to seize them to the use of the King or State there are four of these Officers in every County Coronet a little Crown or Chaplet Corporal lat belonging to the body also a Commander or band of ten Souldiers also the fine linnen wherein the Sacrament is put Corporation lat in the Civil Law signifieth a body politick authorised by the Kings Charter to have a Common Seal one or more head Officers and Members able by their common consent to grant or receive in Law any thing within the compasse of their Charter Corporature lat the form or constitution of the body Corporeal lat of a bodily substance Corporeity or Corporeature lat Philosophick Term Corporeature bodily substance Corps Fr. a carcasse or dead body Corps du guard French a Term in Military Discipline signifying a Company of Souldiers set to watch Corpulency lat fulnesse of body Corpus Christi a Colledge in Oxford built by Richard Fox Bishop of Winchester Corpus cum causa a Writ issuing out of Chancery to remove both the body and the record touching the cause of any man lying in execution upon a judgement for debt into the Kings Bench. Corr a certain measure containing two quarts Corrade lat to scrape together to extort Correction lat an amending also a chastising Correctour of the Staple a Clerk belonging to the Staple that recordeth the bargains of Merchants there made Correlatives lat a Term in Logick signifying things that have mutual relation one to another as Master and servant father and son c. Correption lat a snatching suddenly away Correspondency lat a holding mutual Commerce and familiarity an answerablenesse or proportion of one thing to another Corridor a Term in fortification otherwise called Cortina or Curtain Corrigible lat easie to be corrected or made better by correction Corrival a competitour one that makes suit in the same businesse Corroboration lat a strengthning or making firm To Corrode lat to gnaw to fret Corrosive lat having a gnawing or fretting quality it is spoken of
those things which are used in physick to gnaw or eat into any part of the body Corrugation lat a contracting together a drawing into wrinkles Corruption lat a tainting or depraving Corruption of the blood signifyeth in law an infection of the blood growing to the estate and issue of a man tainted with treason whereby he looseth all to the Prince and both he and his heirs are made ignoble Corsary French a Courrier Corse praesent law-term the body of a beast or some such like offering given to the Priest out of a dead mans goods It is also called a Mortuary Corslet Ital. the same as Cuirasse in French armour for the back and brest Corsure or Courser old word a Broaker Corstopitum the ancient name of a Town in Northumberland mentioned by Antonine Some think it to be the same with Ptolemies Curiae Ottadinorum now called Corbridge Corticated lat covered with a bark or rind Corven old word carved Corvine lat belonging to a Crow or Raven Corviser see Cordwainer Coruscation lat lightning a flashing or glimmering of light Corybantes the Priests of Cybele who used to celebrate the Feasts of Cybele with dancing and ringing of Cymbals they were thought to be the same with the Curetes and Idaei Dactyli Coscinomancy Greek a divination by a seive Cosenage a Writ that lieth where the father of the Great grandfather is seized in his demesu as of fee at the day of his death of certain lands and tenements and he dying a stranger entereth and intrudeth Then shall his heir have this Writ of Cosenage Cosh or Cotterel old word a Cottage Cosham a Town in Wiltshire in ancient times the Mansion house of King Ethelred Cosier old word a Botcher called also a Sowter Cosmical Greek belonging to the World Cosmical rising of a Star is a term used in Astronomy signifying a Star rising at the same time with the Sun Cosmography Greek a description of the World with the Climates and Circles marked upon the Globe and in Maps Cosmometry Greek a measuring of the World by degrees and minutes being a part of Geography or Cosmography Cost a term in Blazon being the fourth part of the Bend or half the Gartier Costive from the Latin word Constipatus having the belly bound Costmary an herb called Balsamine or Alecoast Costrel old word a wine-pot Cote a kind of refuse or clotted wool also a cottage or sheepfold Coteswold old word a company of sheepcotes and sheep feeding on hills A Cottager signifieth in Law he that dwelleth in a Cottage or house without land or at most having but 4 acers belonging to it Cotterel see Cosh Cotton a kind of stuff otherwise called Frize or Bombasin Couchant French lying or squatting close to the ground a word often used in Heraldry to expresse that posture Covenable or Convenable old word suitable or convenient Covenant French a bargain pact or agreement also Covenant in Law is that which the Law intendeth to be made though in words it be not exprest also the name of a Writ that lyeth for the breach of any Covent see Câ—nvent Coventry a famous City in Warwickshire so called from a Covent of Monks that was anciently there The first Lord of this City is said to be one Leofric who imposing heavy taxes upon the Citizens remitted them at last at the earnest intercession of his wife Godiva upon condition she would ride naked thorough the chief street of the City which she performed but so covered with her long hair that no body could discern her Covercle or Coverkill old word a lid or cover Covert French an ombrage or shady place for Deer or other beasts Coverture in Common law is the condition of a married woman who by the Laws of England is under Covertbaron and so disabled to make any bargain without her husbands consent Coughton a place in Warwickshire the principle Mansion of the Throgmortons a very ancient Family Covie French a term in fouling signifying a nest or brood of Partridges Covin fraud from the Latin word Convenire it signifieth in Common law a deceitful agreement between two or more to the prejudice of another Coulant French flowing or gliding along Couldray French a hazel grove Coule a vessel to carry water in also a roab which Fryers use to wear called in Latin Cucullus Coulter Lat. a plough-sheare Councel with a c. lat Concilium an assembly of Counsellours Count French an Earle also a Law Term coming from the Latin word Computatio and signifies the Original declaration in a processe chiefly in real actions Countercomponed a Term in Armory as a bordure countercomponed is a bordure compounded of two colours counterly placed Counteurs or Conteurs are those which a man setteth to speak for him in Court as Advocates whereas Plaideurs speak as Counsellours at law for one who is present himself Countenance French the face or visage also estimation or credit also a Term in Law signifying the favour that is shew'd to poor men that will swear they have nothing whereof they may make fine Counter a Trades-mans chest where he puts his cash or money also a prison in London where men are put for debt from the French word Compter or from the Dutch word Cantor a secluded place also Counters are certain little things to cast account with Counterfeit French to feign Countermaund French a revocation of a former command Countermure a word in fortification a Wall or Bank opposite to the Town Wall Counterpain one of the Copies of a pair of deeds or indentures so that one party may keep one part and the other the other Counterplea signifieth in Common-law that which the demandant alleadgeth against a Tenant in courtesie or in dowr who prayeth in aid of the King or him who hath the reversion for his better defence Counterpoint opposition also a Term in Musick being a composing of parts together by setting points one against another also a Term in Needle-work called back-stitch or quilt-stitch Counter-round a Term in Military Discipline signifying a certain number of Officers going to visit the Rounds or the Sentinels Counter-scarf a Term in fortification that side of the moat which is opposite to the Fortresse Counter-tail or Counter-tally one of the two tallies or pieces of wood whereon any thing is scored whereof one party keeps one piece and the other the other piece Countervail French to be of equal price County or Shire a certain portion or circuit of the Realm into which the whole land is divided County-court a Court held every moneth by the Sheriffe or his Deputy the under Sheriffe Coup old word a piece cut off or cut out Coupant French cutting or lopping Couple-close a Term in Blazon being the fourth part of a Cheveron Courfine old word fine heart Courser French a horse of service Court the house where a King hath his present residence also a place where justice is judicially ministred from the Latin curia or from the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i.
e. a Lord. Courtbaron a Court that every Lord of a Mannour hath within his own precincts Court of requests a Court of Equiry of the same nature with the Chancery onely this Court instead of a Subpoena useth a privy seal Courtesie of England is a certain Tenure whereby a man marrying a woman seized of Land in Fee-simple or Fee-tail general if he have a childe by her which cometh alive into the world though she and the childe die immediately yet if she were in possession he shall hold the land during his life and is called Tenant per legem Angliae or the courtesie of England Courtilage in Common-law is a Garden or piece of void ground lying near a message from Curtis a mansion house and legere to gather Courtisan French a Court-lady it is also commonly taken for a strumpet Courtlasse or Coutelasse a short sword Couth quasi Kâ—nnouth knew from the Saxon word Ken to know Coutheutlaugh Saxon he that receiveth cherisheth or hideth an out-law Cowde old word a gobbet Cowre to kneel to fall down for fear from the Italian word Covare Cowneer the hollow arching part in the ship stern Coy or Coyen old word nice dainty also to quiet to flatter C R Crabbat French handsome comely also substantively taken it signifieth a a Gorget for women or a kinde of riding band for men Crach a crib or rack for beasts Crabs eye a stone found in a Crab which resembleth an eye Cranage money paid for the use of a Crane to draw up wares Crank old word lusty blith jovial Crank-sided when a ship will bear but small sayl a Term in Navigation Crany lat the skull Crapulent lat glutted with meat having taken a surfet Crasie sick distemper'd from the Greek word crasis temperature Crask old word fat Crasse lat thick heavy dull lumpish Crassitude lat thicknesse grossenesse Crater is a sign in Heaven called the bottom of the pitcher in Virgo it riseth about the sixteenth of the Calends of March. Creance French trust confidence credit Creansour Law Term a creditour Creast-tile a roof tile which is made to lay upon the ridge of a house Crebrous lat often usual Credible lat that may be believed Credit trust belief also esteem Creditour lat he that lendeth or trusteth out money Credulity lat aptnesse to believe Creed a set form containing the artiticles of Christian religion Creek from the Dutch word Kreaken to make a noise a part of a Haven where any thing is landed or disburthened from the Sea Crenelle a Term in Heraldry being a line dented like the notch in the horn of a bow Creon the son of Menatius King of Thebes he was brother to Jocasta the wife of Laius and mother of Oedipus who unfolded the riddle of Sphinx and married Jocasta not knowing her to be his mother and by her had Eteocles and Polynices who succeeded in the Kingdom and were to reign by turns every other year but they having killed one another in civil Wars Creon regained the Kingdom but behaving himself with much cruelty he was overcome by Theseus and slain Crepitation lat a creaking noise Crepuscul lat the dawning of the day Cressant French the figure of a half Moon a term in Heraldry Cresses a kind of plant called in Latin Nasturtium Cresset old word a Lantern a Beacon Crest French a part of a helmet also the upper part of a Scutchion in armoâ—y Crestmarine an herb called Rock-samphire Crete an Island of the Mediterranean Sea heretofore called Hecatompolis by the Greeks because it had a hundred Cities it is now called Candie and is a great part of it in the possession of the Turks Cretism or Creticism Greek a forging of lyes falshood or perfidiousnesse Crevequeurs the name of an ancient Family in Kent who built Leeds Castle in that County they are stiled in ancient Records de crepito corde Crevet or Cruset from the French word Creux hollow a Goldsmiths melting pot Creusa the daughter of Priamus and Hecuba and wife of Aeneas by whom he had Ascanius she following her husband out of Troy when it was set on fire was not minded by him till he came out of the City by reason that he led his son in his hand and carried his father on his shoulders through the flames but going back to seek her he could never hear what was become of her Criminal lat guilty blameworthy Cleop. Crined having hairs from the Latin word Crinis it is a word used in Heraldry Crinisus a River of Sicily near to the City Segesta of which it is related that when the Trojan Virgins were to be exposed to the fury of a Monster whom Neptune sent to destroy the Country because of Laomedons perfidiousnesse Hippotes a noble Trojan committed his daughter Hegesta to the wide Sea and she being by fortune carried into Sicily Crinisus fell in love with her and turning himself into a Bear ravisht her whereupon she became with child and brought forth Acâ—â—tes who was afterwards King of Sicily Criplings a term in building short spars on the side of a house Crisis Greek a judgement or discerning into any thing also a term in Physick denoting the sudden change in a disease tending either to recovery or death Sir Crispins Launce an awle from Crispin who was the Patron of the Shoomakers Crisped lat frisled curled Crithology Greek a gathering in of the first fruits of corn Critical Greek of a nice judgement apt to censure Also Critical dayes in a disease are those dayes wherein a disease comes to its Crisis and they are the odde dayes as the third fifth seventh and so on but the most critical are counted the fourteenth The Crisis in acute diseases is judged by the Moon but in Chronick diseases the Crisis is judged by the Sun Criticisme Greek a playing the Critick a learning which consists in the curious and nice examining of Authors Cro or Croy signifieth in the Scotch Acts of Parliament a satisfaction which the Judge is to pay unto the nearest of kin to a man that is slain in case he minister not justice as he should do Croce old word a Shepherds staff or crook Crocolana the ancient name of a Town in Lincolnshire now called Ancaster Crocute a certain beast imitating the voice of a man and ingendred of a Hyaena and a Lionesse it cometh from the Aethiopian word Crocottas Croesus a King of the Lydians who abounded in riches he was overcome in war by Cyrus and put upon a pile to be burnt and calling out Solon Solon Cyrus demanding the reason he acquainted him how that Solon having formerly been asked of him who was the happiest man told him none could be happy till his death and that the greatest riches could not keep a man from misery whereupon he was freed and made one of Cyrus his Counsellers Croft from the old word Creaft i. e. handy-craft a little Close joyning to a house it being lookt to with more than ordinary care Croisada a
Bull of the Pope granting the sign the badge of the Crosse in an expedition of Christians against Infidels Croises Pilgrims also Knights of the Order of St. John in Jerusalem created for the defence of Pilgrims they were both so called from the sign of the Crosse which they used to wear on their garments Crome or Corm old word a crow of iron from the Dutch word Kromb crooked Crool old word to mutter Crosier a Bishops staff from the old word Croce a Shepherds crook or for that it bears the figure of a Crosse. Crosstaff a Mathematical Instrument wherewith the Altitude of any thing is taken Crostrees those crosse pieces of timber which are set on the head of the mast of a Ship Crotchet a measure in musick being half a Minim and a Minim is once down or up it signifieth also a humour or whimsy Crotells or Croteying term in hunting the ordure of a Hare Crouch old word Crosse whence to Crouch i. e. to blesse Crow is a celestial constellation and sits upon Hydra's taile she hath her Mansion in the austeral parts Crowland a Town in Lincolnshire which is reported to have been heretofore mightily haunted with spirits until such time as devout Guthlac lived there a Hermites life to whose memory Aethelbald King of the Mercians built a famous Monastery Crown of the several sorts of Crowns as Triumphal Civic Gramineal Mural and the like See Aulus Gellius cap. 8. Crown is also metaphorically taken for glory honour dignity Clark of the Crown in Chancery an Officer that attends the Lord Chancellour for special matters of State as Commissions of Lieutenancies Justices or such like with their writs of association and dedimus potestatem for taking of oaths also all general pardons writs of Parliament writs of special executions c. Clark of the Crown-office in the Kings Bench is he who frames reads and records all Indictments against Traitours Felons and all other offenders there arraigned Collensâ—earth â—earth a kind of colour used in painting Cruciate lat to afflict to torment Crucifie lat to fasten or naile to a Crosse. A Crucifix an Image which represents the crucifying of Christ. Cruditie lat rawnesse ill digestion of the stomack Cruet or Crewet a viol or narrow-mouth'd glasse to keep oil or the like in Cruife a word used in the practick of Scotland for a hogs-stye it is also called Creffera Crurall lat belonging to the thighs Crusible a pot wherein Chymists melt their mettals Crussell old word grisle Crustaceous lat crusted or covered with a hard shell Crutchet Fryars the same as crouched or crossed Fryars Cruzada see Croisada Cruzado a Portugal Crown of Gold Cryptology Greek a speaking in secret a whispering Crystall a very bright and transparent kind of Mineral which lookes like Ice or the clearest sort of glasse Crystalline Humour a white splendid and shining humour nor flat nor round seated in the center of the eye and is the first instrument of sight C U Cubbridge head a division made across the forecastle and half-deck with boords which in other places is called the Bulk-head Cube a Geometrical figure being a solid body every way comprehending six equal sides Cubebes a certain kind of Indian fruit Cubicular lat belonging to a Bed-chamber Cubite a kinde of measure reaching from the elbow to the end of the little finger Cuchaneale a little worm bred in the fruit of the Holy-oke of which is made a certain costly grain wherewith they dye Skarlet or Crimson colour Some say it comes from the Latin word coccinus Skarlet Cuâ—ullated lat having on a Monks coule Cucurbite lat a Gourd also a Cuping-glasse being a deep hollow glasse which Physitians apply to the body to draw out blood Cucuye a strange kind of bird in Hispaniola having eyes under the wings which in the night time shine very bright Cudweed a certain herb whose leaves are so soft that they are used for cotton it is also called Cotton-weed Cue an item given to Stage-players when any of them are to begin to speak Cuerpo Spanish a body also a corporation to walk in cuerpo is to go without a cloak Cui ante devortium a writ that a woman divorced from her husband hath power to recover her lands from him to whom her husband did alienate them during the marriage Cui in vita a writ of entry that a widow hath against him to whom her husband did alienate her lands in his life time Cuinage the making up of Tin into such a fashion as makes it fit for carriage Cuirassier French he that is armed with a Cuirase or Corslet which is a kind of armour for the brest and back Culdeis quasi â—ultores Dei a sort of religious people that were anciently in Scotland and Ireland Culerage French lechery also an herb called Water-pepper or Arse-smart Culinary lat belonging to the kitchin Cullers in Latin â—ves rejiculae sheep that are chosen out and separated from those that are good for meat Cullion-head the same as Bastion a Skonce or Block-house Cullis from Colare to strain the juice of boiled meat strained thorough a strainer Cullot from Cullus the taile a cushion to ride post with Culm from Culmen the top smoak or soot Culminate lat to get up to the top Culrach or Colrach signifieth in the practick of Scotland a pledge or cautioner which is left for the repledgeing of a man from one Court to another Culpable lat guilty faulty peccant Cultivation lat a manuring or tilling Culture lat the same Culver old word a pigeon or dove Culverine quasi Colubrine a piece of Ordnance so called Culvertaile a term in Architecture a fastning of boards with artificial joynts Cumble French full heaped measure Cumae a City by the Sea side in Italy near Puzzoli Cumfrey a kind of herb otherwise called Consound Cumulation lat a heaping up together Cunctation lat prolonging of time delaying Cuneglasus the name of a cruel Tyrant who succeeded Vortiporus in his government of the Britaine 's of Wales and Cornwale Cunicle lat a Mine or Hole under ground Cunobelinus an ancient King of the Trinobantes a people of the Eastern parts of Brittain he succeeded Mandubratius in the kingdom Cantey signifieth the same as the ordinary Jury or trial by the Country Cupidity lat covetous or lustful desire Cupping-glasse see Cucurbite Cupulo lat a term in Architecture a high arch in a building Câ—rebulli tann'd leather a word used by Chaâ—cer Curfew a law made by William the Conqueror that every one should put out their fire and light at the ringing of the eight a clock-bell which was called Couvrir le feu i. e. cover the fire Curia Ottadinorum an ancient Town of Northumberland See Corstopitum Curialitas Scotiae is equivalent to that which we call Curtesie of England Curlew a kind of foule so called Curranto French a running French Dance also a musical Aire of a more than ordinary swift time Curricurre a kind of East Indian Barge
Turks and Persians Divarication lat a striding wide Diventilation lat a winnowing or tossing to and fro Diverberation lat a violent beating Diversified lat varied Diversity lat variety Diverticle lat a by-way also a device or shift Divertisment French recreation or pastime Dividend in Arithmetick is the number which is to be divided also the share which is equally divided among the Fellows of a Colledge Also Dividends in the Exchequer seem to be one part of an Indenture Dividual lat easie or apt to be divided Divinaile old word a riddle Divination lat a presageing of things to come Divine lat heavenly also it is taken substantively for a professour of Theology whom Chaucer calls a divinistre Divisibility Philosophic it signifies a capacity in a thing to be divided Division lat a dividing or cutting into two parts Divitiacus a King of the Gaules who as some say was King of the Brittains Divorce in Common law is a separation between two married together not onely from bed and board but from the bond of wedlock Divour see Dyvour Diuretical Greek that which provokes urine Diurnal lat belonging to the day It is also used substantively for a Pamphlet wherein the passages of every day are recorded Diuturnity lat lastingnesse or long continuance Divulgation lat a making known abroad Divulsion lat a pulling violently asunder Dizain French the number ten also a kinde of French Coyn of about the value of a penny also a song consisting of twelve Stanza's D O Dobeler a great dish or platter Dobuni ancient people of the Brittains who inhabited those parts which are now called Oxfordshire and Glostershire Doced or Douced a Musical instrument otherwise called a Dulcimer Docility Docibility lat aptnesse to learn that which is taught Docke a place where ships are built or laid up from the Greek word Cocheion a receptacle also a kinde of Herb called in Latin Lapathum Docket a Brief in writing Doctoral lat belonging to a Doctor i. e. Teacher or one that hath taken the highest degree in Divinity Physick or Civil Law Document lat a teaching or instructing Dodded old word in Latin Decornutus unhorned also lopped as a Tree having the branches cut off Dodder a certain weed winding about Herbs Dodecaedrie Greek a Geometrical figure of 12 sides Dodecagon Greek a Geometrical figure of 12 Angles Dodecatemorie Greek an Astronomical Term being one of the 12 parts into which the Zodiack is divided Dodkin a kinde of small piece of money which some think to be of the same value as our farthing Dodona a Citie of Chaonia a Countrey of Greece near to which there was a Temple and Oracle of Jupiter within a Wood sacred to the same Deity of which Wood it was fain'd that the Trees were vocal and returned the answers of the Oracle also the name of a Fountain whose water had a property both to quench and kindle fire Dotrantal lat of the weight or measure of nine ounces Dog-dayes see Canicular dayes Dogdraw a Term used in Forrest law is when any man is found drawing after a Deer by the scent of a hound which he leadeth in his hand being one of the four circumstances wherein a Forrester may arrest the body of an offender against Vert or Venison in the Forrest the other three being Stablestand Back berond and Bloudy-hand Doge of Venice is the supream Magistrate or Duke of Venice Dogger a kinde of ship Dogmatist Greek one that bringeth in any new Sect or opinion Dolation lat a making smooth or plain Dole lat deceit fraud also grief also a distributing or dealing of Almes or gifts Dollar a Dutch Coyn of the value of four shillings Dolling old word warming Dolorous lat painfull or sorrowfull Dolphin a kinde of fish so called as some say from the Delphi who were the first finders of it also the title of the eldest son of the King of France from Daulphin a Province of France also a constellation beautified with nine bright stars according to the number of the Muses Dolt a sot or blockhead from the Dutch word Doll Dolven buried from the old word Delve to dig Dolyman a kinde of Turkish Garment Domable lat tameable Dome Ital. a Town-house or chief meeting place of a Citie Domestick lat tame belonging to a family or houshold Domicil lat a dwelling-house or place of habitation Domination lat a ruling or lording over others dominations are also one of the nine orders of Angels Dominical letter the red Letter in the Calender wherewith Sunday or the Lords day is mark't Dominicans an Order of Fryars instituted by St. Dominick a Spaniard about the year 1206. Domino a kinde of hood worn by Canons also a mourning vail for women Domition or Domiture lat a taming Domo reparanda a Writ that lieth against one whose house going to decay may indanger his Neighbours house by falling Donary lat a gift or present Donatists a Sect of Hereticks whereof the more rigid sort are called Circumcellians they held the son to be lesse then the father and the holy Ghost lesse then the son and affirm'd the true Church to be onely in Africa they were instituted by Donatus Bishop of Carthage in the year 358. the more moderate sort were called Rogatists Donative lat apt to give it is substantively taken for a benefice meerly given by a Patron to any man also a Princes gift A Dondon old word a short fat woman Donee in Common-law is he to whom Lands are given as Donour is he who giveth them Donegal see Tyrconel Dooms-day-book a book made in the time of Edward the Confessour some say of William the Conquerour wherein all the ancient demeans of England were registred with the names of all those that possessed them Dooms-man a Judge from the Saxon word Doom a Judgement or sentence Dorcas the proper name of a woman the word signifieth a Deer Dorado Span. guilded over Dorchester the chief Town in Dorcetshire it was in old time called Durnovaria i. e. the River passage it was miserably harrass't by Sueno the Dane and afterwards by Hush the Norman but flourish't again in King Edwards dayes there is also another Town of this name in Oxfordshire by Leland called Hydropolis Dour signifying in the ancient Brittish tongue water Dorick dialect see Dialect Dorick Musick a kinde of grave and solemne Musick also Dorick work in Architecture see Corinthian Doris the daughter of Oceanus and Thetis she being married to Nereus brought forth a great number of Sea-nymphs called Nereides Dormant in Heraldry signifieth lying in a sleeping posture also in Law a writing Dormant is that which hath a blank to put in the name of any one also a Dormant-tree is a great beam which lieth crosse the house which some call a Summer Dormers window's made in the roof of a house Dorothy a womans name signifying in Greek the gift of God Dorp or Thorp a Countrey Town or Village Dorrie a kinde of fish so called because the sides
applied to mettals Duction lat a leading Duell lat a single Combat between two from duo i. two and bellum i. war Duellona see Bellona Duilius a great Commander among the Romans who overcame the Carthaginians in a great Sea-fight and was the first that triumphed after a naval Victory Dulâ—arnon a proportion found out by Pythagoras for which happy invention he sacrified an Oxe to the gods in thankfulness which sacrifice he called Dulcarnon Dulcimer a kind of Musical Instrument otherwise called a Sambuc Dulcisonant lat sweetly sounding Dulcitude lat sweetness Dulcâ—ration lat a making sweet Dulocrasy Greek a government where slaves and servants domineer Dumosity lat fulness of bryers and brambles To Dun a word vulgarly used signifying to come often to importune the payment of any debt Dunbar a Town of Lothien or Lauden in Scotland where of late years a total defeat was given to the Scotch army under the command of Lesly by Crumwell General of the English Forces Dundee a Town of Angus a Province of Scotland called in Latin Taodunum by others Alectum Duni pacis See knots of peace Dunstan Sax. Most high Duodecimo a book is said to be in Duodecimo when it is of twelve leaves in a sheet Duplicity lat a being double or twofold Duplicate a second letter patent granted by the Lord Chancelour in a case wherein he had formerly done the same and was therefore thought void Duplication lat a doubling also a word used in Law signifying an allegation brought in to weaken the reply of the pleader Dura mater lat a term in Anatomy signifying the outward skin that infolds the brain Duration lat a long continuing or lasting Dures in Common Law is a plea used by way of exception by him who being cast into prison or hardly used by any is constrained to seal a bond to him during his restraint Durham the chief City of the Bishoprick of Durham built by Bishop Aldwin with the help of Vthred Earle of Northumberland Here the Monks of Lindis-farm sheltred themselves when they fled with the body of St. Cuthbert from the fury of the Danes It was anciently called Dunholm and Dunelmum Durham Colledge see Bernard Colledge Durity lat hardness Durnovaria see Dorchester Durotriges an ancient people among the Brittains inhabiting that part which is now called Dorcetshire Duskie obscure dark from the Greek word dascios shady Dutchie Court a Court wherein all matters belonging to the Dutchy of Lancaster are decided by the decree of the Chancelour of that Court. Duumvirate a certain Magistracy anciently in Rome Dwale a kind of herb called sleeping night-shade Dwyned old word consumed D Y Dyna a kind of East India coin valueing about 30 shillings Dynastie Greek Supream Government or Authority Dyrrachium a City of Macedon lying upon the Adriatick Sea now called Durazzo Dyscracy Greek a distemper of the body proceeding from an unequal mixture of the first qualities Dysentery Greek a disease called the Bloody-Flux Dyspathy Greek evil passion or affection Dyspepsie Greek ill digestion of the meat in the stomack E EAd or Eadith Sax. a proper name of women signifying happinesse It is writen in Latin Auda and by some Idonea Eaglestone a certain pretious Stone found in the nests of Eagles in Greek called Aetites Eadelman or Adelman a Saxon word signifying a Noble man Eadgar Sax. happy power Eadulph Sax. happy help Eadwin Sax. happy Victor Ealderman or Alderman the same as Eadelman Ealred Sax. all counsell a proper name Ean to bring forth young from the Greek word Odinein To Ear the ground to till or plough the ground from the Latin word Arare Earing a part of the bolt-rope which aâ— all four quarters of the sail is left open Earle Sax. a Noble man from Ehre i. Honour and Edel i. Noble Easell is a word used in painting being that frame upon which the Artist placeth his cloth either higher or lower as he pleaseth Easement in Common law is a service which one neighbour hath of another by charter or prescription as a passage thorough his ground or the like The Civilians call it servitus praedii Easter the time of the celebration of Christs Resurrection contracted from the Dutch word Aufferstand i. e. Resurrection or from Eoster an ancient Goddesse of the Saxons whose Feast they kept about the same time namely about April which was thence called Eoster-monath It is also called Pasca from the Hebrew word Pasach to passe over because about this time the Jews celebrated the Feast of the Passeover Easterlings people inhabiting the East part of Germany also Easterling money is that which we call Sterling or Currant money from a certain coin which Richard the first caused to be coined in those parts being held in great request for its purity Eastmeath a County of Ireland in the Province of Meath it is divided into 18. Baronies E B Eben-tree a certain tree which grows in India and Aethiopia it hath neither leaves nor fruit and the wood of it is black and very hard serving for many uses Ebionites a certain Sect of Hereticks who denied the Divinity of Christ and rejected all the Gospels but St. Mathews they were instituted by one Ebion in the year 71. Ebissa a certain Captain of the Saxons who with Octha came to aid Hengist against the Brittains Eboracum the second City of England commonly called York Ptolomy calleth it Brigantium from the Brigants an ancient people of that Country but it was called Eboracum or Eburacum from Ebrank a certain King of the Brittains or as others say from the River Vre Ebrack the Hebrew tongue a word used by Chaucer Ebriety or Ebriosity lat drunkennesse Ebulo the same as Ybel Ebullition lat a bubling or boyling up Eburnean lat made of Ivory Eccentrick Orb in Astronomy is that which moves at unequal distance from the Center Ecclesiastical Greek belonging to the Church Echen old word they increase also they help Echidne a Queen of Scythia who by Hercules had three Children at a birth whereof one of them named Scytha who onely was able to bend his fathers bow succeeded in the Kingdom and from him it was named Scythia Echo a Nymph that lived near the River Cephisus she dying for the love of Narcissus was fain'd by the Poets to be changed into that voice which is reflected back in Caves and hollow places Eclipse Greek a want or defect an Eclipse of the Sun is a depriving us of its light by the interposition of the Moons body between that and us whereas the Eclipse of the Moon is caused by the interposition of the earth Ecliptick line a line running through the midst of the Zodiack and 12 signes it is so called because the Eclipses happen under that line Eclogue or Eglogue as pastoral Poem or speech between two Sheapherds Ecstasie Greek a figure wherein a syllable is made long contrary to its proper nature also a trance or sudden rapture of spirit Ectype Greek a thing drawn from
in Grammar are certain parts of a Verb so called from bearing a double signification both active and passive Geryon a certain King of the Spanish Islands called Baleares who is fain'd by the Poets to have had three bodies and to have been killed by Hercules Gesamund Sax. assembled Gestation lat a carrying Gesticulation lat a making signs by gestures or motions of the body also a kinde of Morrice dancing Gestion lat a doing or carriage of any businesse Gests lat great actions or exploits performed Getealed Sax. numbred Gethild Sax. patience Getulians a certain barbarous people who were the first inhabitants of Aphrica Geules a Term in Heraldry signifying a red or Vermilion colour Gewgaws or Gugaws trifles for children to play with derived as some think from the Latin word gaudere to rejoyce G H Gheus an ignominious Term heretofore given to the Protestants in Flanders the word signifying as much as beggar G I Gibbosity lat a bunching out but more especially taken for a bunching in the back Gibe old word to mock from the French word gaber Gibellines see Guelphs Gibraltar see Gebaltarch Gibsere a pouch a word used by Chaucer Gideon or Gedeon Hebr. a Breaker or Destroyer Gifta Sax. Marriage Gifu Sax. Grace Gigantick big-bodied Gyant-like Gigantomachy Greek the ancient war of the Gyants against Heaven often mentioned by the Poets Giglet or Giglot a wanton woman or strumpet Chaucer Gigot French a kind of minced meat Gilbert a proper name of men signifying in the German tongue Gold-like bright answering the Lat. Aurelius or Aurelian others write Gislebert i. bright pledge Gilbertines a certain religious Order instituted by one Gilbert who for his great holinesse was Canonized for a Saint Gild see Geld. Giles a proper name of men contracted from Aegidious which some derive from the Greek word Aigidion i. a little kid Others derive Giles from Julius as Gilian from Juliana Gillet a womans name contracted in like manner from Aegidia Gillingham a Forrest in Dorsetshire where Edmund Ironside overthrew the Danes in a great pitch feild Gilthead a kind of fish so called from its golden colour Gimlet a piercer to pierce any barrel of liquor withal Gimmal see Gemmow-ring Gingreat to chirp like a bird Ginne a snare contracted as some think from Engin. Gippius a certain Roman who using to feign himself asleep while his wife lay with other men one time he started up and cryed non omnibus dormio I sleep not to all men whence it became a Proverb Gippon French a kind of short cassock or coat Gips a kind of chalk or mortar Girle a term in Hunting being a Roe-buck of two years Gironne a certain term in Heraldry Girthol in the practick of Scotland signifieth a Sanctuary Girvii a people in times past inhabiting the Fenny parts of Lincolnshire Cambridgeshire c. the word signifying Fen-dwellers Gisarms a kind of weapon with two pikes which some call Bisarmes Giste French a Couch or resting place also a writing which contains the names of the Towns or Houses where a King or Prince intends to lie in his progress Gite old word a gown G L Glaciation lat a freezing Gladiatour lat a Swordman or Fencer from the Latin word gladius a sword Gladin or Gladiole a certain herb whose leaf resembleth a sword Gladuse Brittish the proper name of divers women from Claudia Glandage French mastage or the season of feeding hogs with mast Glandulous lat full of kernels from the Latin word glans a kernel Glanoventa an ancient Town of Northumberland garrisoned by the first Cohort of the Morini so called because it stood upon the bank of the River Venta now called Wantsbeck Glastenbury a famous Abby founded by Joseph of Arimathaea near unto which in Wiral Park groweth a Hawthron which is reported to put forth leaves and blossomes upon Christmasse Day as fresh as in May also in the Church-yard there grew a Wallnut-tree which as some have affirmed did not put forth his leaves until St. Barnabies Feast Glaucitation lat a crying like a whelp Glaucus the son of Hippolochus he assisted Priamus in the Trojan war and taking Diomeds brazen arms for his own which were of Gold he was killed by Ajax and his body being carried into Lycia by the winds was changed into a River Also the name of a fisher who tasting of a certain herb leapt into the Sea and was made a Sea-god Glayve old word a kind of crooked sword or bill Glaze to vernish Glebeland land belonging to a Parsonage from gleba a clod or turf Glede old word a hot ember or coal also a puttock or kite Glee joy or mirth from the Dutch word glooren to recreate Gleire old word white Glimmering a glancing or trembling light Globosity lat a being round like a bowle or globe Globous lat round like a globe Globe vide Spheare Glocester the chief City of Glocestershire it was called by the Saxons Glevecester in Latin Glevum by the Brittains Caer-Glove i. fair City It is also called by some Claudia-Cestria from the Emperour Claudius who as it is fabulously reported married his daughter Genissa to Arviragus the Brittish King Glocester Hall a place for Students in Oxford built by John Lord Gifferd of Brimesfeild Glome old word a bottom of thread Glomeration lat a rolling or gathering into a round lump Gloomy old word dusky or dark Glâ—se old word to flatter Glossator or Gâ—â—ssographer he that makes a Glosse or Comment to interpret the hard meaning of words or things Glutination lat a joyning together with glue Glycerium a Curtesan of Thespia who gave the picture of Cupid which she had of Praxiteles as a legacy to the Thespians Glyster see Clyster G N Gnarity lat knowingnesse experience Gnarr or Gnurre a hard knot in wood also a churle Gnathonichal playing the Gnatho i. e. a parasite or deceitful fellow Gnatsnapper a certain Bird called a figgeater in Latin Ficedula Gnavity lat a being industrious active or vigorous in any business Gnew old word gnawed Gnoff old word a churl or fool Gnomonick Greek belonging to a gnomon or pin of a Dial. Gnosticks from the Greek word gnosis knowledge a sect of Hereticks instituted by one Carpocras in the year 125 they assumed to themselves a great degree of knowledge denied the day of Judgement and held two Supream Deities one good the other bad Gnurre see Gnarre G O Gobonated a term in Heraldry as a bordure gobonated is when it is divided into two colours in such sort as if it were cut into small gobbets Go to God signifieth in Common Law to be dismissed the Court. Godard a proper name of men signifying in the German tongue Godly disposition Godfrey another proper name signifying Gods peace Godwin Germ. victorious in God Goetie â—reek Witchcraft Diabolical Magick Gofish old word sottish Gog and Magog signifying in the Hebrew tongue covered or uncovered are taken in Scripture for certain Nations that shall persecute the Church To be Agog
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
the dead from the Greek word Arsis a lifting up Hebdomaâ—e Greek the number 7. a week which consists of 7 dayes Hebe the Goddess of Youth and daughter of Juno without a father she was for her beauty preferred by Jupiter to be his Cupâ—bearer but one time falling down and discovering her secret parts to the gods she was removed from her place Hebetude lat bluntness dulness Hebrews a name given to the Israelites because they spake the ancient Hebrew Language which continued in the Family of Heber after the division of tongues Hebrides certain Islands in the Deuâ—aledonian Sea called also Ebudae and the Western Islands they are 44 in number but the chief of them are Levissa Eusta Mula and Ila Hebrus a River of Thrace where the head of Orpheus was thrown after his body had been torn in pieces by the Bacchides Hecalius a name attributed to Jupiter by Theseus from Hecale an old woman who had devoted her life to Jupiter for his safe return Hecate the daughter of Jupiter and Latona and the sister of Apollo Some think her to be the same with Diana or the Moon also the name of a famous Inchantresse of Thrace Hecatomb Greek a sacrifice wherein a hundred beasts were offered at one time Hecatompolis an Epithet of the Island of Crete which is said to have had a hundred Cities in it Hecatompylae the name of a City of Aegypt otherwise called Aegyptian Thebes Heck the name of an Engin to take fish withal from the Dutch word hecken i. to pick or heck a bramble Heckled old word wrapped Hecktick feaver a feaver which is habitual and which inflames the solid parts of the body it comes from the Greek word Hexis a habit Hector the son of Priam and Hecuba he was accounted the stoutest of all the Trojans slew Protesilaus and Patroclus but was at length slain himself by Achilles the word signifieth Defender Hecuba the daughter of Dyamas the wife of Priam King of Troy it is feigned of her that after the taking of Troy she was turned into a bitch Hederal Crown a Crown of Ivy from the Latin word Hedera Heer and Hace old word hoarse and harsh Hegesistratus an Ephesian who was the builder of the City Elea in Asia Hegira the Epoch or computation of time among the Turkes Heinfare or Hâ—nfare old word a departing of a servant from his master from Hine and fare passage Heire of blood in Common Law is he who succeedeth by right of blood in any mans Lands or Tenements in fee but heir of Inheritance is he that cannot be defeated of his inheritance upon any displeasure Heirloom signifieth all implements of a house which having belonged to the house for certain descents accrew to the heir with the house it self Loom signifying a frame to weave in Heighth a vertue in writing or speaking wherein the expressions are neither too inflate nor too creeping but observing a decent majesty between both Helchesaites a sect of Hereticks who held it no sin to deny Christ in times of persecution their first Teacher was one Helchesaus Helchysm the drosse and scum of silver Hele old word to cover Helena the daughter of Jupiter and Laeda she was married to Menelaus and brought forth Hermione afterwards being stole away by Paris and being demanded of Priamus by the Greeks the Trojans refused to send her back which was the occasion of a very great war and of the destruction of Troy The word signifieth in Greek pittiful Heliacal rising of a Star is when a Star which was at first hid by the light of the Sun afterwards appears from the Greek word Helios i. the Sun Heliades the daughters of the Sun and sisters of Phaeton who wept themselves into Poplar-trees for the death of their brother and their teares became Amber their names were Phaaethusa Lampelusa and Lampetia Heliconian belonging to Helicon a hill of Phocis sacred to Apollo and the Muses Helioscopie Greek the furthest point of the Suns course in his ascention or descention Heliotrope Greek the name of a plant commonly called Turnsole also a kind of pretious stone Helle the daughter of Athamas King of Thebes she with her brother Phryxus crossing over the Pontick Sea upon a golden Ram being frighted with the danger fell into the sea from which accident that sea was ever after called Hellespont Hellebore the name of a certain plant called also Melampodium which is good against madness Hellenistical belonging to Greece or the Greek Language from Hellas the ancient name of that Country Helme signifieth in Navigation a piece of wood fastned to the rudder in a ship or boat also the helme of State is metaphorically taken for the chief place in the government of a Nation Helmed in stark stowers old word defended in sharp assaults Heluation lat a playing the glutton a greedy devouring Helve old word a handle of anything Helvetia a Country invironed by the Alps and the Hill Jura the Rivers Rhene and Rhone it is now called Swizzerland Hemerology Greek a Calender or Book wherein are registred the passages of every day Hemicranie Greek a disease in the head called the Meagrim Hemicycle Greek a half circle Hemingstone a Town in Suffolk which one Baldwin le Pettour held of the King per Saltum sufflatum Bumbulum seu Pettum i. e. by this Tenure that on every Christmasse Day before the King he should dance puff up his cheekes and fart Hemisphere Greek half the compass of the heavens or so much as is visible above the Horison Hemlock a certain plant called in Latin Cicuta whose juice being poison used to be given to capital offenders Henares a River in Spain near to which stands a Town called Alcala di Henares Henbane in Greek Hyoscyamus an herb which is counted rank poison Henchman or Heinsman a German word signifying a domestick servant It is taken among us for a page of honour Hend old word neat fine gentle Hengston hill a hill in Cornwall where the Brittish Danmonii calling the Danes to assist them to drive the English out of Devonshire were by King Egbertâ—otally â—otally defeated and ruined Hengwit see Hankwit Hengest the name of him who led the first English men into this Isle the word signifies in the Saxon Horseman Heniochus vide Auriga Henry the name of seven Emperours of Germany eight Kings of England four Kings of France four Kings of Castile the word comes from the German Einric i. rich and powerful or Herric i. rich Lord or else is contracted from Honoricus Hent old word to catch Hepatical Greek belonging to the Liver Hephaestian mountains certain burning mountains in Lycia Heptahedrical Greek having seven sides Heptagonal Greek belonging to a Heptagon or figure of seven angles Heptarchy Greek a sevenfold government or government of seven men as that of the Saxon Kings here in England Heraclea a City of Narbon in France now called St. Gilles Heraclitus the name of a famous Ephesian Philosopher who used to weep as often as
he thought upon the misery of the World Herald see Harald Herawdes old word feates of activity Herbage signifieth in Common Law the fruit of the earth provided by nature for the cattel also the liberty that a man hath to feed his cattel in another mans ground or in the Forrest Herbert a proper name of men signifying in Dutch famous Lord. Herbigage or Herborow old word lodging Herbalist or Herbary lat one that hath knowledge in the nature and temperaments of herbs Herbenger see Harbenger Herbert a proper name signifying in Dutch bright Lord. Herbipolis a City of Germany now called Wirtzberg Herbosity lat plenty of herbs Herbulent lat grassy full of herbs Hercinia a great Wood in Germany sixty dayes journeys in length and nine in breadth Herculean belonging to Hercules the cheif of which name was Hercules the son of Jupiter and Alcmena he being hated by Juno because he was born of a Concubine was by her ingaged in 12 very dangerous enterprises which are called Hercules his 12 labours all which he overcame to his great renown whence every great atcheivment came to be called a Herculean labour He is said to have built two pillars on Mount Calpe and Mount Avila as the utmost bounds of the Western World with the inscription of Nil ultra and at this day those places are called Hercules pillars This name Hercules signifieth in Greek Glory or Illumination of the Air. Here de Caesar a certain Epoch or Account from which the Saracens and Arabians used to compute their number of yeares as we do from the year of our Lord. It was also used in Spain for a great while the word signifieth as much as the Monarcy of Caesar. Hereditary or Haereditary lat coming by Inheritance Hereditaments signifie in Common Law all such things as descend to a man and his heirs by way of Inheritance and fall not within the compasse of an Executor as Chattels do Hereford the cheif City of Herefordshire anciently called Tresawith from the Beech-trees growing thereabout It was built as some say by King Edward the Elder in that tract of the Country called of old Ereinuc or Archenfeild out of the ruines of the ancient Ariconium the fame of this City was augmented by the Martyrdom of Ethelbert King of East England who going to wooe the daughter of Offa King of the Mercians was here forelaid and murthered by the procurement of Quendred Offa's wife Heremitage or Ermitage French a solitary place a dwelling for Hermites i. persons that devote themselves to a religious solitude Heresie see Haeresie Heresiarch or Haeresiarch Greek the principall Author of any Heresie or Sect. Heretog or Hertogh a Leader of an Army or a Duke from the Saxon words Here an Army and Toga to draw out Herility lat Masterly Authority Heriot or Hariot hath formerly been used to signifie a tribute given by a Tenant to the Lord of the Mannour for his better preparation toward war Here in the Saxon tongue signifying an Army but now it is taken for the best chattel that a Tenant hath at the hour of his death which is due unto the Lord by custom Herlaxton a Town in Lincolnshire near which was ploughed up a brazen vessel wherein a Golden Helmet beset with pretious Stones which was given as a present to Catherine of Spain wife to King Henry the eighth was found Herman see Harman Hermaphrodite Greek a word compounded of Hermes i. Mercury and Aphrodite i. Venus and signifieth one of both Sexes Man and Woman See the story of Hermaphroditus and Salmacis elegantly described in the fourth Book of Ovids Metamorphosis Hermetical Greek belonging to Mercury the messenger of the gods who is called in Greek Hermes or to Hermes Trismegistus the great Aegyptian Philosopher Hermione the daughter of Menelaus she was betrothed by her father after the end of the Trojan war to Pyrrhus the son of Achilles which Orestes to whom she had been before espoused by her Grandfather Tyndarus taking ill he slew Pirrhus in the Temple of Apollo Hermitage Hermite see Heremitage Hermotimus a certain man of Clazomena whose Soul used to leave his body and wander up and down bringing him news of things that were done a great way off his body lying in the mean while as it were asleep but at length his enemies finding his body burnt it so that his Soul had no habitation left to return to Hernious lat bursten bellied Herod sirnamed Antipater a King of the Jews created by the Roman Senate he destroyed the Temple built by Zorobabel and erected another more magnificient in its place he put his wife Mariaâ—ne to death and his two sons Aristobulus and Alexander Heroick or Heroical Greek noble lofty becoming a Heroe whence Heroick Poem is a Poem treating of Heroic actions or persons Heroine a woman of a noble spirit and excellent virtues A Heron a kinde of bird called in Latin Ardea ab ardendo because its dung burns whatsoever it touches Herophila the name of the Erythraean Sibil who having asked Tarquin a very great price for her three books of Prophesies and being refused it she burnt 2. and afterwards received as much for that one that was left as she demanded for all the three Herostratus one that to purchace himself fame burnt the Temple of Diana Hersilia the wife of Romulus who after her death was worshipp'd by the name of Hora or the goddesse of youth Hertford i. e. the Ford of Harts the chief Town of Hertford-shire having a Castle upon the River Lea built as some say by King Edward the Elder and augmented by Gislebert de Clare who was Earle of this Town in King Henry the seconds dayes Bede treating of the Synode that was held here in the year 670. calleth it Herudford i. e. Redford Herthus a goddesse worshipt by the ancient Saxons in the same nature as Tellus by the Latins some think the word earth to be thence derived Hesione the daughter of Laomedon King of Troy whom Hercules having freed her from a great Whale gave in marriage to his friend Telamon after he had ransack't Troy because her father Laomedon performed not his promise to him Hesperus the son of Japetus and brother of Atlas who flying from his Countrey went and inhabited in Italy whence that Countrey came to be called Hespâ—ria he had three daughters Aegle Arethusa and Hesperethusa called the Hesperides who lived in the Hesperian Garden whose Trees bare golden Apples that were kept by a watchfull Dragon whom Hercules slew it is also faigned of Hesperus that after his death he was changed into the Evening Star Hests old word commands or decrees Hete old word a vow offer or promise Heteroclite in Grammar is taken for a Nown that hath a different way of declining from other Nouns Heterodox Greek being of another opinion or judgement then what is generally received Heterogeneal Greek being of another or different kinde Heteroscians Greek people that live between the Aequator and the Tropicks whose
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
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
of Juno Lilith the name of a certain she Devil which the Jews imagined to be a destroyer of children Lilybaeum a Promontory in Sicily having a Town of the same name upon it Limaceous lat belonging unto or like a Snail slimy Limation lat a filing or pollishing Limbers or Limber-holes a Term in Navigation certain little square holes cut in the bottome of the ground Timbers and hooks next to the Keel to let water passe to the well of the Pump Limbus Patrum lat a place where the Saints deceased are said to reside untill the day of Judgement being as it were the skirts or confines of Hell Limâ—narch Greek the Governour of a Port. Limitation lat a stinting or setting of bounds Limitation of Assise is a certain time set down by Statute within which a man must alleage himself or his Ancestours to have been seised of Lands sued for by a Writ of Assize Limning a kinde of Painting which is done in water colours and also differs from the other sort of painting in the preparing of the colours Limâ—sity lat muddinesse fulnesse of mud Limpid lat pure clear transparent A Limpin a kinde of fish otherwise called a muscle Linament lat linnen thread also a tent or lint for a wound Lincoln the chief Citie of Lincolnshire anciently called Lindum and by the Brittains Lindecoit by Bede Lindecollina civitas from the old Brittish Lâ—in as Cambden is of opinion which signifieth a Lake it being situate near a Lake and upon a hill in this Citie Vortimer the scourge of the Saxons ended his dayes Lincoln Colledge a Colledge in Oxford founded by Richard Fleming Bishop of Lincoln Lindsey see Holland Lincolns Inne one of the Inns of Court heretofore the house of Sir Henry Lacy Earle of Lincoln now a place for Students of the Law Lineament lat the feature or proportion of any thing drawn out onely in lines Linear lat belonging to a line Ling a kinde of small shrub otherwise called Heath in Latin Erix Lingel a little tongue or thong Lingot see Ingot Linguacity lat a being full of tongue or much given to talk Linguist one that is skilfull in tongues or languages Linigerous lat bearing Flax or Hemp. Liniment lat an oynting or daubbing over Linsie-woolsey a kinde of mixt cloath part linnen part woollen Lintels French the head pieces over a door also the same as Lentils i. a kinde of pulse Linus the son of Apollo and Psammas the daughter of Crotopus King of Argos by whom Apollo being intertained as he came from slaying the Serpent Pytho lay privately with Psammas who proving with Childe brought forth Linus who having committed some offence and hiding himself among certain bushes was found out and torn in pieces by the Dogs also the son of Apollo and Terpsichâ—re one of the nine Muses he proved a very famous Musitian taught Thamyras Orpheus and Hercules by whom as some say he was knockt on the head because he laught at him for playing unhandsomely Linx lat a kinde of spotted beast otherwise called an Ounce Lionel the proper name of a man in Latin Leonellus i. little Lyon Lions paw a kinde of Herb called in Greek Leontopodium Lipothymie Greek a distemper which causeth a fainting or swouning by reason of sudden decay or oppression of the vital spirits Lippitude lat a waterishnesse of the eyes a looking bloud-shot or blear-eyed Liptote Greek a Rhetorical figure wherein more is understood then is express't Liquation or Liquefaction lat a melting dissolving or making Liquid i. moist or of a watery substance Liquids lat are those four Consonants which do as it were melt in the pronunciation namely L. M.N.R the rest are called mutes Liquidation lat a making moist Lisard or Lizard French from the Latin Lacerta a certain beast so called because it hath feet like the brawne or sinews of a mans arms or thighs also the Lizard point the utmost Southwest point of Cornwall Litanie see Letanie Litation lat a sacrificing Literature lat knowledge in letters learning Lithargie or Litargie Greek the foam that riseth from silver or lead when they are tried Lither old word lazy or sluggish Lithoglyphick Greek a graver or cutter in stones Lithomancie lat a Divination the casting of pebble stones Lithotomie Greek a cutting of stones a quarry whence stones are digged Litigation lat a contending or wrangling Litigious lat full of strife contentious Litispendence lat the hanging of a suit till it be decided Lâ—tmose blue a kinde of blue colour used in painting and limning Litoral or Litorean lat belonging to the shorâ— sea-side or side of a river Liturgie Greek signifieth in general any publick Office but particularly Divine service or the function of a Minister Liverie French the Cognizance device or badge which a Noble-man or Gentleman gives to his servants and followers also Livery of seisin is a Ceremony used in Common-law being a delivery of possession of Lands or Tenements or other things unto another also a Writ which lieth for the Heir to obtain the possession and seizin of his Lands at the Kings hands Lividity or Livor lat a kinde of leaden or dead blewish colour in the body caused by a stroke ar blow given also metaphorically taken for spite or envy Lixiviated lat washed with lye made of ashes Lizard see Lisard L O Loach or Lohoch French a kind of Confection or Electuary that is to be licked or suffered to melt in the mouth without chewing it is an Arabick word and signifieth in the Latin Linctus i. a licking Lobbe or Lobling a kind of great north Sea-fish Local in Common Law is as much as tied or annexed to a place Location lat a placing or setting in place also a letting out to hire Lockers little cupbords which are made by the ships sides to put in shot by the pieces Lococessiâ—n lat a yeilding or giving place Locomotion lat a moving out of a place or from place to place Locrians or Locri a people of Locris in Greece inhabiting on either side of the Hill Parnassus Locris is also a City of that part of Italy called Magna Graecia built by those Locrians that followed Ajax Oileus to Troy Loculament lat a little place distinct or apart by it self Locuplete lat abounding with riches wealthy Locust lat a kind of winged Insect commonly taken for a Grasshopper but others think it to be the same with that which the Frenchmen call Cigale Locution lat a speaking or saying Lodemanage the hire of a Pilot for conducting of a ship from one place to another from the Dutch word loot i. lead Lodesman a Guide or Pilot from the same word loot whence he is also called Lootsman Lodestar the Cynosure or North-Star which guideth Mariners Lodestone as it were a leading-stone because by it Mariners are guided and directed in their voyages It is of a rusty-iron colour and hath the vertue to attract or draw iron to it whereby many admirable secrets are performed Lodeworkes
and Stremeworks certain workes in the Stannery in Cornwall these are performed in the higher grounds by making deep wells which they call shafts those in the lower grounds by digging of trenches and diverting the course of the Rivers Lodge a Buck is by the Forresters said to lodge when he goes to his rest Log the name of an Hebrew measure and thought by some to be of the same quantity with Sextarius Aâ—ticus Logarithmes Greek are certain borrowed numbers which differ among themselves by Arithmetical proportion as the numbers which borrow them differ by Geometrical proportion Log-line a term in Navigation being a small line with a little piece of board at the end with a little lead to it to keep it edge-long in the water the use of which is by seeing how many fathom this runs in a minute to give a judgement how many leagues the ship will run in a watch Logician Greek one that hath skill in Logick i. the art of disputing probably in any argument Logist Greek one skilled in the Logistick Art i. the Art of reckoning or casting account also Logists were certain Officers among the Athenians ten in number to whom all such as had ended their Magistracy gave an account within 30 dayes of all those affairs whereof they had had the administration they also kept an account of the monies and of all matters belonging to the publick Revenue Logographers Greek those that write pleas in the Law or books of account Lawyers Clerks Logomachy Greek a verbal strife a contention in words Lohoch see Loach Lollards a Sect of Hereticks that abounded here in England in the dayes of Edward the third and Henry the fifth so called from one Gualter Lollard a German the first Author of them or as others say from lolium because they were accounted as darnel or cockle growing among wheat Lombard or Lombar a Bank for usury or pawns from the Longobardi or Lombards a people inhabiting the hithermost part of Italy formerly called Insubria much addicted to usury whence ofttimes Usurers are called Lombardeers Lome old word clay or mortar London the chief City of England situate in Middlesex so called as Cambden conjectureth either from Lhun which in the Brittish tongue signifieth a Grove or Lhong i. a ship and Dinas i. a City so that it may seem to have been anciently termed Lhundinas i. a City thick of trees or Lhongdinas i. a City of Ships from whence the Latins derive the word Londinum It was called Augusta and Troja Nova being first founded by Brutus who sprang of the Trojan race and repaired by King Lud and thence called Caerlud or Luds-town Longaevity lat length of age long life Longanimity lat as it were length of mind long-suffering patience forbearance Longinquity lat far distance or length of place Longitude lat the length of any thing also the Longitude of a Region City or Cape is the distance of it East numbred in the Equinoctial by Meridians from the first general and fixed Meridian The Longitude of a star is the arch of the Ecliptick intercepted between the beginning of Aries and the circle of the stars Latitude Long-Meg the name of a stone 15 foot high erected near Salkeld in Cumberland next which are 77 more erected in a circular manner which the country people call the Daughters of Long-Meg Long-primer one of the sorts of Characters used by Printers The Loof of a Ship is that part aloft of a Ship that lies before the ches-trees as far as the bulk-head of the castle A Ship Loomes a great or a small sail a term used in Navigation and signifieth as much as a Ship seems a great or a little Ship Lootsman see Lodesman Loover a place made open to let out the smoak on the top of a house from the French word l'overt open Lopum a great Desart in the Country of Bactria in which it is reported that certain evil spirits do abide by which strangers that passe that way being called by their names and following the voice perish miserably Loquacity lat talkativenesse or a being given to much babling Loquabre a Country in the North part of Scotland so called q. the mouth of the Lake Lorament lat that which is composed of thongs of leather Loray-law an article found in the memorials of the chamber of account in France which ordaineth that if a combat be once accepted and afterwards taken up by consent of the Lord of the Fee each of the parties is to pay two shillings six pence but if it be performed the party vanquisht forfeits 112 shillings Lordane or Lourdane a dull heavy fellow a lazy lubber it being a proverbial word taken from the tyranny of the Danes over the English who were forced to labour and till the ground for them while they sate idle and ate the fruits of their labours Lore Sax. learning or skill Loricated lat armed with mail Lorimers French the name of a Trade and Company in London that makes bits spurs and all kind of small iron-work and is by some derived from the Latin word Lorum Loriot French a Bird called a Witwall Woodpecker or Greenfinch Lorn the name of a County in the south part of Scotland Lorty's a great and ancient Family of Sommersetshire stiled in Latin records de Vrtiaco Losenger a flatterer a word used by Chaucer Lotharius the son of Ludovicus Pius Emperour of Germany and King of France he succeeded his father in the Empire but his brothers Charles and Lodowic not contented with their portions and raising an army against their brother a great battle was fought at Fontenay in the borders of France where Lotharius was put to flight but at last they came to an agreement and Lotharius after he had reigned about 15 years betook himself to the Prumiensian Monastery There were also several Kings of France and Dukes of Lorrain of his name Lothbrook i. Leatherbreech a certain Dane whose daughters were so skilful at needle-work that the Danes bare in their Ensign a Raven of their working with such an opinion of good successe that they imagined it would never be won Lotherwit see Leyerwit Lotion lat a washing or cleansing with water also in Physick it is used for the taking away of any superfluous quality out of any medicament or the bringing on of a new one Lotis or Lotus the daughter of Neptune she fleeing from Priapus who made an attempt upon her chastity and invoking the help of the gods was turned into the Lote-tree Lotophagi a certain people of Africa dwelling near the Syrtes so called because they feed much upon the Lote-tree which is a tree of that nature that when the companions of Vlisses being cast upon the coast of Africa had tasted of the fruit of it they could hardly be got from thence to return into their own Country whence the word is proverbially used for those that are forgetful of their Parents Country and Kindred Lovell's an ancient Family in Northamptonshire stiled in
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.
small a little fish otherwise called a Cackrel in Latin Minimus Menoecus a Theban youth the son of Creon he was so zealous for the safety of his Countrey that when the Oracle had foretold that the Citie which was besieg'd by the Argives could not be saved unlesse the last of the race of Cadmus would voluntarily kill himself he slew himself with his own sword Mensal lat belonging to a table Mension lat a measuring Menstruosity lat the abounding of womens monethly flowers Mensuration lat the same as Mension or measuring Mental lat kept in the mind whence mental reservation a speaking something and concealing the rest Menteith the name of a Country in the south part of Scotland Mentition lat a lying or forging tales Mera the daughter of Praetus and Antia she being a great Huntresse and following Diana in the Woods was ravisht by Jupiter who lay with her in the shape of Diana whereupon the goddesse shot her to death with one of her arrows and afterwards turning her into a dog she placed her among the heavenly Constellations also the name of Icarius his dog See Icarius Meracity lat a being pure and without mixture Menker the jaw of the Whale Meraud the Christian name of divers women from the pretious stone called the Emerauld Mercature lat a buying trading or merchandizing Mercedary lat hired with reward or wages Mercenary lat the same Merch the name of a Country in the south part of Scotland Merchenlage the law of the Mercians or the inhabitants of these eight Countries Glocester Worcester Hereford Warwick Oxford Chester Salop and Stafford the Land being formerly divided into three parts the Mercians the West-Saxons and the Danes See Denelage Mercury as it were Medius currens inter Deos homines i. e. sent on messages between the gods and men the son of Jupiter and Maia the daughter of Atlas he lay with his sister Venus and begat Hermaphroditus he was counted the god of Eloquence of Merchandry of Handy-crafts-men and the first inventour of the Harpe also among Astronomers the name of one of the seven Planets among Chymists of Quicksilver Mercurial or Mercurialist one born under the Planet Mercury Meretricious lat belonging to a Whore Meridian lat belonging to noon also substantively used for one of the greater circles dividing the Sphear into two equal parts and passing through the Poles of the World and the Zenith or Vertical point Meridiation lat a sleeping at noon Meritot a kinde of play used by Children wherein they swing themselves up and down upon a Rope to which is tied a little beam acrosse which they sit it is called in Latin Oscillum Meremaid or Maremaid See Syren Mern a County in the North of Scotland the people whereof were anciently called Vernicones by some Vecturiones Meroe an Island encompass't with the River Nilus in which there is a Citie of the same name built by Cambyses whose sister was called Meroe from wence the Citie and Island took their denomination this Citie Astronomers make to be the farthest of the Northern Climats whose parallel-line they call Dia Meroes because it runs through the midst of the Citie Merope one of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione they were feigned by the Poets to be changed into seven stars called the Pleiades Merrick a proper name of a man among the ancient Brittains in Latin Meuricus Mersion lat a ducking or plunging over head and eares into the water a drowning Mâ—rton a Town in Surrey where Kinalph King of the West-Saxons was slain by a Clito or Prince of the bloud in a Harlots house the Clito himself being also stab'd immediately by Kinulphs followers in this place was born Walter de Merton founder of Merton Colledge in Oxford Mese see Mease Mesel Sax. a Leaper Mesentery Greek as it were the middle of the entrails a certain thick and double skin that fastneth the bowels or entrails to the back and affordeth passage to a number of veins called the Mesenterick or Meseraick veins Meskite a Church or Synagogue among the Turks and Moors from the Arabick word Mezquidun i. an Oration Mesnagerie French husbandry or housewifery Mesnalty a Term in Common-law the right of the Mesâ— that is a Lord of a Mannour who hath Tenants holding of him yet holding himself of a Superiour Lord from the French word Maisné i. e. younger by birth Mesopotamia a large Countrey of Asia so called because it is between the two Rivers Tigris and Euphrates it was called by the ancient Hebrews Aram Naharaim i. e. Syria of the Rivers now Apamia and by some Adiabene Messagry old word diligence in doing a message Messalians a Sect of Hereticks who held the Lords Supper and baptism to be but of indifferent concernment Messana the chief Citie of Sicilie built by the Messenians near unto the Promontory of Pelorum Messapia or Mesapia a Countrey of Italie anciently so called from Messapus the son of Neptune it containeth those Regions which are now called Calabria and Apulia Messenae a famous Citie in Greece situate in the Peloponnesus whose ancient inhabitants the Messenii waged a long and bloudy war with the Spartans but at last were reduced to absolute slavery Messias the same in Hebrew as Christos in Greek i. anointed and is oft used in the Holy Scriptures for our Saviour Christ. Messorious lat belonging to mowing reaping or harvest Mesuage in Common-law is used for a dwelling house with Garden Courtilage Orchard and all other things belonging to it Metachronisme Greek an errour in Chronology by the mis-reckoning of time or the ill connexion of passages a word compounded of the Greek preposition Meta and Chronos i. time Metaleptick Greek belonging to the figure Metalepsie wherein one thing is used to signifie another Metalline lat belonging to mettals Metamorphosis Greek a changing of one body or figure into another A Metaphor Greek a certain figure wherein one word is borrowed to expresse the signification of another as smiling Meadow's youthfull Summer Metaphysicks Greek a science which treateth of supernatural things as God Angels the Souls of men c. Metaplasmus Greek a Rhetorical figure wherein words or letters are plac't contrary to their usual order Metaris an arm of the Sea in Lincolnshire commonly called Maltraith and the Washes Metathesis Greek transposition being a certain figure wherein one letter is put for another Metellus a famous Roman Captain who being to go by Sea with a great Army against the Carthaginians and Sicilians prayed to all the gods but Vesta who being thereby offended kept back the Navy with contrary windes which Caius Julius the Priest affirmed could not be diverted but by the sacrificing of his daughter Metella which he yielding unto the goddesse took compassion of the Virgin and sent a Heifer in her stead also the name of a High-Priest of the Romans who when the Temple of Vesta was on fire running into the Palladium out of the flame he lost his sight by venturing too
Waggon or Cart. Rhesus a King of Thrace the son of Strymon and Euterpe he came with his white horses to the aide of the Trojans and was killed by Diomed and Vlisses with the help of Dolon those white horses upon which the fate of Troy depended being brought away by the Greeks Rhetorical lat eloquent full of Rhetorick i. the art of speaking well and eloquently Rhinoceros Greek a kinde of Indian beast having a horn on his nose Rhodus a famous Island in the Carpathian Sea formerly consecrated to the Sun in honour of whom a mighty Colossus was made 50 Cubits in length Rhomb or Roumb lat a certain Geometrical square figure consisting of equal sides but unequal angles also a spinning wheel also a Mariners Compasse or Sea Chart. Rhonchisonant lat sounding like one that snorts in his sleep Rhythmical Greek belonging to Rhythme or Meeter in verse as also to proportion or harmony in Musick R I Rialto a stately place in Venice like to our Royal Exchange Ribadavia a Town in Gallicia a Province of Spain from whence is brought a sort of wine much esteemed Riband is lesse then a Cost and contains the eighth part of a Bend. Ribauldry Ital. whoredom uncleannesse or the carriage of a Ruffian Ribibble old word a Fiddle or Cittern Richmond q. rich mount the chief Town of Richmondshire it was walled about and fortified with a strong Castle against the Danes by Allan the first Earle thereof also the name of one of the Kings houses in Surrey where King Edward the third died Ribolla a kinde of strong wine so called Riches by the Hunters taken for a Company and so they say a riches of Marterns Richard a proper name of a man signifying in the Saxon tongue powerfull disposition Ricture lat a grinning or shewing the teeth like a dog also a fretting or chasing inwardly To Ride in Navigation is when a ship is held in so fast by her Anchors that she doth not drive away by the tide or winde Riding Clark one of the six Clarks of the Chancery who takes his turn for his year to have the controling of all Grants which passe the great Seal Rier County a publick place which the Sheriffe appointeth for the receit of the Kings money after the end of his County Rigation lat a bedewing watering or sprinkling Rigidity or Rigour lat stifnesse with cold or frost also surlinesse strictnesse severity Rigel the left foot of Orion Rigols a certain Musical instrument called a Clericord it comes from the French Regalliadir i. to rejoyce Ringtail a kinde of Puttock or Kite having whitish feathers about his tail Ringwalk a Term in hunting being a round walk made by Hunters Riot in Common-law is the forcible doing of an unlawfull act by three or more persons assembled together for that purpose Riphaean-hills certain Hills of Scythia so called from the Greek word Ripe i. the violent force of windes blowing from those parts they are also called Hyperborean Mountains Ripiers those that use to bring fish from the Sea-coast to the inner parts of the land it comes from the Latin word Ripa a Bank or Shore Risible lat subject to laughter Risingham signifying in the Brittish tongue the Gyants habitation a certain Town in Northumberland of which the old Brittains fabulously reported that it was defended by their god Magon against a Soldan or great Prince in those times Rituals certain books which prescribe the Rites and Ceremonies of the Roman Church Rivage French the water-side or Sea-Coast Rivality lat envy between Rivals i. two persons loving one and the same woman being a Metaphor borrowed from those that fetch water from the same river Rivulet lat a Brook or little river Rixation lat a brawling or wrangling Rizon a Citie of Illyria seated upon a River of the same name R O Roan colour a kinde of dark or Chesnut colour being most properly spoken of a Horse Robert the proper name of a man signifying in Dutch famous in Councel Robigalia certain feasts kept in May by the ancient Romans in honour of Robigus who was worshipt as a God among them for that he was thought to keep the Corn from blasting Robiginous lat full of rust also blasted as Corn. Roboration lat a strengthning or making strong from Robur i. an Oak Robustous lat strong as an Oak Roch old word a Rock Rochester a Citie in Kent called in Latin Roffa from one Rhufus but more anciently Durobrevis in the year 676. it was laid waste by Aetheldred King of the Mâ—rcians and many a time afterwards sacked by the Danes Rochet a kinde of fish so called also a kinde of surplice or Bishops Robe Rod a certain Land measure see Pearch Rode a station for ships from the Dutch word Reed Rodknights or Radknights certain servitours which hold by serving their Lord on hors-back Rodnet a Net to catch Black-birds or Wood-cocks in Rodomontade Span. a vain-glorious bragging or boasting Roe or Roebuck a kinde of Deer called in French la Chevrelle Rogation lat an asking demanding or intreating whence Rogatiâ—n week the next week but one before Whiâ—sunday so called from the duty of fasting and prayer injoyned at that time by the Church as a preparative to the feast of the Ascention it is also called Gang week and by some Grasse week Roger the proper name of a man from the Dutch word Ruger i. quiet or Rodgar i. strong Councel Rogitation lat an asking often an intreating earnestly Roiston a Town in Hertfordshire anciently called Roises Crosse from a Crosse built by Dame Roise as some think Countesse of Norfolk but being augmented by Eustace de Marck it came to be called Roiston q. Roises Town The Rolls a place appointed by Edward the third for the keeping of the Rolls or Records of Chancery the master whereof in the absence of the Lord Chancelour sitteth as Judge Rollo a famous Captain who with a select Company of Danish youths going to seek out new habitations setled in that part of France which is now called Normandy the French at last after much War were glad to make a league with them and to allow them quiet possession of what they had conquered and Rollo marrying the daughter of Charls the simple was both himself baptised and likewise caused all his people to imbrace the Christian faith Roma the chief Citie of Italy and most famous of the world built by Romulus and Remus the Grand-children of Numitor the inhabitants of this Citie and parts adjacent called the Romans were anciently a people renowned both in warre and peace and masters of a great part of the world Romance a feigned history from Romant the most eloquent sort of French or Roman which hath heretofore been used to signifie any thing written or expressed eloquently Rome old word to wander or walk up and down Romescot or Romefeoh a certain tribute paid to Rome commonly called Peter-pence Romulus and Remus the sons of Sylvia as some suppose by Mars the daughter of
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
the ground by the French out of the ashes whereof immediately sprung up the Town which is now in being Sown a word proper to the Exchequer signifying as much as to be leviable or possible to be gathered Sownder a term used by Hunters for a company of wild Bores as a herd for Deer S P Spade lat gelded Spadiceous lat of a bright bay colour from Spadix the branch of a Date-tree Spagyrical lat belonging to chymical operations Spahy Persian Espawhee a Turkish Horseman compleatly armed Spaid a term used by Hunters a red male Deer of three years old Sparsion lat a sprinkling Sparta a famous City of Peloponnessus built by Spartus the son of Phoroneus or as some say by Sparta the daughter of Eurotas it is otherwise called Lacedaemon Spartacus a Thracian gladiatour or swordplayer who with Chrysus and Oenomaus broke out of Capua got together an Army of slaves and overthrew Clodius Glaber Lentulus and Cassius thereby making himself very formidable to the Romans at last he was put to flight by Crâ—ssus but afterwards making head again was vanquisht and slain Spasmatical Greek troubled with a Spasm i. a cramp or shrinking in of the sinews Spathule or Spat lat an instrument wherewith Chirurgians spread their plaisters it is also called a splatter or slice Spatiation lat a walking at length or in a large compasse Species lat a different kind or form of any thing in Logick it is reckoned one of the 5 Predicables Specifical lat special distinguishing the species or kind Specification lat a signifying declaring or manifesting Specious lat beautiful to the sight fair to behold Spectacle lat a publick or solemn shew Spectatour lat a beholder or looker on Spectre lat a frightful apparition a vision ghost or spirit Speculation lat a spying or watching also a contemplating or considering Spel Sax. a word or saying also vulgarly used for a charm Spelt a kind of corn growing in some parts of the World called in Latin Zea. Sperage a kind of plant called in Latin Asparagus Spermatical Greek belonging to sperm i. the natural seed of any living creature Sperma Ceti see Parmaceti Speustick Greek done or made up in haste Sphacelism Greek a kind of ulcer or dangerous inflammation Sphaerical lat belonging to a sphere i. a round globous figure commonly taken for the round compasse of the Heaven Sphaeromachy Greek a playing at bowls or tennis Sphinx the name of a certain Monster that kept anciently near Thebes proposing a riddle to all passengers that came that way and none being able to unfold it she destroyed them all at last Oedipus coming that way and expounding it she threw her self headlong down a rock for grief Spiciferous lat bearing eares of corn Spicilegy lat a gleaning a gathering eares of corn Spigurnells a word now out of use anciently the sealers of the Kings Writs were known by that term which office together with the Sergeancy of the Kings Chappel John de Bohun the son of Franco resigned unto King Edward the first Spinal lat belonging to a Spine i. a thorn prickle or sting also the back-bone Spinosity lat a being full of spines or thorns Spinster a Law term being appropriated to unmarried women in all deeds bonds and evidences Spintrian lat inventing new actions of lust Spiracle lat a breathing-hole a place through which smoak may have a vent Spiral lat belonging to a pyramid or spire-steeple Spiration lat a breathing or exhaling Spiritualities the profits which a Bishop receiveth from his spiritual living Spissitude lat thicknesse or grossenesse Spitter see Brocket or Pricket A Spittle-house Ital. Spedale see Hospital Spleget the same as Pleget Splendid lat bright cleer shining glorious Splenetick lat troubled with a disease or ill humours in the spleen or milt i. a Bowel in the left side under the midrife over against the liver Spoliation lat a robbing or spoiling also a Writ that lieth for one incumbent against another when the right of patronage cometh not in debate Spondee Greek a foot in a verse consisting of two long syllables Spondyles Greek the vertebres or turning joynts of the back-bone Spongious lat full of holes like a sponge which is a kind of plant-animal growing under the sea-rocks Sponsal or Sponsalitious lat belonging to a spouse Spâ—nsion lat a bargain or promise but more especially relating to Marriage Spontane lat done willingly unconstrained or of ones own accord Sporades certain Islands that lie scattered up and down in the Carpathian Sea Spraints a term among Hunters the dung of an Otter Spray old word a bouâ—h or sprig Spretion lat a contemning despising or scorning Sprâ—ghts a sort of short or flight arrows Spring-tides see Neap-tides Springal Dutch a stripling or young-man Spume lat foam froth or scum †Spurcidical lat speaking filthily or uncleanly Spurious lat baseborn also counterfeit Spurkets a term in Navigation the spaces between the futtocks by the ship sides fore and aft above and below S Q Squadron French a certain number of souldiers formed into a square body Squalid lat unclean sluttish ill-favoured Squamigerous lat bearing scales scaly Squill lat a kind of plant otherwise called the Sea-onion Squinancy or Squincy a kind of disease which causeth a swelling in the throat called in Latin Angina Squinanth lat a kind of plant otherwise called the Sweet-rush S T Stability lat stablenesse firmnesse surenesse Stabulation lat a standing of cattel in a stable or stall Stade lat a furlong or the eighth part of an Italian mile which consisteth of a thousand paces Stafford the chief Town of Staffordshire called in ancient times Betheny where Berteline a holy man led an Eremites life it hath a Castle on the south bank of the River built in the year 914 by King Edw. the Elder Staggard a term in Hunting a red male Deer of 4 years old Stagira a Town in Macedonia where Aristotle was born whence that Philosopher is called the Stagirite Stainand colours in Heraldry are tawney and murrey Stallage French in Common Law signifieth money paid for setting of stalls in Markets or Faires Stallion Ital. a horse kept for mares Standard French the chief Ensign of an Army belonging to the King or General also the standing measure of the King or State to which all other measures are framed Stanford in Saxon Steanford a Town in Lincolnshire situate upon the River Welland it is so called as being built of rough stone Stean signifying in the Saxon tongue a stone In this Town under the reign of King Edward the third an University was instituted and publick profession of Arts began to flourish but this Academy continued not long it being soon after provided by oath that no Student in Oxford should publickly professe at Stanford to the prejudice of Oxford There is also another Stanford situate upon the River Avon in Northamptonshire The Stannaries lat the Mines or Tin-works in Cornwall See Lodework Stanza Ital. a certain number
in the head the Coronal Lamdoidal and Sagittal S W Swainmot Sax. a Court of Freeholders within the Forrest kept by the Charter of the Forrest thrice a year Swallows-taile a term among Architectours and Carpenters a fastning together of two pieces of timber so strongly that they cannot fall asunder Swan a celestial Constellation Swart ruiter see Ruiter To Sweep a Hawk after she hath fed is said to sweep not wipe her beake Swepe a certain instrument with crosse-beams to draw water with Swilpough a Dilling or child born when the Parents are old Swink old word labour Swithin a proper name signifying in the Saxon tongue very high There was a Bishop of Winchester famous for holinesse called St. Swithin S Y Sybaritical dainty wanton effeminate from the Sybariae the inhabitants of the City Sybaris a people advanced to that height of luxury and voluptuousnesse that they had their horses taught to dance to the sound of the Flute by which means the Crotoniatae who waged war with them bringing pipers along with them into the field made their horses to fall a dancing whereupon they rushed in among them broke their ranks and utterly overthrew them and destroyed their City Sybill Heb. divine doctrine a Christian name of divers women Sybilline lat belonging to the Sybills who were certain women that prophesied concerning the birth of our Saviour Christ they were thought to be ten in number the Persian Cumaean Lybian Delphian Erythraean Samian Hellespontian Phrygian Tiburtine Cuman Sycomore Greek a kind of fair tree abounding in many parts of Aegypt partaking partly of the Fig-tree partly of the Mulberry To Sycophantise Greek to play the sycophant i. a parasite flatterer or tale-bearer Syderatiâ—n lat a blasting Syderation in Physick is when not onely the solid parts but the bones also are corrupted Sylla a famous Roman Captain who brought Jugurth in chaines to Rome overcame Mithridates broke the tyranny of Cinna and banished Marius afterwards being made Dictatour he became Tyrannical himself till at last the Common-wealth being setled he retired to Puteoâ—i where he lived a private life Syllabical Greek consisting of syllables Syllogistical Greek belonging to a Syllogisme i. a kind of argumentation wherein some things being granted there follows necessarily a conclusion different from those things which were granted Sylvanectum a Town of Picardy in France now called Senlis Sylvanus the son of Valerius by his daughter Valeria Tusculanaria he was called the god of the Woods and by some thought to be the same with Pan. Sylvatical or Sylvestrious lat woody full of trees belonging to Woods or Forrests Symbolycal Greek belonging to a Symbol i. a sign or token a secret note a short or mysterious sentence Symmachy Greek a joyning in war against a common enemy Symmetry Greek a due proportion of each part in respect of the whole Sympathetical Greek having a sympathy i. a natural agreement or consent in mutual affection or passion Symphoniacal Greek belonging to Symphony i. consent in Harmony agreement in tune or time Symposiast Greek the Master or Overseer of a Feast or Banquet Symptomatical Greek belonging to a Symptome i. an accident or effect accompanyinâ— any disease as the Ague doth the headach Synagogical Greek belonging to a Synagogue i. a Congregation or Assembly Synalaepha Greek a contraction of two vowels into one Syncategorematical Greek a term in Logick having no predicamental or self-signification Synchronical Greek being or done together at the same time Syncope Greek a figure wherein a letter or syllable is taken out of the middle of a word also in Physick it is taken for a certain disease which causeth a sudden decay of the spirits Synchrism Greek a kind of liquid or spreading ointment Synchronism Greek a hapning of two things at the same time Syncope a sudden or hasty decay of the strength caused by a disolution of the natural heat Syndick Greek one that hath Commission to deal in the affairs of the Common-wealth a Controller or Censor Syndrome Greek a concourse meeting or running together Synecdochical Greek belonging to the figure Synecdoche i. a taking a part for the whole Syneresis or Synaeresis Greek the same as Synalaepha Syngraph Greek a deed or writing signed with ones own hand Synodical Greek belonging to a Synod i. an Assembly or meeting together of Ecclesiastical persons to consult about the affairs of the Church Synonimous or Synonimal words Gr. several words having all the same signification Synople French a term in Heraldry signifying Green Synopsie Greek a brief summing up of things contained in a large Treatise Syntagme Greek an ordering disposing or placing of things together Syntax Greek the same also in Grammar it is taken for a joyning together of the several parts of Speech in an orderly construction Synteresie Greek a remorce or sting of conscience Syntheme Greek a watch-word also an intricate sentence also the same as Diploma Syracuse the chief City anciently of the Isle of Sicily where the Poet Theocritus was born Syria a Region of Asia by some divided into Syria Assyria Coelosyria and Leucosyria Syrinx an Arcadian Nimph one of the Naiades who flying from the violence of Pan was turned into a reed of which Pan made his pastoral pipe which for her sake he much delighted to play upon Syrtes two dangerous creeks in the Lybian Sea called the greater Syrtis and the lesser Syrtis Systatique Greek compacting ordering or placing together Sysigie Greek a conjunction a joyning or coupling together System Greek a composing or putting together also a Treatise or body of any Art or Science also the compasse of a Song Systole Greek a contraction or drawing together also in Physick it is taken for that motion of the pulse which compresses the heart and arteries as Diastole dilates them also a making short a long vowel T A St. TAbbs or St. Ebbes a Town in the Bishoprick of Durham otherwise called Ebbechester from Ebba a Virgin of the blood Royal of the Northumbers who for the great opinion that was conceived of her Sanctimony was Canonized among the Saints Tabefaction Greek a melting corrupting or consuming Tabellary or Tabellion lat a Scrivener or publick Notary also a Letter-carrier Taberd Sax. a jerkin or coat without sleeves also a Heralds coat of Arms in service Tabernacle lat a Booth or little Shop also a Pavilion or Tent for War There was anciently among the Jews a certain holy Structure so called which was made to remove up and down from place to place Tabernarious lat belonging to Taverns or Shops Tabid lat wasting or pining away Tabitha the proper name of a woman signifying in Hebrew Roebuck Tabouret French a little stool to sit on Tabularious lat belonging to writings evidences or accounts Tabulation lat a fastning together of planks or boards a making a floor Taces in French Cuisseaux armour for the thighs Tachos a King of Aegypt who for jeering at the short stature of Agesilaus was the cause of the breach of the
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
voice a crying out or exclaiming Voculation lat a giving a word its right tone or accent Vogue French powr swey authority Voidance a want of an incumbent upon a benefice Voider a Term in Heraldry being an Ordinary consisting of an Archline moderate bowing from the corner of the chief toward the Nombrill of the Escotcheon Voiding a Term in Heraldry being an exemption of some part of the inward substance of things voidable by reason whereof the field is transparent through the charge Voâ—sinage French neighbourhood Volant or Volatical lat flying or passing swiftly away Volatil lat a Term in Chimystry unfixt apt to evaporate Volitation lat a flying often Volta Ital. a course or turn in riding or in dancing Volubility lat facility or aptnesse in turning about or changing also a quick and easie delivery in speech or pronunciation Voluntary lat done willingly without force or constraint Voluptuous lat given to pleasures or delights Volutation lat a tumbling rolling or wallowing Volutina a certain goddesse among the Romans who according to Varro was said to be the overseer of the little cups or sheaths of Corn wherein the Grain is inclosed which in Latin is called Involucrum as Hostilina was to take care that the Corn was supplied with new ears which is called in Latin Exaequatio or Hostimentum Vomanus a River of Picenum in Italy Vomition lat a vomiting or spewing Voracity lat greedinesse gluttony aptnesse to devour Voraginous lat swallowing up like a Vorago i. a Whirlpool Gulf or Quagmire Voration lat a devouring Votary lat he that binds himself to the performance favour Voucher in Common-law is a calling of one into the Court to warrant or make good Lands bought with warranty for the secure injoying thereof against all men Vowel a letter which soundeth of it self without the help of a consonant U R Vrania see Muses Vranoscopy Greek a viewing or contemplating of the heavens Vrbanity lat the fashion of the City civility courtesie gentlenesse in speech or behaviour Vreter Greek the passage of the Urine from the Reins to the Bladder Vricornium in old times a very famous Citie and the principal in Shropshire built by the Romans the Saxons called it Wrekencoaster from the Hill Wreken near which it stood it is now but a poor Village and called Wreckceter or Wroxcester Vrim and Thummim Hebrew lights and perfections 12 precious stones in the breast-plate of the High-priest which shon like the flame of fire Vrinator lat a diver or swimmer under water Vrn lat a certain Vessel among the ancients where the ashes of dead bodies that had been burnt were kept hence it is taken for any grave or sepulcher it signifieth also a certain liquid measure containing two gallons and a pottle Vroscopy Gr. an inspection of Urines commonly called a casting of water Vrsa Major the great Bear a constellation in the heaven Vrsine lat belonging to a Bear Vrsula the proper name of a woman signifying in Latin a little she Bear Vre Greek from Oros a mountain a kinde of wilde Oxe U S Vsquebagh a strong liquour used among the Irish signifying in that language as much as Aqua vitae Vstion lat a burning Vstulation lat the same also a curling with hot irons Vsufructuary lat reaping the profit of that thing whose propriety belongs to another Vsury lat the taking of interest or use-money for any summe lent Vsurpation lat a having or possessing against right or equity U T Vtas the eighth day following any term or feast Vtensil lat houshold-stuff that which is usefull and necessary about a house Vterine latin belonging to the womb Vtlarie in Latin Vtlagatio a punishment for such as being called into Law do contemptuously refuse to appear whereby they forfeit their goods or lands to the King or State Vtopia the feigned name of a Countrey described by Sir Thomas More as the pattern of a well govern'd Common-wealth hence it is taken by Metaphor for any imaginary or feigned place U V Vveal lat belonging to a Grape like a Grape Vvid lat moist or wet Vulcan the God of fire the son of Jupiter and Juno he was thrown out of heaven for his deformity into the Isle of Lemnos by which fall he became lame he was brought up by Eurynome the daughter of Oceanus and Thetis he was the master of the Cyclops and made Thunderbolts for Jupiter also Hermione's bracelet Ariadne's Crown the Chariot of the Sun the Armour of Achilles and Aeneas c. he would have married Minerva but she refusing him he married Venus whom he having caught in bed with Mars threw a Net over them and exposed them to the view of all the gods Vulgarity lat a being common vulgar or publickly known Vulneration lat a wounding or hurting Vulpine lat belonging to or like a Fox crafty subtle Vulsion lat a pulling Vulturine lat belonging to a Vultur or Geyr being a ravenous kind of bird Vulturnus a certain Town of Campania with a River of the same name Vvula lat the pallat of the mouth U X Vxellodunum a Town of Quercy in France vulgarly called Cadenack Vxorious lat belonging to a wife also fond or doating upon a wife U Z Vzita a Citie of Africa called by Strabo Uxitas W A WAdham Colledge a Colledge in the University of Oxford so called from the name of him that erected it Wafters a Term in Navigation men of War that attend merchants ships to conduct them safe along Wage see Gage To Wage Law to prosecute a law sute A Wagtail a kinde of bird otherwise called a Waterswallow in Latin Motacilla in Ital. Ballarina Waif or Waive the same which the Civilians call derelictum any thing whether it be Cattel strayed or goods stolen and quitted upon Hue and Cry which being found are to be proclaimed sundry Market dayes and if they challenge them within a year and a day are to be restored otherwise they are to belong to the Lord of the Franchise also as a man forsaken of the Law to which he was sworn is said out-lawed so a woman not being sworn to the Law is called Waive Wain Dutch a decreasing defect or want Waive see Waif Wakes certain feasts and solemnities which use to be kept the week after that Saints day to whom the Parish Church was dedicated Walbury Sax. gratious an ancient proper name of several women Waldwin a proper name signifying in the German tongue a Conquerour answerable to the Latin name Victor for Waldin we now use Gawen Walereared a Term in Navigation not shipshapen or when a ship is built right up Walter the proper name of a man signifying in Dutch a Pilgrim or as others say a Woodman Wandsdike contracted from the Saxon Wodensdike i. the Ditch of Woden the Brittish Mars a Ditch of wonderfull work in Wiltshire many miles in length near which Ina King of the West Saxons and Ceoâ—red King of the Mercians joyned battel and departed the field on even hand
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