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

Reiver Fr. a Swartrut●r or Ruyter or German Horsman Also a fashion of long Cloaks usually worn by them see Swart-Ruiter Reiterate reitero to repeat to do or say a thing again Relatist from refero one that rehearseth or relateth a reporter Relative relativum which hath relation to some other thing Relaxate relaxo to loose to set at large to release to undo to refresh Relay from the Fr. Relais a term of Hunting when they set Hounds in readiness where they think a Deer will pass and cast them on after the other Hounds are past by Relief from the Lat. relevo a certain payment which some Heirs being at full age at the death of their Ancestor made to the Lord of whom their Lands were holden at their entrance Bract. l. 2. c. 36. Now taken away by Act 1656 ca 4. and a rent to be paid in lieu thereof Relegation relegatio a banishing a sending away a severing or exiling Where abjuration is in our Common Law a forswearing the Realm for ever Relegation is taken for a banishment for a time onely Shep. Relent relentesco to wax soft or limber also to grow pittiful or compassionate Relevate relevo to raise or list up again also to relieve or asswage Relict relictum a thing left or forsaken a remnant or arrearage It is commonly applied to a Widow who is called the Relict of such a one her deceased Husband Religate religo to tye hard or again to binde fast Reliquary Fr. reliquaire a Coffin Casket or Shrine wherein Relicks are kept Relique● reliquiae things left or remaining Sometimes taken for the bodies or some part of the bodies or somewhat which hath touched the bodies of Saints now in Heaven Reliquator Lat. he that is behinde in payment or in arrear he that hath in his hands some part of that which should be paid Reluctate reluctor to contend strive struggle or wrestle against Remai●der remanentia signifies a power hope or possibility to enjoy Lands Tenements or Rents after the estate of another expired For example a man may let Land to one for term of his life the Remainder to another for term of his life Littleton chap. Atturnment fol. 113. Remancipate remancipo to sell again any thing to him who first sold it to us or to put again into his hands of whom we bought it Remansion remansio an abiding a tarrying behind a remaining Remigation remigatio a rowing or sailing back Remigration remigratio a returning a going back a coming again Reminiscence reminiscentia remembrance of things which were once before in mind Remissible from remitto remittable pardonable forgiveable releaseable Remissionary Fr. remissionaire whose offence is remitted Remonstrance from remonstro a warning admonition declaration a shewing or giving reasons Also an instrument so called by the Romanists and made of silver or gold to expose the blessed Sacrament on the Altar R●mons●rant● see Arminians Remora Lat. a little fish called a Suckstone or Sea Lamprey which cleaving to the Keel of a ship hinders the course of it Also a tarrying hindring or letting Remorse remorsus the worm or sting of conscience staggering of mind repentance for somewhat said or done Remunerate remunero to recompence reward or requite to give one gift for another received Renardism see Regnardism Rencontre Fr. a hap or adventure also a second meeting or encounter as of adverse Troops which on a sudden or by chance fall foul one on another an accidental getting or obtaining Also an apt or unpremeditated jest conceit or witty saying Rendevous Fr. Rendezvous q. rendez vous à le General a place appointed for the Assembly or meeting of Souldiers Renegado Span. Renegat Fr. one that abjures his Religion or forswears his Profession a Souldier that revolts or runs away from his own party to the enemy Renitence or Renitency from renitor a resistance a hard thrusting or endeavoring against It may also come from reniteo and then it signifies a bright shining or glistering Mr. Mont. Renodate renodo to undo or unknit a knot also to knit fast or again Re●ovate renovo to renew or make again to refresh or recreat to begin again Renversed Fr. Renversé over-turned over-thrown turned inside out or upside down perverted Renversed eyes are taken for decayed eyes or those that stand in the head Renumerate renumero to pay money again that was received to retel to recount to number again Renunciate renuncio to make relation to bring word again to report to proclaim or declare openly to tell what is done Renvo● Fr. a sending back a dismission a referring from one to another Repandous repandus bent bowed broad beneath Repartie Fr. a subdivision or re-division also a reply Repast repastus properly a feeding or eating again but in the Inns of Court it signifies a single meal taken in the Hall by any one of the Society who is not in Commons that week Repastinate repastino to dig again about Vines to alter grounds with often digging and laboring Repatriate repatrio to return again to ones Native Country Repensation repensatio a making recompence Repentine repentinus sudden unlooked for unawares Repercussi●e repercussus stricken or striking again beaten or cast back that which redoubles reflects or resounds or that hath power to drive back Repercussive from repercutio a Medicine that repels or drives pain from the place whereto it is applied Repertible from reperio which may be found gotten or recovered Repertitious repertitius that is found by adventure and sometimes by advice Repertory repertorium an Inventory of ones goods a Register List Roll or Index Repignerate repignero to redeem a pledge or gage also to replevy a distress Replete repletus full fat replenished filled Re●ievy Plevina is the bringing of the Writ called Repligiari facias by him that has his Cattel or other goods distrained by another for any cause and putting in surety to the Sheriff that upon delivery of the thing distrained he will prosecute the Action against the distrainer It is also used for the bailing a man Pl. Cor. fol. 72 73 74. Replication replicatio an unfolding a replying a confirmation of ones saying with new allegations See Rejoynder Report is a Relation of the opinion or judgement of a Referree upon any case or difference referred to his consideration by a Court of Justice most commonly the Chancery Reportator Lat he that carries back Reposition repositio a putting or setting again in his place a restitution Reposition of the Forest was an act whereby certain Forest grounds being made Purlieu upon view were by a second view laid to the Forest again Manw. part 1. pag. 178. Repository repositorium a Storehouse or Ware-house to keep things in Reprisal Fr. Reprisaillé a taking a resting or seising on for a distress or pledge also a Prize Reprisals are all one in the Common and Civil Law Est potestas pignorandi contra quemlibet de terra debitoris data creditori pro injuriis damnis acceptis This among the antient Romans was called

with the belly upward negligence idleness Suppedaneous suppedaneus belonging to a foot-stool or any thing that is set under the feet Suppeditate suppedito signifies properly to relieve the skirmishers with footmen to supply or second with foot forces Metaphorically to give or minister sufficiently to supply or furnish what is wanting also to subdue or overcome Suppellecticarious suppellecticarius that pertains to houshold-stuff Suppilation suppilatio a stealing or pilfering Supplant supplanto à planta pedis to put under the foot to trip with the foot also to overthrow to deceive Supplant supplanto à sub planto to plant underneath to under-plant and set up a thing bending to the ground Supplement supplementum that supplies or makes up what is wanting in quantity or number a supply a filling up the number and places of Suppliant Fr. he that intreats humbly or makes supplication an humble suiter also used adjectively Supplicate supplico to beseech or intreat humbly to make humble request Supplice supplcium punishment correction pain torment it is also used for Prayer or Supplication and sometimes for Sacrifice Supplosion Supplosio a stamp or noise with the feet Supposititi●us See Subdititious Suppository suppositorium any thing put up into the fundament to make the body soluble it is commonly made of honey boiled til it grow thick and so made into an apt form for that purpose whereto somtime is added the Yolk of an Egg or Salt when we would have it work the effect more speedily It may be used adjectively for put or set under Supposted suppostus put or set under put in place of another suborned underset Suppuration suppuratio a mattaring a gathering of a Bile or Impostume into a Mattary-head a resolving into Mattar Suppurare says Min. is sub pelle pus agere Quia tunc efficiendum est ut materies apostematis in pus convertatur Supputation supputatio a pruyning or cutting Trees a counting or reckoning Supremacy the being of highest power or authority Supremity supremitas the estate of men after death the last or highest action of any thing Surannation Fr. a growing old stale or above a years date a Commission or Command not executed within the year and day Surbating Fr. Surbatture a beating under as when the Soles of the Feet after a great journey on foot are much beaten and sore Surcharge Fr. a new charg a charge upon a charge or burden upon burden Surcharge of the Forest is the commoning with more Beasts therein then one hath right to Surcle surculus a young Set or Slip a young Graff a Scion a Shoot a young Branch or Twig Surcoat Fr. Surcot an upper garment worn over another a Coat of Arms to wear over Armor Surcrew Fr. surcroist a Surplusage over-measure vantage amends also an overgrowing Surculate surculo to cut off shoots or sprigs from trees to prune trees Surculous surculosus full of shoots or sprigs Surd surdus deaf also he that speaks not insensible Surdity surditas deafness also muteness Surge from surgo a wave Surplusage Fr. Surplus signifies in our Common Law superfluity or addition more then needs which sometimes is a cause that the writ abates Brook tit Nugation and Superfluity fol. 100. Plowden casu Dive and Maningham f. 93. b. It is also sometimes applied to matter of account and signifies a greater disbursment then the charge of the Accomptant amounts to Surprizal Fr. surprinse a sudden taking an assaulting or coming upon a man before he is aware a taking tardy or finding in the manner Surrejoynder is a second defence of the Plaintiffs action opposite to the Defendants Rejoynder And therefore Hotoman calls it Triplicationem quae est secunda actoris defensio contra rei duplicationem opposita Nor doth Hotaman onely call this Triplicationem but the Emperor himself de Replicationibus lib. 4. Instit Titulo 14. Surrender sursum i redditio is an instrument testifying with apt words that the particular Tenant of Lands or Tenements for life or years doth sufficiently consent and agree that he who hath the next or immediate Remainder or Reversion thereof shall also have the particular estate of the same in possession and that he yields up the same unto him For every Surrender ought forthwith to give a possession of the things surrendred West part 1 lib. 2. sect 503. where you may read divers Presidents But there may be a Surrender without writing And therefore there is said to be a Surrender in Deed and a Surrender in Law Surrender in Deed is that which is really and sensibly performed Surrender in Law is intendment of Law by way of consequent and not actual Perkins Surrender fol. 606. and Seq As if a man have a Lease of a Farm and during the term he accept a new Lease this Act is in Law a Surrender of the former Coke vol. 6. fol 11. b. Surreptitious surreptitius stoln or done by stealth falsely come by that no man knows of Surrogate surrogo to put in place of another to make ● Deputy to appoint or put in ones room to substitute or subrogate A Surrogate is one substituted to supply the room of mother most commonly of a Bishop Sursengle Fr. Sursangle a long upper girth Survivor from the Fr. Survivre one that survives over-lives or out-lives another In Law it is taken for the longer liver of two Joyntenants or of any two joyned in the right of any thing Susan Hebr. Lilly or Rose Suzan in the Persian tongue signifies a Needle Susception susceptio an enterprize a taking a thing in hand an undertaking Susceptor Lat. an undertaker Mr Fuller uses it for a Godfather at Baptism Suscitation suscitatio an often stirring up a taking up a taking one out of his sleep a raising up a quickening Suspend suspendo to hang up or upon Also to delay to defer to stay or pause to keep one in suspence and doubt Suspension suspensio a hanging up also doubt incertainty of minde It is used for a temporal stop of a mans right and differs from Extinguishment in this that a right of estate suspended revives again but extinguished dies for ever Brook tit Extinguishment and Suspension f. 314. Supension is also sometimes used in our Common as it is in the Cannon Law pro minori Excommunicatione An. 24. H. 8. c. 12. Suspensories from suspensio or from the Fr. suspensoires certain cords or strings hanging from the Bed-stead for a sick man to take hold of and bear himself up with when he would remove or alter his lying Suspiral Fr. Souspiral a passage for air or breath to come in and go out at a bent or breathing hole hence the Tunnel of a Chimney the Window of a Seller the Mouth of a Cave or Den. In the Statute of 35 H. 8. cap. 10. is seems to be taken for a Spring of water passing under the ground towards a Conduit or Cestern Suspiration suspiratio a sighing an earnest desiring a sighing after or for one Susurrate susurro to whisper to mutter

farcino to stuff Farragirous from farrago inis that is mixed with sundry grains together or with good and bad Vul. Er. Farinaceous or Farinous farinaceus mealy or full of meal bemealed beflowred Farreation farreatio a Sacrifice whereby Priests confirmed marriage Farsang is three of our English miles or a League among the Persians Herb. tra Fasciate fascio to swaddle or bind Fascicular facicularis belonging to a bundle or fardel Fasciculate To tye up into a bundle or fascicle Fascicle fasciculus a handful bound together a packet also any thing carried in the hand to smell Fascinate fascino to bewitch to forespeak or inchant Fascination A bewitching a charm a forespeaking Fascination is the power and intensitive act of the imagination upon the body of another Fa●tidious fastidiosus disdainful loathing soon offended Fastigate Fastigiate fastigio to raise up or grow up to a sharp top Fas●s A strong hold an inaccessible place Bac. Fastuosity fastuositas disdain pride Fatality from fatum fatalness also unavoidableness as of a thing appointed by destiny Cotg. Fate fatum destiny that which must of necessity come to pass by Gods secret appointment Fatal fatalis pertaining to destiny or fate Fatidical fatidicus that telleth fortunes or destinies Fatiferous fatifer that brings fate or destiny Fatigable from fatigo which may be wearied or tired Fatigate fatigo to make weary to trouble much Fatigue Fr. weariness tediousness trouble toyl as we say the Fatigues of war or of a long journey Fatiloquent fatiloquus that soothsaith or prophecieth Fatuate fatuor to play the fool Fatuity fatuitas foolishness blockishness idiotism Favaginous from favus like or full of honey or honey comb Faunes Fauni Gods of the fields and woods Faunick faunicus wild woodish rude Favontan Favonius pertaining to the west-wind favorable Faustity faustitas good luck happiness Fautor Lat. a favorer a furtherer or maintainer Fautresse fautrix she that favors or maintains Fealty of the Fr. feaulte i. fidelitas signifies in our Common Law an oath taken at the admittance of every Tenant to be true to the Lord of whom he holds his Land And he that holds Land by this oath of fealty onely holds in the freest manner that any man in Engl. under the King may hold Because all with us that have Fee hold per fidem fiduciam that is by fealty at the least Smith de Repub. Anglor l. 3. c. 8. Act 1656. c. 4. Feasible Fr. faisable effectable which may be performed acted or done Febricitate febricito to be sick-of a Feaver or Ague Febriculous febriculosus that hath or is subject to a Feaver Februate februo to purge Souls by Sacrifice or Prayer Fecial faecialis pertaining to the Herald that denounceth war or peace The manner was thus The Faecialis carried a Lance or Spear headed with Iron and half burnt with fire and strewed herbs all the way in sign of peace even to the confines of those against whom he was to menace war there in the presence of three men of good years declared that he and the people of Rome did denounce war against them c. And then threw the Lance as far as he could upon their ground When they proclaimed Peace the Faecialis took up a stone in his hand which after certain solemn words pronounced and those to be read in Godwins Anthol lib. 4. cap. 1. he cast out of his hand c. And of these Foeciales or Heralds there were in Rome a Colledge of twenty the principal of them was Pater patratus Feculency foeculentia filthiness fulness of dregs Feculent foeculentus soul unclean loathsom full of dregs Fecundity foecunditas plenty fertility abundance Fedity foeditas filthiness foulness dishonesty Feid Feed or Feud Is that ill custom which hath been much used in Scotland and the North of England viz. a combination of kindred to revenge the death of any of their blood against the killer and all his race These deadly Feids King James in his Basilicon Doron advised his son to redress with all care possible The word signifies hatred See Feud Fee feodum alias feudum is in our Law an equivocal word but most usually taken for an estate of inheritance in Lands to one and his Heirs for ever or to one and the heirs of his body But it is also used for the compass or extent of a Mannor and in the common acceptance the word is well known Fee-farm is when a Tenant holds of his Lord in Fee-simple paying him a yearly rent to half or a third part of the value of the Land more or less Fee-simple feodum simplex is when any person holds Lands or Rent to him and his Heirs for ever and these words his Heirs make the Estate of inheritance for if Land be given to a man for ever yet he hath but an Estate for life Feisible See Feasible Fellifluous fellifluus flowing of the Gall. Felicitae● felicito to make prosperous or hapyy Felth. And I have read Felicify Felicitous from felix happy or made happy Felion from fel i. choler or grief of mind an angry blister or wheal most commonly on the finger or thumbs end Felo de se Is he that commits Felony by murthering himself See Crompt Just of Peace fo 28. and Lamb. Eiren. l. 2. c. 7. p. 243. Feloqur See Falouque Fencemonth is a moneth wherein it is unlawful to hunt in the Forest because the female Deer fawn in this month which begins fifteen days before Midsomer and ends fifteen days after So that to this moneth there are 31 days assigned See Manwood part 1. of his Forest Laws p. 80. but more at large part secunda c. 13. per totum Fenestral fenestralis belonging to a window Felony felonia seems to come of the Fr. felonnie i. impetuositas atrocitas immisericordia We account any offence Felony that is in degree next to petty Treason and compriseth divers particulars under it as Murther Theft killing of a mans self Sodomy Rape wilful burning of houses and divers such like which are to be gathered especially out of Statutes whereby many offences are daily made Felony that before were not Felony is discern'd from lighter offences by this that the punishment thereof is death Howbeit Petit Larceny which is the stealing of any thing under the value of twelve pence is Felony as appears by Brook tit Coron n. 2. His reason is because the Indictment against such a one must run with these words felonicè cepit and yet this is not punished by death though it be loss of goods A man may call that Felony which is under petit Treason and punished by death And of this there are two sorts one lighter that for the first time may be relieved by Clergy another that may not and these are to be known by the Statutes for Clergy is allowed where it is not expresly taken away Vid. Stanf. l. 1. pl. Cor. à fine cap. 2. usque ad 39. Lamb. Just P. l. 2. cap. 7. and Crompt J.P. fol.

fineness Tenure from tenere to hold is the manner whereby Lands and Tenements are holden of their Lords What may make a Tenure and what not See Perkins Reservations 70. By Act of Parl. 1656. ca. 4. all Tenures are now turned into free and common Soccage Tepefie tepefacio to make warm Tephragmantie Gr. divination by ashes blown or cast up in the air Tepid tepidus mean between cold and hot luke-warm also cold and nothing earnest in a matter Tepidity tepiditas lukewarmness Tepor idem Teraphim the Heb. word Taraph signifies in general the compleat image of a man in particular an Idol or Image made for mens private use in their own houses Gen. 31.30 Iudges 17.5 Teribinthine terebinthinus belonging to Turpentine or the tree out of which it issues Terebrate terebro to bore or make a hole with a wimble or awger to pierce to thirle Terebration terebratio a boring or piercing Bac. Tergeminous tergeminus three fold triple one of or the three born at the same time Tergiductor Lat. the hinder man or bringer up of a file of Soldiers Tergiment tergimentum that which is put into the scales to makes weight Tergiversation tergiversatio a flinching withdrawing shifting slinking shrinking back or dodging a non-suit in Law a hasting a runing away yet fighting still See Calumniate Termagant from ter and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. magnus thrice great or great in the superlative degree Sir W.D. Terminals terminalia feasts instituted to the honor of Terminus the god of Bounds and kept in February at the eighth Calends of March because between terminalia and refugium the odd days of the Leap year were put in Terminate termino to end to finish to bound to appoint or assign bounds or marches to limit Terminus the God of Bounds who was wont to end the strifes and controversies of Countrey people in dividing their lands See Lactantius l. 1. c. 20. Ternary Ternarious ternarius belonging to the number three Ternion ternio the number three Terra-sigillata Lat. an earth brought from the Isle Lemnos it was used to be sent from thence sealed therefore called sigillata and said to be good for curing wounds stopping fluxes expelling poisons c. Tertae-filius i. son of the earth the name of the Fool in the Acts at Oxford Terrene terrenus earthly that lives on the earth or is done on the earth Terrestrial Idem Terrestrify to make earthly or like earth Br. Terrar or Terrer from terra a particular or survey of a Mannor or of ones whole estate of lands containing the quantity of acres and boundaries thereof In the Exchequer there is a Terrar of all the Glebelands in England made about the II. of Edw. 3. Sometimes used for a suit-roll or catalogue of all the tenants and Residents names within a Mannor and what Lands they hold Terre-tenant i. tenens terram is he who hath the natural actual possession of the land which we otherwise call the occupation A. 39 Eliz. cap. 7. For example a Lord of a Mannor hath a Freeholder who lets out his free land to another this third person is called the Terre-tenant West part 2. Simb tit Fines sect 137. Terricrepant terricrepus that rebuketh terribly or bitterly Terrisonant terrisonus that sounds terribly Territory territorium the Country or Continent of land lying within the bounds of a City Town or Lordship Terrulent terrulentus earthy or earthly made of earth Terse tersus clean pure neat as a terse Oration i. neat or well-pen'd Tertiate tertio to Till ground or do any thing the third time to tri-fallow as they say in Herefordshire Tertiary tertiarius of or belonging to the third or the third sort tertian Tessera Lat. a thing in every part square as a Dye Also a watchword or signal a note mark or token c. Tesserarious tesserarius belonging to Tessera or a Dye Test is a broad instrument made of Maribone ashes hooped about with iron on which Refiners do fine refine and part gold and silver from other Mettals or as we use to say put them to the Test Testaceous testaceus made of tile brick or baked earth that hath a shell Testaceous animals are such as have shels as all shel-fish snails c. Testament testamentum i. testatio mentis the witness of of the minde as the last Will Testament is of which there are two sorts viz. nuncupatory and in writing The first is when a man being sick and for fear least death want of memory or speech should come so suddenly upon him that he should be prevented if he staid the writing his Will desires his neighbours and friends to bear witness of his last Will and then declares the same by words before them which after his decease being proved by the witnesses and put in writing by the Ordinary stands in as good force except for lands as if it had in his life time been put in writing c. Some distinguish Testaments from Wills as if the first concerned lands onely and the other personal estate Of this read the Duty of Executors Testamentatious testamentarius belonging to a Testament or last Will. Testation testatio a witness bearing Testator Lat. he that makes a Will or Testament Testatrix Lat. she that does so Testicular testicularis belonging to the stones of man or beast Teston Fr. a piece of silver coyn worth about 18 d. sterl Testification testificatio a proving by witness a witness-bearing Testudineous testudineus belonging to or bowing like the shell of a Tortoise vaulted Also pertaining to that antient War-engine called Testudo or to the Target-fence of both which see Godw. Anthol p. 180. Tetanical tetanicus that hath the crick in the neck or a kinde of cramp which holds the neck so stiff that it cannot bow Tetra Gr. four hence Tetracord tetrachordium an antient instrument with four strings but now it is taken for every fourth in the Scale of Musick or Gamut Tetrade Fr. a quaternity or mess the proportion or number of four Tetraglottical Gr. that hath or consists of four Tongues or Languages Tetragonal tetragonus that is four square as a tetragon or quadrangle Tetragrammaton Gr. that hath four letters The Hebrews so called the great Name of God Jehovah because in their language it was written with four letters and was held in such reverence among them that it was unlawful to pronounce it Tetralogie Gr. a speaking or writing in four parts Among the Antients it was a kind of Tragedy consisting of four Dramma's as the manner was when they contested to be presented at four several Festivals Tetrameter Gr. a kind of verse having but four feet or measures Tetraptote tetraptotum declined in four cases Tetrach Gr. a Governor of the fourth part of a Country Tetrarchy tetrachia the goverment of the fourth part of a Country or a government of the whole by four persons Tetrastick tetrastichon a sentence or Epigram comprised in four verses Tetrasyllabical tetrasyllabicus that hath or contains four syllables