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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	island_n	lie_v	south_n	5,603	5	9.7081	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54746	The new world of English words, or, A general dictionary containing the interpretations of such hard words as are derived from other languages ... together with all those terms that relate to the arts and sciences ... : to which are added the significations of proper names, mythology, and poetical fictions, historical relations, geographical descriptions of most countries and cities of the world ... / collected and published by E.P.	Phillips, Edward, 1630-1696?	1658 (1658)	Wing P2068; ESTC R14781	461,103	384

Angle a corner also a Term in Geometry being the concurse of two lines meeting together so as that they do not make one line Angles also are the most powerfull houses for a Planet therein hath more power and efficacy then another in any other house that is but equally dignified The Angles are these viz. The first house or the East Angle the tenth or the South Angle the seventh house or the West Angle and the fourth or the North Angle Anglia a part of great Brittain now called England Anglesey an Island lying over against Caernarvon in Wales it was anciently the seat of the Druides and was called by the Brittains Ynis Dowil and the land of Mon in Latin Mona It was first attempted by Paulinus Swetonius and afterwards brought under the Roman Empire by Julius Agricola many ages after it was Conquered by the English-men and thence derived this name as it were the English-mens Island Anguineous Latin pertaining to a snake Anguish Latin Anguor French Angoisse grief agony Angular Lat. full of Angles or Corners Angus a County in the South-part of Scotland called in Latin Angusia anciently Aenia Angust Lat. narrow Anhelation lat a difficulty in fetching ones breath Anility lat feminine old age Animadversion lat a lending ones attention as it were a turning ones mind that way also a correcting Animal lat a creature indued with life and sence Animalillio Spanish a little animal Animosity lat stoutnesse stomack willfulnesse Anlace old word a dudgeon a half dagger Annals lat Histories of passages acted from year to year Annandale a County in the North part of Scotland so called as it were the Vale by the River Anan it was in old time inhabited by a people called Selgovae Annarian law a law among the Romans concerning the age wherein a man might sue for or exercise any publick Office Annates lat first fruits paid out of spiritual benefices Anne Hebr. the proper name of a woman signifying gracious full of mercy Anneal to paint upon glasse Annexation the uniting of lands or other Rents of the Crown Anselm Germ. defence of Authority a proper name Annibal a great Captain of the Carthaginians and the son of Amilcar he overthrew Sempronius at Trebia Flaminius at the Lake Thrasymene and Paulus Aemylius at Cannae he was beaten by Marcellus and afterwards at Zama by Scipio Africanus at last flying to Prusia King of Bythinia he there poysoned himself Annihilation latin a reducing to nothing Anniversary lat down yearly at a certain time or celebrated every year Annon a Carthagian that coveted to be a God and taught birds to sing Annon is a God Anodynous as much as to say pain-easing or without pain Anodynous Medicaments are such as are appropriated to give ease by stupifying the sences such are Soporifics and Narcotics Annotation lat a nothing or marking an Exposition upon any writing Annoy to trouble hurt Annueler old word secular Annuity lat a yearly Pension in Common-law the difference between Annuity and Rent is this that Rent is payable out of land Annuity charges onely the person of the Grantor Annul lat to make void q. annihil Annulet lat a little Ring or any thing made in the form of a Ring Annunciation lat a telling or declaring a thing as it were a doing a message unto also the day of the Virgin Marie which falls on the 25th of March Anoysance or Nusance French a hurt or damage in law it signifieth a trespasse upon a Neighbours ground by stopping up his water or hindring his light Anomalous Greek unequal uneven Anonymous Greek namelesse without a name Anopsie Greek privation of sight Anorexy Greek one of the Symptomes of the stomack being a want of appetite Antaeus the son of Neptune and Terra who fighting with Hercules recovered strength as often as he touch't his mothers earth but at length Hercules holding him up from the ground killed him Antagonist Greek an adversary Antalope a Syrian Heart swift of foot and having long Horns Antarctick Greek a word used in Astronomy the Antarctick Pole being the Southern Pole so called because it is contrary to the Arctick Pole the Antarctick Circle contrary to the Arctick Circle Antares Arab. the Scorpions heart a Term in Astrology Anteacts lat deeds or actions done in times past Anteambulation lat a walking before Antecedaneous lat foregoing Antecedent latin the same also excelling having a relative also a Term in Logick the first proposition of a Syllogisme Antecessours Forefathers Acestors as it were Foregoers Antecursor lat a forerunner Antedate to date a Letter before the time Antedeluvian lat being before the floud Anteloquie lat a Preface also a Term among stage players signifying their turn or cue Antemeridian hour lat hour before-noon Antenor a Trojan Prince who coming into Italy with the Heneti and Paphlagones built Antenorea since called Padua Anteoccupation lat see praeoccupation Anteri●r lat foremost on the foreside Antevene lat to prevent to come before Anthem Greek a Divine song wherein each verse is sung by Church-men in their courses Anthologie Greek a treating of flowrs also a florid discourse Anthony the proper name of a man signifying in Greek flourishing Anthropomorphites Greek a Sect of Hereticks that began in Aegypt in the year 395. their chief Tenet was that God had a Corporeal shape Anthropopathy Greek a being indued with the passions or affections of men Anthropophagi Greek men eaters Antiaxiomatisme Greek that which is against any known Axiome Antichrist Greek an opposer of Christ. Antichthones Greek a people that dwell on that part of the earth which is opposite to ours going with their feet directly against ours Anticipated lat prevented Anticlea the daughter of Diocles who being defloured by Sisyphus brought forth Vlysses Antidicomarians a sort of Hereticks that were against the Virgin Mary Antidote Greek a Medicine given to preserve one against poyson or infection Antigonus one of Alexanders Captains who afterwards became possessour of Asia † Antigraph Greek a Copy a Counterpane Antike work a Term in painting or Carving it being a disorderly mixture of divers shapes of men birds flowr's c. Antilogie Greek a contradicting or opposing Antimony a certain kinde of stone inclining towards silver and found in silver Mines Antinomians Greek a Sect of people that hold legal services to be unprofitable and that God sees no sin in children this Sect was begun somewhat above a hundred years ago by one John Islebius a German Antioeci those that dwell under half of the Meridian and paralels of a like distance from the Aequator but the one North-ward and the other South-ward Antipagments lat garnishings in Posts or Doors wrought in Stone or Timber Antipast the first dish that is served up at a meal Antipathy Greek a secret contrariety in nature a contrariety of humours and inclinations Antiperistasis Greek a philosophical word signifying the strengthning and opposing of any quality against its contrary as of cold against heat or the

with winged Dragons through the air she sent him to teach mortals the use of corn whence she was adored as the Godesse of Agriculture Cerinthians a sort of Hereticks who held that Christ at his second coming should give to his people all carnal delights and pleasures they had their original in the year 97 from one Cerinthus Cerna an Island in the Aethiopick Sea where the North Pole is not seen by some thought to be the same with Madagascar Ceromatick Greek anointed with oil Cerones a certain people anciently inhabiting that part of Scotland which is now called Assinshire Cerote Greek a kind of sear-cloth or plaister A Certificate a writing made in any Court to give notice to another Court of any thing done therein Certification of Assize of novel disse●sin a Writ granted for the examining of a matter passed by Assize before the Justices and is called a Certification of new disseisin Certificando de recognitione stapulae a Writ directed to the Maior of the Staple taken before him in a case where the party himself refuseth to bring it in Certiorari is a Writ issuing out of the Chancery to an inferiour Court to call up the Records of a cause depending there upon complaint made by the bill that the party seeking the said Writ hath received hard dealing Cervine Lat. belonging to a hart also of a ta●ny or hart-colour Ceruse Lat. white-lead refined out of the Mine used by Chyrurgians for ointments by painters for the painting of a white colour Cesata or Cesada a City of Spain between Emerita and Caesar-Augusta To Cespitate Lat. to stumble Cessation Lat. a leaving off a ceasing Cessavit a Writ lying upon this general ground where a man hath neglected to perform such service or to pay such rents as he is tied to by his tenure To Cesse from the Lat. Censere to leave off to be idle also to tax Cession Lat. a yeilding or giving place Cest Lat. a marriage-girdle which the Bride useth to wear and which is loosed by the Bridegroom the first night Cetaceous Lat. belonging to a Whale Ceus an Island where all men above 60 years old were commanded by the law to poison themselves that there might be no scarsity of provision for the rest C H Cha the leaf of a tree in China which being infused into water serves for their ordinary drink Chace French a warren also a term in the game at tennis Chafewax an officer in Chancery that fits the wax for the sealing of Writs and such other instruments as are thence to be sent out Chaffare a buying and selling from the Dutch word Kauffer a Buyer Chaffinch a kind of bird so called because it delighteth in chaff Chagrin French care heavinesse also a disease caused by melancholy Chaine the decimal chaine is an instument used in surveying made of round wire 16 foot in length Chaines is used by a figure called metonymie of the Adjunct for captivity and sometimes in an amorous sense Cleopat Chalcedon a Citie of Asia near Bosphorus Thracius it was built by the Megarenses who were called Caeci or blinde because they did not choose the other side where Constantinople stands Chalcographer Greek an ingraver in brasse Chaldaea a Countrey of Asia the greater bordering upon Arabia their chief Citie is Babylon and the people have ever been famous for Astrology and Magick Chaldron a certain measure of coales containing 36 bushels Chalice a holy vessel wherewith they had wont to sacrifice Challenge a Term in Common-law signifying an exception against persons or things as a prisoner may except against the partial impanelling of a Jury or against the insufficiency of the Jurors Chalons blankets or coverings Chalybeate Lat. of the temper or quality of Steel Chalybes a people of Asia the lesse dwelling upon the banks of Thermodoon Strabo calls them Chaldaeans they had great store of Iron Steel Mines whence some think Chalybs comes to signifie Steel A Chamber in gunnery is a charge made of brasse or iron to put in at the breech of a Murtherer Chamberdekins Irish beggars Chamberlain of a Citie is the chief keeper of the publick treasury from Camera or Chamber the place where the Treasury is kept there be also two Officers of this name in the K. Exchequer Chameleon see Cameleon Chamelot or Chamblet a kinde of water'd stuff mixed with Camels hair A Chamfer a word in Architecture being an artificial gutter or crevice made in a pillar Chamois or Chamoy a wilde Goat of whose skins they make Chamois leather Champernouns see Campernulphs Champerty French signifieth in Common-law the maintenance of a man in his suit depending on condition to have part of the Land or Goods when they are recovered Champion French one that fighteth in anothers behalf the Kings Champion is one who is to come armed on hors-back upon the Kings Coronation day and in the presence of the Nobles to challenge any who shall affirm the King not lawfull Heir to the Crown by this Tenure the Dimmocks hold a manner at Scrivelby in Lincolnshire Chananaea the holy land bounded on the East by Euphrates and the River Jordan on the West by Aegypt on the South by Arabia on the North by Libanus Chancellour from the Latin word Cancelli Latices with which in former time the judgement seats were compassed it is a title of honour given unto him who is the chief man next unto the Prince for matter of justice in civil affairs having power to moderate and temper the written Law according to equity also the Chancellour of the Exchequer is a supream Officer appointed to moderate the extreamities in Exchequer Chancery the Court of Equity Conscience moderating the severity of other Courts that are more strictly tied to the rigour of the Law the Officers belonging to this Court are the Lord Chancelour who is chief Judge twelve masters of the Chancery whereof the master of the Roll's is chief the Clerk of the Crown the six Clerks with many others Chanfron the name of an Italian coyn valuing about twenty pence A Chantepleur French he that singeth and weepeth together A Chanter he that singeth divine service in a Church or Chappel Chanticleer French a name often given to a Cock for its clear singing Chaonia the hilly part of Epirus which Helenus the son of Priamus so named from his brother Chaon whom he there slew against his will while he was a hunting Chaos Greek a confused indigested heap Chapin Spanish a high Cork-heel'd shooe Chaplain from Capella a Chappel he that dependeth upon the King or other great person for the instruction of him and his family Chaplet a wreath or Garland for the head from the Latin word Caput Chapter in the common and Canon-law signifieth a company of Clergy-men met together in a Cathedral conventual or collegiate Church and this company is a kinde of head to rule and govern the Diocesse in the vacation of the Bishoprick it is also a word of Architecture signifying the top

or head of a pillar Character Greek the print or seal of any thing a Note in Chronology also the name of printers several sorts of Letters Characteristick belonging to a Character Chardford a Town in Hantshire heretofore called Cerdeford from Cerdick that warlike English Saxon who obtained a great victory over the Saxons Chare a kinde of fish which breeds most peculiarly in Winandermere in Lancashire A Charge in Blazon is that thing whatsoever that doth occupy the field of an Escutcheon as the contained in the containing Charientisme Greek gracefulnesse also a Rhetorical figure when we sweeten harsh expressions with softer terms Charing-crosse a famous monument which stood not long since at the end of the strand towards Westminster it was erected by King Edward the first in memory of his Queen Eleanor who accompanying him to the holy war suck't the poyson out of his eye when it had been wounded by a More with an envenom'd sword this crosse was utterly demolish't not many years since Charlatenerie French a cousening cheating or cogging from Carlatan a Mountebank Charles a proper name contracted from the Dutch words Gar and Ethel signifying all Noble Charles wain certain starres near the North-pole Charmes certain verses or expressions which are thought to have a bewitching power also taken figuratively for surprizing attractions and allurements Artamenes A Charnel-house a place where dead bones are laid Charon the son of Erebus and night whom the Poets faign to be the ferryman of Hell and to carry the Souls of those that die over the stygian Lake in a Boat Chart Lat. a paper or parchment or written deed Charter-house a famous Hospital in London founded by Sir Waltermany of Henault who served under King Edward the third in the French wars this place was anciently a very noted Caemitery or place of burial Charters French written Evidences of things done between party and party also Letters Pattents wherein priviledges are granted by the King to Towns and Corporations Charterparty a Term in Merchandize a Covenant or Agreement between a Merchant and the Master of a ship Chartulary a keeper of a Register roll or Reckoning book Charvil or Chervil an Herb called in Latin Cerefolium Charybdis a Gulph in the Bay of Sicily near the Tauromitanian shore which is feign'd to have been a woman of prodigious greedinesse who for stealing Hercules his Oxen was struck with Thunder by Jupiter and turned into this Gulf. Chasma Greek a wide gap or opening of the earth Chasteleyn a word used by Chaucer signifying a Gentle-woman of a great house Chasuble French a kinde of Cope which the Priest and his assistants wear at Masse Chattels French a Term in Common-law signifying all goods moveable and immoveable but such as are in the nature of a freehold or a parcel thereof Chattesworth a stately house in Darbyshire built by Sir William Cavendish or Candish Chaumond an ancient and Noble family of Lancels in Cornwall written in Latin Records de Calvo Monte. Chaud-melle signifieth in the practick of Scotland a fault committed in a sudden Tumult A Chauncel the most sacred part of a Temple or Church so called from Cancelli or Lattices which separate that part from the rest of the Church the Greeks call it Adyton Chaunce medley signifies in Common-law the casual slaying of a man Chauncery see Chancery Chaworths the name of a very Noble family of Ailesbury in Buckinghamshire they were so called as descending from Cahors a Town of Querce a Province of France in Latin Records they are stiled de Cadurcis Cheap-gild a restitution made by the Hundred or County for any wrong done by one that was in plegio Checkie a term in Heraldry as a bordure checkie is when the bordure consisteth of three panes of checquer-work wherein it differs from counter-pany which never exceeds two panes Chief a term in Common law as lands holden in Chief See Capite Also a term in Heraldry being a line added to the upper or chief part of an Escutcheon and contains a third part thereof Chiefpledge the same as Headborow Constable Tything-man Chekel●ton a stuff like motly Chaucer Chelandri a Goldfinch a word used by Chaucer Chelidon a pretious stone which they say is found in the belly of a Swallow Chelidonie an herb so called from the Greek word Chelidon which signifies a Swallow Chelmerford a Town in Essex so called from the River Chelmer it is commonly known by the name of Chensford In the reign of King Henry the first it belonged to Maurice Bishop of London who built here two bridges Some think it to be the same with that which was anciently called Canonium Chelonophagi a certain people bordering upon Carmania who feed onely upon Tortoises covering their houses with the shells of them being so large that one of them will serve to make a ship Chemnis an Island which is driven to and fro by the wind wherein there is a Temple consecrated to Latona Cherisaunce old word comfort Chersonesus Greek a tract of land almost invironed by the Sea and joyned to the Continent by an Istthmus or narrow neck of land it is called in Latin Peninsula Chert or Cheort old word love jealousie Chertes merry people Chaucer Cherubim or Cherub an Hebrew word signifying fulnesse of knowledge one of the nine orders of Angels Cheslip a kind of little vermin that lies under tyles Chest old word subject Chesten French a chessnut Chester see Westchester Chestoul poppie To Cheve old word to thrive Cheveril leather a kind of soft tender leather from the French word Chevereul a wild goat of whose skin some say it is made or else from the River Charwel in Oxfordshire which is famous for dressing of leather Cheverons French the strong rafters and cheifs that met at the top of the house to hold up the covering of the house also a term in Heraldry being one of the ordinaries of an Escutcheon made in fashion of a triangle Chevesal a Gorget Chaucer To Chevice old word to redeem Chevin a certain fish having a great head from the French word Chef a head Chevisaunce a composition or agreement between the debtour and creditour from the French word Chever to come to a head Chevronel a term in Blazon being a half Cheveron Chibboll a little onion Chichester the name of a famous City of Sussex formerly called Cissancester i. the City of Cissa because it was built by Cissa King of the South-Saxons It hath a very stately Cathedral and in the reign of William Rufus the Bishops See was translated from Selsey hither Child-wit a law-term signifying a power to take a fine of your bond-woman begotten with child without your consent Chiliade Greek the number of a thousand Chiliarch Greek a Commander of of a thousand men a Colonel Chiliasts Greek a sect of men who are also called Millenaries who hold that Christ shall come and reign personally upon Earth with his Saints a thousand years Chilo the Lacedemonian one of the 7 Wisemen of Greece whose

the pelt or skin of a dead sheep Pelure rich Fur. Pelusium one of the seven mouths of Nile now called Damiata Pembroke the chief Town of Pembrokeshire in Brittish called Penbro i. a Cape or Head of the Sea Pen signifying in the Brittish tongue a head It hath a little Castle built by Arnulph of Montgomery brother to the Earle of Shrewsbury which Girald his Constable valiantly holding out with a small Garrison against the force of all South-Wales laying siege to it thereby purchased to himself much honour and raised his Family to a great height from which the Giraldines and Fitzgiralds in Ireland are descended Penarious lat belonging to victuals or provision Penates lat houshold-gods Pencills certain small instruments made of Bears Ermin's or Hogs hairs put into quills of several sizes which Painters use to paint withal A Pendant a Jewel q. Pendent i. hanging down also Pendants in a Ship are short ropes made fast at one end either to the head of the mast or to a yard or to the clew of a sail Pendiloches French a term in Jewelling the lowest part of Jewels that dangle and hang down Pendulous lat hanging down in a rope clammy Penelope the daughter of Icarius and the wife of Vlisses she being careful to preserve her chastity in her husbands absence being importuned by many suiters who having been put off a great while were at last resolved to ravish her she desired onely so much time till she had made an end of what was upon her distaff which when she had obtaind she ravelled over night what she had spun in the day time by which means she put them off till her husband returned home Penetrable lat to be pierced or bored thorough Peneus a River of Thessaly upon whose bank Daphne was turned into a Laurel-tree near unto which is a most pleasant Vallie called the Peneian Vallie Peninsule lat a tract of Land which is almost an Island onely joyned to the continent by a narrow neck of Land called an Isthmus Penitential lat sorrowfull penitent also moving to repentance Penitentiary lat a Priest that imposeth what penance upon an offender he thinks fit also a place in Rome where Priests sit and hear the confessions of those that come unto them to that end Pennigerous lat bearing feathers winged feathered Pennant see Pendant Pennocrucium the ancient name of a Town in Staffordshire called from thence at this day Pencridge Penon French a flagge or banner in warre also a streamer in a ship also a Term in Heraldry Penoncels little Penons Pensans i. the Cape or head of Saints or as some interpret it the head of sands near which is that famous Rock called Main-Amber or Marine-Amber which being equally counterpoised upon a lesser Rock may be stirred by the push of a finger but cannot be removed out of its place by a multitude of men Pensitation or Pensiculation lat a diligent considering weighing or pondering Pension lat a stipend or ordinary payment Pensive French sad heavy sorrowfull Pentahedrical figure Greek a Mathematical Term being a figure which hath five sides Pentaglottical Greek skilfull in five tongues having several languages Pentagonal Greek having angles or corners Pentameter Greek a verse consisting of five feet Pentasticks Greek Stanza's consisting of five verses also Porches having five rows of Pillars Pentateuch Greek the five books of Moses also any volume consisting of five books Pentecontarck Greek a Captain that hath the command of fifty men Pentecost Greek the feast of Whitsuntide so called because it is the 50th day from Christs resurrection Penthesilea a Queen of the Amazons who coming to help the Trojans was slain by Achilles Pentheus the son of Echion and Agave the daughter of Cadmus he was torn in pieces by his mother and sister for despising the rites of Bacchus Penurie lat want need poverty Pepin a King of the Francks and father of Charles the Great he reduced the Lombards to the obedience of the Church for which he had the title of most Christian King bestowed upon him and his successours by Pope Zacharie Peple lat a hood or kerchief also a a kinde of imbroidered vesture Pepti●k Greek concoctive or digestive Peracter a Mathematical instrument the same as circumferentor Peraction lat a performing or finishing a businesse Peragration lat a travelling or wandring about Perambulation lat a walking through or about Perangust lat very narrow Percepier a certain Herb growing in some parts of Somersetshire it hath small flowrs of a greenish hew and is good to provoke urine Per●eptible lat perceiveable or to be apprehended The Perch-stone a white stone found in the head of a Perch Percival a proper name from Percheval a Town in Normandy Percolation lat a straining through Percontation or Percunction lat a diligent searching inquiring or demanding Percullis see Poursuivant at Arms. Percussion lat a striking or hitting Perdiccas a stout Macedonian one of the Commanders of Alexander the Great Perdition lat destruction utter losse Perdix the Nephew of Daedalus he found out the use of the saw for which being envied of his Uncle and by him cast down from a high Towr he was changed into a Patridge Perduction lat a leadingh through Perdues a Term in Military discipline certain chosen Companies who are put upon the most desperate services from the French word Perdu i. lost Perduellion or Perduellisme lat an open act of Hostility Perduration lat a lasting very long Peregrine the proper name of a man in Latin Peregrinus i. out-landish also a Hawk of the kinde of Falcons Peregrination lat a going on Pilgrimage a travailing into far Countreys in Astronomy it is an essential debility as when a Planet is in a sign wherein he is altogether a stranger by being neither in his House Exaltation Trine Term or face and therefore then he is very weak Peremptorie lat absolute without exexception or excuse from Perimere i. utterly to take away Perendination lat a putting off for a day Perennity lat continuance long lastingnesse Pererration lat a wandring up and down Perfidie lat treachery falsness breach of faith or trust Perforation lat a boring or piercing through Perfretation lat a wading through Perfrication or Perfriction lat a rubbing or chasing throughly Perfunctorie lat carelesly or negligently done Pergamus a Citie of Natolia where Parchment or Vellum was invented which is thence called Pergamena † Pergraphical Greek work-man-like artificial Periander a Tyrant of Corinth the son of Cypselus he was accounted one of the seven wise-men of Greece Pericardie Greek the film or thin skin wherein the heart is enwrapped Periclitation lat an adventuring hazarding or endangering Pericranie Greek the hairy scalp or skin that covereth the skull Perigee Greek that point of heaven wherein the Sun or any other Starre is nearest the Center of the earth Perillus see Phalaris Perimeter Greek the outermost line of any solid body also a verse that hath a syllable above the just measure