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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

one another As Father and Son superior and inferior Husband and Wife c. Correption correptio a correcting in words a rebuking a snatching away Correptory from corripio that rebuketh or chastiseth that snatches away Correspond correspondeo i. concorditer respondeo to answer concordingly agreeingly or in the same proportion to accord or consent together to run one and the same course together Correspondent agreeable proportionable or answerable to another thing Corridor A curtain in Fortification Corrigible corrigibilis that may be corrected or amended Corrivals corrivales they who have water from or use the same River And metaphorically a Competitor in love or they that love one and the same woman Corrivality corrivalitas the love of a Corrival a corrivalship Corroborate corroboro to make strong to harden or confirm Corrode corrodo to gnaw about to eat away Also to back-bite Corrodie See Corodie Corrodible corrodibilis that may be gnawn or eaten away Vul. Er. Corrosive corrosivus gnawing or eating about biting as it were a nipping the very heart Also a fretting plaister or any thing which being laid to the body raiseth blisters and makes it sore Corrugation corrugatio a wrinkling or furrowing of the skin a frowning Corsary Fr. Corsaire a Courser Corslet from the Ital Corsalletto armor for the breast and back Corse-present See Mortuary Corticated corticatus that hath a rind or bark Corvine corvinus pertaining to or like a Raven or Crow black as a Crow Coruscant coruscans glistering shining or lightning Coruscation coruscatio a flash of lightning or a kind of seeming sparkling fire which appears in Mines by night 'T is saith an Author a glistering of fire rather then fire indeed and a glimmering of lightning rather then lightning it self Corve● Ital. a prancing or continual dancing of a horse of Service Hence to corvet is to leap or prance as a Horse of Service doth Cor●bant Corybantes Cybeles or Cybelles Priests so called from Corybantus one of her first Attendants To play the Corybant is to run madly up and down playing on a Cymbal and wagging the head as those Priests were wont to do Also to sleep with open eyes Cosc●mancy coscinemantia a divining by a Sieve Co-si●ificativ● from con and significo of the same signification with another thing Cosm●s Gr. mundus the world Hence Cosmarchy cosmarchia the power of the Devil the government of the world Cosmical cosmicus of the world worldly In Astronomy we term that the Cosmical ascension of a Star when it ariseth together with the Sun or the same degree of the Ecliptick wherein the Sun abides Vul. Er. 224. Cosmodelyte may be derived from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 mundus and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 timidus or miser and so Englished one fearful of the world or a worldly wretch Cosmography cosmographia the description of the world in general This Art by the distance of the Circles in Heaven divides the Earth under them into her Zones and Climats and by the elevation of the Pole considers the length of the day and night with the perfect demonstration of the Suns rising and going down c. And is best handled by Pliny in his Natural History Cosmographer cosmographus a describer of the world Cosmographical pertaining to Cosmography Cosmology Gr. a speaking of the world Cosmopolite from Cosmos mundus and Polites Cives a Citizen of the world or Cosmopolitan Cosmometry Gr. a measuring of the world It is thus defined Cosmometry shewes the reason of the world by measures of degrees and minutes of the Heavens and the differences of Climates days and nights the elevation of the Poles diversity of the noon Tides and shadows in Dyals and divides it self into Cosmography and Geography 1. part Treasury Costrel or Cas●rel a kind of bottle to carry wine or such like in Couchant Fr. couching or lying on the ground See Levant and Counchant Covent or C●vent conventus a multitude of men assembled together The whole number of religious persons dwelling in one house together which according to Chaucer in the Sompners Tale is but thirteen viz. twelve and the Confessor A Cloister or Abby of Monks or Nuns Hence Covent-Garden took denomination because it belonged to that Covent or religious House now called Whitehal which heretofore belonged to the Black Friers by the gift of the Earl of Kent Stow. Sur. 487. Coverture is a French word and signifies any thing that covers as Apparrel a Coverlet c. In our Common Law it is particularly applied to the estate and condition of a married woman who by the Laws of the Realm is in potestate viri under coverture or Covert baron and therefore disabled to make any bargain or contract without her husbands consent or privity or without his allowance or confirmation Brook hoc titulo per totum Coulant Fr. gliding slipping slowing gently along Count Fr. Comte an Earl Couldray is the name of a noble House belonging to the Lord Viscount Montagu in Sussex in French it signifies a Hasel wood or Grove whence perhaps it took denomination Counter-compone a term in Herauldry as if you say a Cross Counter-compone that is a Cross compounded of two sundry colours or three See Accidence of Armory fol. 54. The Counter or Contor Is the name of two Prisons in London wherein Debtors and others for misdemeanors are imprisoned so called from a Contor which in high Dutch signifies locus seclusus a Prison Countermure or Counter scarf in a fortified Town is a bank of a Ditch or Mount opposite against the wall See Contramure A Counterround Fr. contreronde when one round goes one way and another another Also a certain number of Officers and Commanders going to visit the Watch of the Corps de guard Sentinels or the Rounds to see if they are diligent in performing their duty Countertaile or Countertallie Fr. Contretaile a Tally to confirm or confute another Tally It is a peece of wood which the one party keeps that is cut off from another peece kept by the other party and so when both meet with their Tallies they score up the number of what is delivered and received by cutting a notch with a knife Min. Coupant Fr. cutting cleaving lopping mowing carving Court-Baron Curia Baronis is a Court that every Lord of a Mannor which in antient times were called Barons hath within his own Precincts Of this and Court Leet read Kitchin Cou●tisan Fr. Courtesane a Lady Gentlewoman or waiting woman of the Court Also but less properly a professed Strumpet famous or infamous Whore Courteue of England Lex Angliae is used with us for a Tenure For if a man marry an Inheritrix seized of Land in Fee-simple or in Fee-tail general or as Heir in Tail special and gets a child of her that comes alive into the world though both it and his Wife die forthwith yet if she were in possession he shall keep the land during his life and is called Tenant by the Curtesie of England Glanvil l. 7 ca. 18.

a horse-race Hippogryph hippo-gryps a kind of feigned beast in part horse in part Griffin Hippomachy hippomachia a justing or tilting on horseback Hircine hircinus goatish of a Goat Hirculation hirculatio a disease in the Vine when it bears no fruit Hirsuts hirsutus rough hairy full of bristles sharp Hirundinous from ●hirundo inis of or pertaining to a swallow Hispanian Hispanus of or belonging to Spain born in Spain Hispid hispidus bristled or rough-haired terrible Historiography historiographia the writing an History Histriographer historiographus an historian a writer of Histories Histrionick histrionicus player-like fit for or belonging to a Stage-player or Stage-play Histrionically after the manner of a Stage-Player Hithe as Queen-Hithe in London is a petit Haven to land wares out of vessels or boats New Book of Enteries fol. 3. Col. 3. Hoane Sax. a fine kind of Whetstone softer then that which is most commonly called a Whetstone Hoblers hobellarii In Ireland there were certain Knights so called because they were wont to serve in the wars upon Hobbies also with us certain persons who were by their tenure tyed to maintain a little light Nag which in Ireland they call a Hobby and hence we say a Hobby-horse for the certifying of any invasion made by Enemies or such like peril towards the Sea side as Portsmouth c. Of these you shall read A. 18. Ed. 3. Stat. 2. cap. 7. An. 25. ejusdem Stat. 5. cap. 8. Antiq. Hib●rn p. 35. Hocktyde or Hockstyde of old thus Hardiknute the last King of the Danes in this Nation dying suddainly at Lambeth in the year 1042 his death was so welcome to his Subjects that the time was annually celebrated for some hundreds of years after with open pastimes in the streets and called Hockstide in some parts of this Nation not yet out of memory but observed the week after Easter signifying scorning or contempt which fell upon the Danes by his death Sir Rich. Baker See Fugalia Hocus-pocus a Jugler one that shews tricks by slight of hand Hodiernal hodiernus of to day or at this time Hodgee Persian a holy man a Priest among the Persians Herb. Ho-goo in true Fr. Haut-goust a high taste smatch or savour it is usually taken for any dish of meat that has some more then ordinary taste or savor Hogshead Brit. Hogsed is a measure of Wine or Oyl containing the fourth part of a Tun that is 63 Gallons A. 1. R. 3. cap. 13. Holocaust holocaustum a Burnt-Offering a Sacrifice wherein the whole beast was offered and no part reserved Holographical holographicus wholly written with his own hand from whom it is sent Homage Fr Hommage i. fides clientularis service fidelity In Court Barons the Jury sworn to enquire of matters is so called It signifies also a servile ceremony of duty by some Tenants to their Lords after this manner The Tenant that holds Lands by Homage kneeling on both knees before the Lord who sits and holds the Tenants hands between his saith as follows I become your man from this day forth for life for member and for worldly honor and shall owe you my faith for the Land I hold of you saving the faith I owe to our Soveraign Lord the King and to my other Lords And then the Lord sitting must kiss the Tenant An. 17. Ed. 2. Stat. 2. Glanvile lib. 9. cap. 1. Homageable that is subject to or ought to do homage Homeology homoeologia likeness of speech Homerical after the manner of Homer Homer like Bac. Homicide homicida a murtherer a man-slayer Homicide homicidium the slaying of a man and is divided into voluntary and casual homicide voluntary is that which is deliberate and committed of a set mind and purpose to kill And this is either with precedent malice or without the former is murther and is the fellonious killing through malice prepensed of any person living in this Realm under the Kings protection West par 2. Sym. tit Inditements sect 37 c. usque ad 51. where you may see divers subdivisions of it See also Glanvile l. 14. ca. 3. Bract. lib. 3. tract 2. cap. 4.15 and 17. Brit. cap. 5 6 7. Also a sort of knives so called Act. 1656. ca. 20. Homily homilia a familiar speech of men together a kind of Sermon properly of an inferior kind such as is delivered out of a Book or Manuscript by those that are not able to preach otherwise Homodox 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is of the same opinion with another Homogeneal homogeneus of one or the same kind congenerous Homography homographia like writing or painting Homologation homologatio an admission allowance or approbation a consent unto Homology homologia an agreement a confession Homonymy Gr. when divers things are signified by one word or name as Hart signifies a beast and a prinicipal Member of the body a likeness or sameness of name It is a term in Logick Holy War Homonymous Gr. whose name onely is common their essence divers doubtful ambiguous Honi soit qui maly ●ense Fr. signifies Evil or shame be to him that evil thinks it is the Motto belonging to the Order of Knights of the Garter Honor does sometimes signifie the most noble sort of Seigniories on which other inferior Lordships or Mannors depend by performance of some Customs or Services to the Lords of such Honors And it seems there are no Honors but such as did originally belong to the King and have since been given in Fee to Noble men Of this sort are the Honors of Windsor Greenwich Tickhil c. And Courts there held are called Honor-Courts 37 H. 8.18.33 H. 8.37 Honour point In Heraldry the upper part of an Escoutcheon is so called when its breadth is divided into three even parts Honorary honorarius pertaining to honour which is made for honor more then use Honorificabilitudinity honorificabilitudinitas honorableness Honorifical honorificus that brings or causeth honor Hon●-moon applied to those married persons that love well at first and decline in affections afterwards it is hony now but it will change as the Moon Min. Hogu●ton Fr. a fashion of short Coat Cassock or Jacket without sleeves Horary horarius of the space of an hour hourly Hoplochrism from the Gr. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 arma and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 unguentum an anointing of arms or weapons as they do in the use of the weapon salve Dr. Charl. Hoplochristical pertaining to the Weapon-salve Horcentrick Fr. out of the Center clean without the Compass of Mathematicians apply this word to the Sun when his Center being at the full height of his Epicycle is farthest from the Center of the earth Cot. Horizon Gr. a Circle immoveable dividing the half-Sphear of the Firmament which we see from the other half we see not it hath the name of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. termino to bound or limit because it limits our sight For example imagine you stood upon Highgate or the Tower-hill at Greenwich so far as you

foot or ten foot long Decemvirate decemviratus the Office or Authority of those ten Noblemen or Governors among the Romans who were called Decemviri they were appointed to govern the Commonwealth instead of the two Consuls and had the highest Authority from whom none could appeal The Roman Laws were divided into ten ●ables wherto these Decemvi●s added other two and called them the Laws of the twelve Tables whereof you may read Pomponius Laetus Decennial decennalis belonging to or containing ten years Deception deceptio deceit fallacy craft cosenage Deceptive deceptivus deceitful deceiving wily crafty full of subtilty Decerp decerpo to pluck off or away to gather to diminish Decertation decertatio a contending or striving Decession decessio a departing or diminishing Deciduous diciduus subject to fall off hanging or falling down Decim● See Nona Decimate decimo to take the Tenth to gather the Tyth Decimation decimatio the punishing every tenth Souldier by Lot was termed Decimatio legionis also a Tything or paying a tenth part Decirci●ate decircino to bring out of compass or roundness to unbind Decision decisio a determining or deciding a cutting off or lessening Decisive decisus deciding determining fit or able to end a controversie And Decisorie Idem Declamation declamatio an Oration made of a feigned subject or only for exercise also a crying out aloud Declarative declarativus which doth declare or shew forth Declivity declivitas a steep bending downwards as on the side of a hill Decoctible decoctibilis easie to be sodden or boiled Decollation decollatio a beheading as the Decollation of St. John Baptist a holy day instituted of old in memory of the beheading St. John Baptist on the twenty ninth of August yearly See Lapidation Decoction decoctio a boiling or seething In Physick it signifies commonly any liquor in which medicinable roots herbs seeds flowers or any other thing has been boyled Decor Lat. comeliness or beauty Decorate decoro to beautifie to make decent Decoration decoratio a beautifying or adorning Bacon Decortication decorticatio a pilling or plucking off the bark Decorticate decortico to pill or pluck off the bark Apol. for learning Decorum Lat. comeliness honesty good grace Decrement decrementum a decreasing Feltham Decrepite decrepitus very old at deaths door whose Candle is almost burnt out Decressant from decresco the Moon decreasing or in the last quarter the wayning of the Moon Decretist decretista a Student or one that studies the Decretals Decretals decretales a Volume of the Canon Law so called or books containing the Decrees of sundry Popes Or a digestion of the Canons of all the Councils that pertained to one matter under one head Decretal taken Adjectively belonging to a Decree Decretaliarck Gr. an absolute Commander one that commands by Decree or whose command is and is obeyed as a Decree Cotg. Decrustation decrustatio an uncrusting a paring away of the uppermost part or uttermost rind Deculcate deculco to tread or trample upon Decumbence from decumbo a lying or sitting down Decumbent decumbens that lyes or sits down or dyes Decuple decuplus ten times so much Decu●y decuria a Band of ten Souldiers Also it signified four or five bands of Souldiers each consisting of ten hundred horsemen appointed to be assistant to the Judges sitting upon life and death also the Senators and Judges were divided into Bands called Decuriae and the chief of them was called Decurion Rider Decurion decurio a Captain over ten horse and sometimes it is used for an Alderman or chief Burgess in a Roman Colony Decursion decursio a hasty running a running down or unto Decussated decussatus cut or divided after the form of the letter X or of St. Andrews cross which is called Crux decussata Decussation decussatio a division cut sawn or carved after the form of four lines drawn a cross by one Center star-wise so it makes eight even portions Decutient decutiens that shakes or beats down Dedalea● daedale●s intricate or perplexed also expert or cunning A derivative from Daedalus an expert Artificer who first invented the Saw Axe Sayl and Sail-yards for a ship which gave occasion for the Fable of Daedalus his wings c. Dedecorate dedecoro to dishonest to dishonor or defame Dedentition dedentitio the falling or losing of teeth Dr. Brown Dedignation dedignatio a disdaining or contemning Dedition deditio a yielding or rendring up a place besieged Defailiance Fr. a failing languor faintness defect also a fainting Defalcation defalcatio a pruning or cutting a deducting Defalk Fr. defaulquer to deduct deduce abate take out of Defatigable defatigabilis easily to be wearied Defatigate defatigo to make weary to tire Def●ca●e defaeco to purge from dregs to refine to scum Defecation defaecatio a purging from dregs a refining Defection defectio a falling away a revolting back an infirmity Defeizance or Defeasance from the Fr. Desfaire i. to undo signifies in our Common Law a condition relating to an Act as to an Obligation Recognizance or Statute which performed by the Obligee or Recognizee the act is defeated and made void as if it never had been done whereof you may see at large West part 1. Sym. l. 2. sect 156. and Shep. Epit. p. 775. Defender of the Faith Defensor Fidei is a peculiar title given to the Kings of England by the Pope as Catholicus to the King of Spain and Christianissimus to the French King It was first given by Leo decimus to King Henry the Eighth for writing against Martin Luther in behalf of the Church of Rome The Bull for this Title bears date quinto Idus Octobr. 1521. and may be seen at length in the Lord Herberts Henry the Eighth fol. 105. Stows Annals p. 863. Defensat●v● is a medicine that keeps humors from coming to a sore or place affected or hinders the inflammation thereof Cotgr. Deficient deficiens fainting or failing Definition definitio est oratio explicans essentiam rei per genus differentiam a declaring what a thing is by a Gender or something that is common to the thing declared and to other things also and by a difference onely agreeing to the thing explicated and distinguishing it from all things else Definition also is a Decree or Determination as the Definition of a Council Definitive definitivus which limits or determines Deflagration deflagratio a burning or inflammation Defletion defletio a bewayling or bemoaning Deflexure deflexura a bowing or bending Defloration defloratio a deflowring or dishonoring Defluxion defluxio a flowing or falling down of humors a looseness Defeneration defoeneratio a taking money upon usury Deforsour comes of the Fr. forceur i. expugnator is used in our Common Law for one that overcomes and casts out by force c. See the difference between a Def●rsour and a Desseisor in Cowel on this word Defunct defunctus dead ended Degenerate degenero to grow out of kind to grow base Deglutinate deglutino to unglue or loosen Deglutition deglutitio a devouring or swallowing down also the passage or

that hath power to purge or make holy pertaining to purging Lustium Lat. a Den or Cave for wilde beasts a purging by Sacrifice also the space of fifty moneths or five years The Romans sometimes kept their account of time by these Lustiums which were so called because they did once in every five years revolution Lustrare exercitum Romanum by sacrifice purge the Roman Army Hence we use sometimes two Lustrums for ten years three Lustrums fifteen years c. Lutheranism the doctrine or Tenets of Martin Luther who being an Augustin Monk forsook his Monastical course of life about the year 1515 and from him Lutherans took denomination These differ from the Calvinists chiefly in maintaining consubstantiation in the blessed Eucharist with omnipresence and eternal predestination to be out of a foreseen faith and good works and not absolute which tenents are impugned by the Calvinists Heil Luteous luteus that is made of clay ●eam morter or earth filthy muddy Lutulent lutulentus miry dirty filthy Luxate luxo to put out of joynt to loosen Luxation luxatio a loosening or putting out of joynt Luxuriate luxurio to exceed to be riotous or wanton to grow rank Luxurious luxuriosus riotous given too much to pleasure excessive Lycanthropy lycanthropia a frenzy or melancholy which causeth the patient who thinks he is turned Wolf to fly all company and hide himself in dens and corners See Were-wolf Lyceum Aristotles famous School near Athens Also Cicero's School in his Mannor at Tusculum Lydian Musick Lydius modus doleful and lamentable musick Lymphatick lymphaticus allayed or mixed with water Also mad furious bestraught Lydford Law is to hang men first and indite them afterwards Lyncean Lynceous lynceus pertaining to the beast Lynx also quick-sighted from Lynceus one of the Argonauts who was admired for his quickness of sight He could see the new Moon the first day when it was in the sign Aries c. Lynx Lat. a spotted beast like a Wolf having a very perfect sight This beast breeds chiefly in the Eastern Countries and is often found in the woods of Almain and Sclavonia Hence the phrase of a Lynx-like-eye for one that 's well and perfect sighted Lypothumy See Lipothumy Lyrick lyricus a Poet that makes verses to be sung to the Harp or Lute The best of these among the Grecians was Pindarus among the Latins Horace Lyrick taken adjectively is pertaining to a Harp that plays on a Harp or to Lyrick verses which the antients applied to Songs and Hymms Lyrist lyristes a Harper or one that sings to the Harp M MAbel Mabilia a Christian name for women from amabilis i. lovely Mac in Irish is as much as Filz in French or as Son in English as Mac-William or Mac-Adam i. the Son of William or Adam Macaleb the bastard Coral or Pomander of whose sweet and shining black berries Bracelets are made Macaronique Fr. a confused heap or huddle of many several things Macarons Fr. little Friter-like Buns or thick Lozenges compounded of Sugar Almonds Rose-water and Musk pounded together and baked with a gentle fire Also the Italian Marcaroni lumps or gobbets of boyled paste served up in butter and strewed over with spice and grated cheese a common dish in Italy Macedonians Macedones people of Macedonia a large Country of Europe Macellarious macellarius pertaining to the Butchers Row or Shambles Macellator Lat. a Butcher or Slaughter-man Macerate macero to make lean to mortifie weaken bring down also to allay soak or steep in liquor Machiavelian a subtil Statesman or cunning Polititian So taken from Nicholas Machiavel Recorder of Florence whose Politicks have poisoned almost all Europe Machevalize or Machiavelianize to practise Machiavelianism or subtil policy Machine machina an instrument or engine of War a frame tool or device a subtil shift to deceive Machina● machinor to devise or plot to imagine or contrive to invent craftily Macilent macilentus lean thin barren Macritude macritudo leanness barrenness Macrocosmus Gr. the great world Macrology macrologia prolixity in speaking long and tedious talk or speech to little or no purpose It is a figure among Rhetoricians As Vivat Carolus Augustus non moriatur c. Mactator Lat. a killer or murderer Maculatures from macula blotting or waste papers Maculate maculo to stain spot or defile to defame Madid madidus wet or washed moist imbrued also drunken Madidate Madiffe madido madefacio to wet or moisten to make wet to wash or bath Madidity madiditas moisture or fulness of moisture Mador Lat. moisture also sweat Madrigal Ital. madrigali a kind of song Magazine Fr. Magazin quasi mansio gazae i. locus ubi gazae thesauri reponuntur a publick Store-house or Ware-house most commonly appropriated to appurtenances of War Magdaleon magdaleo a Langate or long plaister like a Rowler Dr. Br. Magellanick Sea so called from Ferdinando Magellanus Magi or the Wise-men of the East See Balthazar Magician magus a Persian word primitively the Persians call those Magos or Magicians whom the Grecians call Philosophos the Latins Sapientes the Gauls Druyds the Egyptians Prophets or Priests the Indians Gymnosophists the Germans Die Pfaffen we English Wisemen Wisards Cunning-men South-sayers or Enchanters Cham. otherwise called Z●roaster K. of the Bactrians who reigned 800 years after the siege of Troy is said to be the first inventer of Art Magick Magia among the Persians was taken for sublime sapience and a Science of the harmony and contents of universals in Nature Bac. And see Sir Walt. Ral. l. 1. f. 171. Magick Art magia in general is wisdom or contemplation of heavenly Sciences and is twofold Natural which is lawful and is the ground of all true Physick and the occult wisdom of nature without which all mans Reason and Knowledge is Ignorance The other is Diabolical superstitious and unlawful and is called Necromancy whereby men attain to the knowledge of things by the assistance of evil spirits Chym. Dict. Magistery magisterium mastership the rule or office of a Master Dr. Br. Magistral Mag●sterial magistralis pertaining to or done by a Master or Magistrate master-like artificial In Physick it signifies a Plaister Salve or Pill prepared after the best manner Magna Charta the great Charter contains a number of Laws ordained the ninth year of Hen. 3. and confirmed by Edw. 1. We have no ancienter written Law then this which though it consist of not above Thirty seven Charters or Laws yet is it of such extent as all the Law we have is thought in some sort to depend of it Magnalia Lat. great things to be wondred at As Magnalia Dei mentioned Act. 2.11 the great works of God Magnality from magnalia an admired greatness Magnanimity magnanimitas courage greatness of mind nobleness of spirit stoutness of heart Magnanimous magnanimus generous of a great mind of a stout spirit Magnete magnes etis a loadstone See Lodestone Magnetick magneticus belonging to the Lodestone or that which draws unto or attracts Magnify magnifacio