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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

in Mr. Godwins Anthologie cap. de Ludis Comices comitia were the solemn Assemblies of the people at Rome lawfully summoned by the Magistrates to chuse Officers to enact new Laws or cancel old by their voyces Comius pugnator Lat. one that fights near at hand or hand to hand Lo. Brook Comity comitas gentleness courtesie mildness Comitial comitialis pertaining to an Assembly of people convened for the chusing Officers or making Laws Among the Antient Romans if any of the people assembled were taken with the falling sickness the whole Assembly or Comitium was dissolved hence the Falling sickness is at this day called Morbus Comitialis or the Comitial evil Godwin Comma Gr. the least note of distinction or a point in the part of a sentence without perfect sense and is made thus Commaculate commaculo to spot to defile or distain Commandre was the name of a Mannor or chei● Messuage with Lands and Tenements thereto belonging relating formerly to the Priory of St. Johns of Jerusalem in England such is that at Eagle near Lincoln These were given to the Crown by 32. Hen. 8. Commasculate commasculo to take stomach or hardiness Commaterial Of the same or of like manner of substance Bac. Commeator Lat. one that goes to and fro as a Messenger Commemorate commemoro to reherse or remember Commendaces Fr. Funeral Orations Prayers made for the dead Verses made in praise of the dead Cotg. Commendam commenda is when a Benefice being void is commended to the charge and care of some sufficient Clerk to be supplied till it may be conveniently provided of a Pastor In which case we use to say such a one hath it in Commendam And that this was the true original of this practise you may read at large in Duarenus de Sacris Ecclesiae Ministeriis Beneficiis l. 5. c. 7. Commensal commensalis a Table-companion Doctor Kellison Commensurability commensurabilitas an equal proportion or measure of one thing with another A joynt measuring Comment Commentary commentum an abridgement an Exposition a Book of Notes and Remembrances The nature of Commentaries is properly to set down a naked continuance of the events and actions without the Motives and designs the counsels speeches occasions and pretext with other passages So that Caesar modestly rather then truly applied the name Commentary to the best History in the world Heyl. Comment sometimes signifies a fiction or lye Commentitious commentitius devised feigned counterfeit Commessation commessatio a riotous or untimely Banquet an inordinate eating Commigration commigratio a flitting or going from one place to another Commilitons commilito onis a Fellow-souldier a Comrade Commination comminatio a vehement or extream threatning Comminuible from comminuo that may be broken in pieces or bruised Vul. Er. Commissary commissarius a title of Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction ordained to this special end to supply the Bishops jurisdiction and Office in the out-places of the Diocess or else in such Parishes as were peculiar to the Bishop and exempted from the jurisdiction of the Arch-Deacon for where either by prescription or composition there are Arch-Deacons that have jurisdiction within their Arch-Deaconries as in most places they have there this Commissary is but superfluous Commissary is also an Officer in War whose function is chiefly to look that the Provision and Victuals provided for the Army and Garisons be justly distributed and disposed Cotgr. Commissure commissura a joynt of any thing closed and opened a conjunction a joyning joyning close or couching things together Sir Hen. Wotton Committee is he or they to whom the consideration or ordering of any matter is referred either by some Court or consent of parties to whom it belongs As in Parliament a Bill being read is either consented to and passed or denied or neither but refer'd to the consideration of some certain men appointed by the House farther to examine it who thereupon are called a Committee Common Hunt The Lord Mayor of Londons Dog-keeper Commorance Commoration commoratio an abiding or dwelling in a place together a lingring Also a figure when one tarries long upon a matter Commotes signifies in Wales a part of a Shire as a Hundred An. 28. H. 8. c. 3. It is written Commoithes A. 4. H. 4. c. 17. and is used for a gathering made upon the people as it seems of this or that Hundred by the Welch-men Commotion commotio trouble or disquieting Commune communis that which belongs to one as well as another common publique Communicate communico to impart with another to talk together to mix with Community communitas a participation fellowship or society good correspondency near familiarity one with another a Corporation or Company incorporate Communion communio mutual participation together Communition communitio a fortifying or making strong on all parts Commutative commutativus bartering trucking or exchanging one with or for another Compaction compactio a joyning or setting together Compage compago a close joyning or setting together a joynt Br. Compaginate compagino to couple joyn or knit together Compart Compartition or Compartment Fr. Compartiment a square Table or piece in building especially of stone also a Bed or Border in a Garden a partition or equal division By Compartition Architects understand a graceful and useful distribution of the whole ground-plot both for rooms of office and of reception or entertainment as far as the capacity thereof and the nature of the Country will comport Sir H. Wotton Sea-Compass pyxis Nautica an instrument which Mariners use for their direction in Navigation whereon are described the 32 Points or Winds the Needle whereof being in manner of a Flower de Luce always points towards the North. About the year 1300 one Flavio of Melphi in Naples found out this Sea-Compass consisting of eight ●inds onely the four principal and four collateral and not long after the people of Bruges and Antwerp perfected that excellent invention adding 24 other subordinate Winds or Points Of this there are three kinds the first the plain Meridional Compass The second a Compass of Variation The third a Dark Compass Compatible from compatior that can abide agree or suffer together concurrable that can endure or bear with one another Compatriot compatriota he that is of the same Country Com●r from the Lat. compar signifies a fellow an equal a consort a fellow in Peerage But taken from the Latin Compater it is a word by which the Father of a child calls the Gossips Witnesses or Godfathers of his child and it may be read in significations somewhat different from these expressed In the Isle of Zacynthus or Zant they have a custom at Weddings to invite many young men whom they call Compeers of which every one gives the Bride a Ring which done it is there held an abuse as detestable as Incest to accompany her in any carnal kind wherefore they chuse such for Compeers as have formerly been suspected of too much familiarity Sands Comp●llation compellatio a blaming or reproving a calling

term of Heraldry when any member of a beast seems torn from the body Erasmus Gr. amiable or to be beloved a mans name Erastianism the Tenets or Opinions of the Erastians Erastians A sort of modern Hereticks so called from one Thomas Erastus a Doctor in Physick their first Author born at Baden in Switzerland and died at Basil about the year 1583. Among other Tenets he held that the power of Excommunication in a Christian State principally resides in secular power c. Erato One of the nine Muses who as Ovid saith Nomen amoris habet Erean aereus made of brass or copper brasen Erebus Hell or a River in hell Eremetical eremiticus pertaining to an Hermite or one that dwells in the wildernss Ereption ereptio a violent taking away Eretriack a Sect of Philophers the same with the Eleack but changed into this name from Menedemus who was born at the City Eretria an eminent Philospher of this Sect. Ergotism Arguing quarrelling sophistry quiddities from the Lat. Ergo. a word much used in Syllogisms and Arguments Eriferous aerifer bringing forth or bearing Brass or Copper Erimanthian Belonging to Erimanthus a Mountain in Arcadia where Hercules slew a huge wild-Bore that wasted the Country hence this Beast is called the Erymanthian Monster in Il. Pastor Fido. Ermines Fr. a little beast less then a Squirrel the fur whereof is very costly worn onely by Princes or great persons It hath a tail of a thumb long Ermine in Heraldry sometimes signifies white powdered with black and sometimes black powdered with white Bull. Eristical from eris idis contentious full of strife Mr. White Apol. for Tradition Eristicks from eris Books or Treatises of Controversie or Disputes Erivate erivo to draw water away by a stream to dry up Erogation erogatio a bestowing or liberal distribution Erosion erosio a consuming or eating up a gnawing or eating into Erumnate aerumno to impoverish to make miserable or wretched Erratique erraticus that wanders or creeps up and down Errant errans wandring or straying out of the way it is also attributed to Justices of Circuit Pl Cor. fol. 15. Errata Lat. errors or faults committed of ignorance they are most commonly taken for those faults or omissions which escape correction in printing See Theta Errh●ne errhinum a medicine which being made either liquid or in dry powder is used to stop bleeding at the nose to provoke sneezing to cause child-birth and to purge the brain Bac. Erroneous erroneus full of errors or mistakes Erubescency erubescentia blushing for shame Eructate eructo to belch or break wind upward to send or cast out Eructation eructatio a belching Erudition eruditio learning knowledge or instruction Erugate erugo to take away wrinckles Eruginous aeruginosus full of rust cankered corrupted blasted Eruncate erunco to weed out to pull out weeds Eruption eruptio a violent issuing or breaking forth Erysipely erysipelas a bile or swelling full of heat and redness Also St. Anthonies sore Erysipelatous erysipelatosus troubled with that disease or grief Er●t●an Sea the Red-Sea otherwise called the Arabian Gulf or Gulf of Mecha so called from King Erythraeus It is called the Red Sea not from any material redness therein but from the redness of the earth and sands and from the great abundance of Coral which grows plentifully in the bottom of this Sea See more in Vul. Er. 320. Esay Heb reward of the Lord. Escal escalis pertaining to meat fit to be eaten Escambio is a Licence granted to one for the making over a Bill of Exchange to a man beyond Sea Register Original fol. 199. a. Escheat from the Fr. Escheoir i. cadere signifies in our Common Law any Lands or other profits that fall to a Lord within his Manor by way of forfeiture or the death of his Tenant dying without heir general or special or leaving his heir within age unmarried Magna Charta Cap. 31. Fitz. nat br fol. 143. Escheator An Officer that observes the Escheats of the King in the County where he is Escheator and certifies them into the Exchequer He continues in his Office but one year nor can he be Escheator above once in three years An. 1. H. 8. Cap. 8. An. 3. esusdem Cap. 2. See more of this in Cromptons Justice of Peace Escotcheon Fr. Escusson a Buckler or Shield whereof in Europe we have onely two kinds in use the Lozenge excepted viz. that we use in England France Germany c. the Oval they bear in Italy which form they yet from the old Romans hold in use The word Escutcheon is derived from the French un Escù that from the Latin Scutum and that again from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in Greek which signifies Leather because the Antients had their Shields of tanned Leather the skins laid thick one over another as appears by that of Vlysses upbraiding Ajax Quae nisi fecissem frustrà Telamone creatus Gestasset laevâ taurorum tergora septem Escuage from the Fr. Escu i. clypeus a Buckler or Shield in our Common Law signifies a kinde of Knights service called service of the Shield the Tenant holding thereby is bound to follow his Lord into the Scottish or Welch wars at his own charge c. Fitz. nat br fo 84. C. Esculent esculentus that may be eaten or pertaining to eating Escutial Span. but some affirm it to be an Arabick word and to signifie Domus lucis is the name of that incomparable Edifice built by Philip the Second King of Spain in twenty four years times and at eight millions charge and is termed the eighth wonder of the world It contains first the King of Spains Palace Secondly St. Lawrence Church Thirdly the Monastery of Hieronymites And fourthly Free-Schools it hath eleven or twelve several Quadrangles every one with Cloisters Quade By extension of the word or by metaphor it may be taken for any other magnificent Palace or Structure Esnecy aesnecia is a Prerogative given to the eldest Coparcener to chuse first after the Inheritance is divided Flet. l. 5. cap. 10. in divisionem Esons-bath Aeson in his old age as Poets feign had youth and vigor restored to him by the Prayers of Medea a notable Sorceress c. See Medea Hence we may imagine Aesons-bath to have had the vertue of restoring youth to aged persons the phrase is used in Rel. Medici Esopical aesopicus fabulous or pertaining to such tales or fables as those of Aesop Esples expletia from the Lat. expleo seem to be the full profit that the ground or land yields as the hay of the Meadows the feed of the pasture the corn of the arable the Rents Services and such like issues Cow Esquier armiger is in letters little altered from the Fr. Escuier i. scutiger it signifies with us that degree of Gentry which is next to a Knight Sir Tho. Smith is of opinion that at the first these were bearers of Arms to Lords and Knights and by that had their name and dignity See Cam.

a little River a Brook Rixation rixation a chiding or brawling Robert Germ. famous in Council for it is written most antiently Rodbert ●ad Red and Rod signifying Council Cam. Robertines a Religious Order if not the same not much different from the Mathurins which owes its original to one Robert Flower son of Took Flower who had been twice Mayor of York who forsaking the fair lands left him by his Father betook himself to a solitary life about the Rocks in Nisdale in Yorkshire and at Knaresborough was erected the first and last House of his Order Robiginous robiginosus much blasted rusty Robigus a God among the Romans that kept Corn from blasting to whom and to that end those Feasts called Robigalia were sacred Robur a place in the Prison of the old Romans from whence Malefactors were thrown headlong Roborean roboreus made of Oak or such like strong Timber Roburnean roburneus of or belonging to Oak Robusteous robusteus strong like Oak made of Oak Oaken Rochet Fr. a Frock loose Gaberdine or Gown of Canvas worn by a Laborer over the rest of his Clothes Also a Prelates Rochet Rod pertica is otherwise called a Pearch and is a measure of land containing sixteen foot and an half long see Pearch Rodage Fr. a certain Toll exacted by some Countrey Lords in France upon every Wain that passes though in the High-way near their Seigniories whether it be laden or no if it be they will be paid both for the Load and for the Cart. Cot. Rode from the Belg. Ree or Reed i. statio navium a Station Bay or Harbor for ships It may come from the Fr. Rade from Radenda terra in which sence is that of Virg. 7. Aeneid Proxima Circeae raduntur littora terrae Rodomond Fr. a Bragger a boaster a vain-glorious fellow one that uses Rodomontades Rodomontade Ital. Rodomontada a brag boast crack vain-glorious bravado Rogalian Rogal rogalis of or pertaining to a great fire Ignis rogalis a Bonfire Rogation rogatio a Question or Demand a Desire or Request a Praying Rogation week Sax. Gangdagas i. days of perambulation is always the next but one before Whitsonday and so called because on Munday Tuesday and Wednesday of that week Rogations and Litanies were used and fasting or at least abstinence then enjoyned by the Church to all persons not onely for a preparative to the joyful remembrance of Christs glorious Ascension and the Descention of the Holy Ghost in form of Cloven Tongues shortly after but also to request and supplicate the blessing of God upon the Fruits of the Earth And in this respect the solemnization of Matrimony is forbidden from the first day of the said week till Trinity Sunday The Belgians call it Cruys-week i. Cross-week and so is it called in some parts of England because of old as still among Roman Catholiques when the Priests went on Procession this week the Cross was carried before them The first institution of this weeks solemnities is by Historians referred to Claudius Mamertus Bishop of Vienne in France In the North of England 't is called Gang-week from the Ganging or going on Procession c. for Gang there as in the old Saxon signifies to go In the Inns of Court it is called Grass-week because the Commons of that week consist much of Salads hard Eggs and Green-sauce upon some of the days The Feasts of the old Romans called Robigalia and Ambarvalia quod victima arva ambiret did in their Heathenish way somewhat resemble these institutions and were kept in May in honor of Robigus Rogatists see Circumcelians Rogitate rogito to bid intreat require often or beg Roger Germ. Ruger quiet the same with tranquillus in Latin Frodoard writes it always Rotgarius or Rodgarus so it seems to signifie all Council or strong Council Rolls a terms among Book-binders as Books in Rolls are those which have a Roll of Gold on the edges of the Cover and in Fillets is when they have Lines or Fillets of Gold on the out-side of the Cover Romanize romanizo to imitate the speech or fashion of Rome or the Romans Romance Span. a feigned History either in Verse or Prose in the Vulgar Language the first news we heard of this word was from a Poem writ in French by John Clopinel alias Meung entituled Le Roman de la Rose and afterward translated into English by Chaucer but we now give the name Romance most commonly to a feigned History writ in Prose Romancist from the Spa. Romancista one that composes such Romances Romant the most eloquent French or any thing written eloquently was in old time termed Romant of the Roman or most eloquent Language In the confines of Germany and Lorain the Language that is not German is at this day called Romant Cot. Romescot was a tribute paid to Rome first granted by Ossa a Saxon King Rondach Fr. a round Target or great Buckler Rondacher Fr. a Targettier or one that serves with a Rondache Rondelier Fr. a maker of Bucklers or of round Targets also a Soldier that serves with one of them Rood roda terrae is the fourth part of an acre of Land An. 5. Eliz. cap. 5. See Pearch Rood Sax. a Cross or an image of Christ on the Cross Hence the Invention of the Holy Cross by St. Helen 3. May. and the exaltation of it 14. Septemb. are called Holy Rood-dayes Roodloft Sax. a Shrine whereon was placed the Cross of Christ The Rood was an Image of Christ on the Cross made generally of wood and erected in a Loft for that purpose just over the passage out of the Church into the Chancel Fuller Roral roralis of or belonging to dew dewy that may be sprinkled like dew Rorid roridus dewy moist Roriferous rorifer that makes or brings dew Rorulent rorulentus covered with or full of dew Rose when we desire to confine our words we commonly say they are spoken under the Rose and the German custom describes a Rose in the Seeling over the Table the original whereof Lemnius and others have thus recorded The Rose was the flower of Venus which Cupid comsecrated to Harpocrates the God of Silence and was therefore an Emblem thereof to conceal the pranks of Venery as is declaed in this Tetrastick Est Rosa flos Veneris cujus quo facta laterent Harpocrati Matris dona dicavit Amor Inde Rosam Mensis hospes suspendit Amicis Convivae ut sub ea dicta tacenda sciant Rosary rosarium a Garden or bed of Roses a place where Roses grow a Garland of Roses an ordinary Limbeck for distilling Rose-water also a pair of Beads called Fifteens containing Fifteen Pater Nosters and 150 Aves much used by such Romanists who are of the Archconfraternity of the Rosary instituted by St. Dominick Also an ancient coyn so called Roscid roscidus wet or moistned with dew dewy Rosion rosio a gnawing a griping a biting a nibling Rot a term of war six men be they Pikes or Musketiers make a Rot or File

diseased in the houghs or pasterns that hath the Scratches or Spaven Suffricate suffrico to rub off or under Suffumigate suffumigo to make a fume or smoak underneath The smoak which is physically received from under a stool into the body for the diseases of the Guts Fundament or Matrix is called Suffumigation Cot. Suffusion suffusio a spreading abroad a pouring upon Suggestion suggestio a putting into ones minde a prompting Sugillation sugillatio the being black and blew with beating the blood-shot of an eye also reproach slander Suhit See Gazul Suicide from sui the slaying or murdering of himself self-murder Suist from sui one that loves himself a selfish man Sulcate sulco to cast up in Furrows to Till or Plow Sulphureous sulphureus belonging to mixed with or of the colour of Sulphur or Brimstone Sultan in the Persian language properly signifies an Earl But Sultan or Soldan among the Turks Persians and Arabians is commonly taken for a King Prince or Sovereign Also a Turkish Coyn of Gold worth about our Six shillings six pence Sultanin Sultana a Turkish coin of gold worth about Seven shillings six pence or Seven shillings ten pence sterling It is so called because coyned at Constantinople where the Sultan lives Sumack Sumake or Sumaque a kind of rank-smelling plant or shrub with black-Berries wherwith Curriers dress their leather Sumage seems to be Toll for carriage on horse-back Crompt juris fol. 191. for the book called Pupilla oculi hath these words pro uno equo portante Summagium per dimidium anni obulum It is otherwise called a Seam and a Seam in the Western parts is a horse load which word Seam and Sumage may well come of the Fr. Somme i. Sarcina and Sommièr equus sarcinarius a Sumpter-horse Summary summarium a brief gathering together an abridgement containing t●e whole effect of a matter ●n few words an Epitome Summit or Summity summitas height or hig●ness the top the either erd of a thing beneath or above Summist or Summulst one that writes sums or brie●s upon any subject an abridger Peripat Instit Sumpter-horse from sumptus a horse that carries the necessaries and expences for a journey Sund or Sond Sax. a narrow passage at Sea between two lands a Streight Sumptifie sumptifacio to make great expences or cost Sunamite Heb. dormiens one sleeping A worthy good woman of Suna that often entertained Eliseus the Prophet by whose prayers she had a Son when by course of nature she was past hopes of any and afterwards had the same Son raised from death to life by the same Eliseus 4 Kings Sunday was dedicated to the Idol of the Sun by the old Pagan Saxons and therefore called the Sun's day or day of the Sun now dies Dominicus or our Lords day Superable superabilis that may be passed or overcome Superannate Superannuate from the Ital. superannato to out wear with to exceed in years to grow old or out of date to live longer to out-live Bac. Superate supero to overcome to exceed or excel Superbifical superbificus that doth a thing proudly that makes proud Superbiloquence superbiloquentia arrogant speaking proud and haughty words Supercilious superciliosus pertaining to the eye-brows sowr in countenance also proud squeamish Superchety Fr. foul-play an injury wrong affront assault on a sudden or upon great advantage Tanslation of L' Home Criminelle Supereminence supereminentia a Prerogative authority or excellency above others Supererogation supererogatio laying out more then one hath received or the doing more then a man is of necessity bound to do a giving over-plus In Divinity works of Supererogation are usually taken to be such as are done upon a pious account and to which a man is not bound in particular by any positive precept of Gods Law Supererogatory that gives overplus or does more then obligation or that is apt to do so Superferation superfaetatio the conceiving another after the first yong is conceived a second conceiving or the breeding of young upon young Superfici● superficiarius he that hath built an house upon another mans ground and therefore pays Quit rent belonging to the outside of a thing Superficies Lat. the uttermost part of any thing the outside the surface In Geometry it is the second kinde of quantity to which are attributed two dimensions length and breadth but not thickness and it is the term or end of a body as a line is the end of a Superficies Superficialize from superficies to do any thing on the outside or not throughly Superfluirance Superfluity superfluitas operplus excess more then needs Superiection superjectio a laying or casting upon Superinduce superinduco to lay upon to cover to draw over Lo. Bac. Superior Lat. one that is higher above or over others Superlative superlativus highest in degree preferred Supermeate supermeo to go or slip over Supernal supernus that which comes from above high Supernation supernatio a swiming upon over or aloft Supernatural supernaturalis which is above Nature or the ordinary course of it Supersaliency from super and salio a leaping or jumping upon Br. Supersedeas from supersedeo i. to omit leave off or cease is a Writ which lies in divers cases and signifies a command or request to stay or forbear the doing of that which in appearance of Law were to be done were it not for the cause whereupon this Writ is granted for example a man regularly is to have Surety of Peace against him of whom he will swear he is afraid and the Justice required hereunto cannot deny him yet if the party be formerly bound to the Peace either in Chancery or elswhere this Writ lieth to stay the Justice from doing that which otherwise he might not deny This word is also used in our common discourse to like purpose as when one is commanded or requested to omit the doing that which he had former order or ought to have done We say the former order or command is superseded Supersession supersessio a surceasing a leaving off or giving over Superstition superstitio from super and sto an excess of ceremonious Worship vain Religion or Devotion the worship of Demons an honoring that which should not be honored a vain reverence or fear towards that thing wherein is no efficacy or force but onely by illusion spiced conscience in vain things St. Thomas Aquinas mentions four kinds of Superstition 2 da. 2 dae qu. 92. Art 1. and Art 2. in Corp. Supervacaneous or Supervacuous supervacaneus vel supervacuus needless vain superfluous not necessary unprofitable also that which is set aside above ordinary use against some future occasion Supervene supervenio to come unlooked for to come upon or after another thing to leap upon as the Male doth the Female Supervive supervivo to recover from peril of death or when a man seems to be dead to out-live or live longer then another thing Supine supinus upright upward the belly upward also negligent and careless Supinity supinitas a bending backward a lying