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virtue_n	pound_n	see_v	simple_n	803	5	15.1975	5	false

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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

so called brought out of India the best are of a deep skie colour This stone is said to be of a cold nature Sapid sapidus well seasoned savory that hath a smack Sapidity sapiditas pleasantness of taste or savor also pleasantness of talk Sapientipotent sapientipotens mighty in wisdom or that by his wisdom and prudence is able to bring great things to pass Sapor Lat. see Sapidity Sapphique Verse so called from Sappho a famous Poetess held to be the first inventor of them consists of eleven syllables and hath a Trochee a Spondee a Dactyle and two Trochees immutably as Nuncius celso veniens Olympo After three Verses is inserted an Adonique of a Dactyle and a Spondee Rara juventus Saraband Ital. Zarabanda a kind of lesson in Musick and a Dance so called Sarah Hebr. Lady Mistress or Dame Sarcling time or time of Sarkling is the time when the Countrey man weeds his Corn and comes from the Lat. sarculare or from the Fr. sarcler both which signifie to rake or weed Sarcasm sarcasmus a biting taunt bitter jest a manner of scoffing nippingly Sarcinatious sarcinarius of or belonging to Packs Fardels c. serving to carry burthens or loads Sarcinate sarcino to load with Fardels or Packs also to patch or sew Sarcophage sarcophagus a Grave a Sepulchre a Tomb also a stone called Eat-flesh because it consumes in forty days the dead Carkasses inclosed within it the Teeth excepted Sarcotique from sarcoma breeding or belonging to new or superfluous flesh Sarculate sarculo to rake to weed up with a hook or other Instrument Sardonian Gem sardonius lapis a precious stone of a black colour being a kind of Onyx and called a Corneol the best whereof are found in Sardinia and therefore so called Sardonian Laughter risus Sardonius a long and causeless laughter whereof the end is sorrowful so used from the Hearb Sardoa which being of a poisonous nature causes men to dye with such a convulsion or contraction of their sinews that they seem to grin or laugh This Herb is like Smalage and is found in Sardinia Sarmentitious sarmentitius belonging to twigs or branches Sarplar sarplera lanae is a quantity of Wooll This in Scotland is called Serplathe and contains fourscore stone for the Lords of the Council in Anno 1527. decreed four Serpliathes of packed Wooll to contain sixteenscore stone The Merchants use now to pay fraught for their goods to Flanders by the Sack to France Spain and England by the Tun and to Dantzick and the Eastern Seas by the Serpliath Skene With us in England a load of Wooll as I have been enformed consists of eighty Tod each Tod consisting of two stone and each stone of fourteen pound And that a Sack of wooll is in common account equal with a load and a Sarplar otherwise called a Pocket is half a Sack Further that a Pack of Wooll is a Hors-load which consists of seventeen stone and two pounds see Fleta lib. 2. c. 12. Sartor Lat. à Sartio a Tailor a Botcher a Mender of old Garments Sassafras a Tree of great vertue which grows in Florida of the West Indies the Rinde whereof has a sweet smell like Cinnamon it comforts the Liver and Stomack and opens Obstructions of the inwards parts being hot and dry in the second degree The best of the Tree is the Root next the Boughs then the body but the principal goodness of all rests in the Rinde Bull. Sassinate see Assassinate Satan Heb. Gr. Satanas an adversary the Devil enemy to God and all goodness The Devil took this name from the Hebr. Sitnah which signifies hatred or spightfulness Satanical from Satan devilish pertaining to the Devil Satellite satelles itis one retained to guard a mans person a Yeoman of the Guard a Serjeant Catch-pole one that attacheth Satiate satio to fill to satisfie to cloy Satiety satietas plenty fulness glutting so much as one desireth Sation satio from sero a sowing of seed a planting Satisdation satisdatio a putting in of Surety or Bail sufficient for performance of Covenants or for payment of moneys Satorious satorius belonging to a Sator or to him that sows sets or plants Satrap satrapa a great Ruler a Peer of a Realm a Lieutenant Governor or President of a Country Saturate saturo to fill or satisfie with any thing superfluously to cloy or glut Saturity saturitas fulness plenty excess Saturnals saturnalia Feasts dedicated to Saturn in December when Servants had freedom Macrobius his Saturnals are Books intreating of the Colloquies and Passages at some of those Feasts Saturn Saturnus hath the first place among the Planets but is slowest in motion not finishing its course under thirty eight years space The antient Mathematicians attributed Sterility and Mortality to this Planet to Jupiter happy times and the beginning of life To Mars the cause of all Debates Garboils and War To Sol Riches and Treasure To Venus Loves and Marriages To Mercury Eloquence and Knowledge To Luna the Empire and command over Humid matters Saturn with Alchymists is used for Lead with Heralds for Sable Saturnian or Saturnine from Saturnus barren dull heavy melancholly also unlucky or unfortunate Satyre satyra a kinde of Poetry whereof there seems to have been two kinds the one more antient which consisted only in variety of Verses the other more modern containing an open reprehension of mens Vices without respect of persons Satyrical satyricus of or pertaining to Satyres biting nipping reproving Satyrist one that writes Satyres or invectives Satyre satyrus a Wood-wose a strange monster having the body of a man all hairy with legs and feet like a Goat full of motion and given much to venery and jeering which the Poets were wont to call gods of the Woods these as Pliny testifies lib. 7. cap. 2. were found in times past in the Eastern Mountains of India And St. Hierome in the life of St. Anthony reports he saw one of these in his time Vidi homunculum inquit aduncis naribus fronte cornibus aspera cui extrema corporis in caprarum pelles desinebant c. But the truth hereof I will not rashly impugn nor over boldly affirm And Satyres shall dance there Isa 13 21. Sauciate saucio to hurt to wound to cut Saul Hebr. lent of the Lord or as some will Fox Saucige from the Fr. Saucisse a kind of pudding well known The Bolona Saucige is made of Beef and lean Bacon in equal quantity flayed and chopped small with half as much Lard and some Pepper Ginger and Salt then put into a clean Ox-gut half a foot long and laid in salt for two days together and after hung up in the smoak Cot. Sauitoir or Sautoir Fr. the figure of St. Andrews Cross in Heraldry Saxons the ancient name of our Ancestors in England were so called from their use and wearing a certain Sword or Weapon made after the fashion of a Sithe which in the Neatherlands is called a Saisen These kind of Swords were

32 c. Feminine foemininus of the female kinde Feneration foeneratio usury or the practice thereof Feneratitious foeneratitius taken or given to usury or pertaining thereto Feodarie alias Feudarie alias Feudatarie feudatarius was an Officer authorised and made by the Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries by Letters Patents under the Seal of that Office his Function was to be present with the Escheator at the finding any Office to give evidence for the King as well concerning the value as the tenure to survey the Land of the Ward after the Office found and to rate it he was also to assign the Kings widows their Dowers and to receive all the Rents of the Wards Lands within his Circuit and to answer them to the Receiver of the Court of Wards and Liveries This Office is mentioned An. 32. H. 8. cap. 46. Feofment from the Gottish word feudum and signifies Donationem feudi is in our Common Law any gift or grant of any Honors Castles Manors Messuages Lands or other corporal immoveable things of like nature to another in Fee-simple by the delivery of seism and possession of the thing given whether the gift be made by word or writing and when it is in writing it is called a Deed of Feofment and in every Feofment the giver is called the Feoffer and he that receives by vertue thereof the Feoffee And Littleton says that the proper difference between a Feoffer and Donor is that the Feoffer gives in fee-Fee-simple and the Donor in Fee-tayl Feracity feracitas fruitfulness Feral feralis deadly mortal dangerous lamentable Ferial ferialis of or belonging to holy days idle vacant unimployed Feriation feriatio quietness idleness Ferient feriens striking hitting or knocking Ferine ferinus wild as a beast Ferit Ital. ferite a wound or blow Ferity feritas cruelty fierceness Fermentarious fermentarius made of leaven leavened Ferment fermentum leaven Fermented Fermentated leavened puffed up Fermentation fermentatio a fastning or setling a leavening as of bread a mixing or incorporating also a working as of Ale or Beer Ferocious from ferox ocis fierce harsh cruel proud haughty Ferocity ferocitas fierceness harshness cruelty Feronia a Goddess of the Woods Ferrean ferreus of iron iron-like also hard-hearted cruel Ferried from fero or ferre born or carried as ferried over a River Ferruginous ferruginosus like to or of the colour of rusty iron Ferruminate ferrumino to soulder or fasten together properly in matters of iron Fertility fertilitas fruitfulness abundance Fertilize Fr. fertilizer to make fertile fruitful or rank also to increase or grow fruitful Fervent fervens Fervid fervidus scalding burning fierce vehement Ferular ferula a wooden Instrument wherewith the Master strikes boys hands in Schools for correction called also a Palmer Fervor Lat. a burning heat earnestness vehemency of passion Fesse point from the Lat. Fascia the middle part of an Escutecheon whose breadth is divided into three even parts Fessitude fessitudo weariness tiredness Festinate festino to make haste to do a thing speedily Festivous festivus merry pleasant delightful provoking mirth pertaining to holy days Festivity festivitas mirth pleasantness a good grace Festucous from festuca belonging to a young tender sprig or stalk of a tree or herb from the root upward Fetiferous foetifer fruitful that brings forth fruit or young Feuid foetidus stinking filthy ill-smelling Fetor foetor a stink or ill-savor Feud or Feid or deadly Feud feuda a profession of an unquenchable hatred till we be revenged even by the death of our enemy and is deduced from the German word Feid which as Hotoman saith in verbis feudalibus modo bellum modo capitales inimicitias significat This word is used 43. El. c. 13. See Feid Feudal Fr. of or belonging to a Fief Manor Fee or Fee-simple also held in Fief or in Fee Cotg. Feudary See Feodary Feud-boote Sax. Faehth-bote a recompence for engaging in a Feud or Faction and for the damages consequent it being the custom of antient times for all the kindred to engage in their Kinsmans quarrel according to that of Tacitus de Morib German Suscipere tam inimicitias seu patris seu propinqui quam amicitias necesse est Sax. Dict. Feudist One that bears a feud or enmity also one that writes of Fees Inheritances Feuge See Fugue Fewmets or Fewmishing the dung of a Deer Fiants Fr. fiens the dung of a Fox or Badger a term of hunting Fibers fibrae the small threads or hair-like strings of roots also the threads or strings of Muscles and Veins Fibrous fibrosus full of hair-like threads or strings Fibulate fibulo to joyn or fasten together Fictile fictilis earthen or made of earth Bac. Fictitious fictitius dissembled feigned counterfeit Fideicide a Faith-destroyer a breaker of word or trust Fideicommissor Lat. he that commits a thing to the disposure of another Fidejussor Lat. a Surety for another in a mony matter Fidius the god of faithfulness and Son of Jupiter Fiduciary fiduciarius taken substantively is a Feoffee in trust or one intrusted on condition to restore adjectively trusty or sure A Fiduciary Father See Emancipate Fiduciate fiducio to commit a trust or to make condition of trust Fierabras from the Fr. fier a bras fierce at arms a name for a Braggadocia or desperate fellow Fifteenth Decima quinta is a Tribute or Imposition of money laid upon every City Burrough and other Town through the Realm not by the Poll or upon this or that man but in general upon the whole City or Town so called because it amounts to one fifteenth part of that which the City or Town hath been valued at of old Figment figmentum a forged tale a lye Figurative figurativus that is spoken by way of figure Filaceaus from filum or the Fr. filace of or pertaining to fine flax or thread Filament filamentum a thread string or rag or any thing like thereto the beard of a root Rel. Med. Filanders Fr. filandres small worms that breed in bruised surfeited or foul-fed Hawks also nets to catch wild Beasts with Filazer filazarius of the Fr. filace is an Officer in the Common Pleas whereof there are fourteen They make out all original Process as well real as personal and mixt File filum is a thread or wyer whereon Writs or other exhibits in Courts are fastned for the more safe keeping them It is also a term in War where six Musketeirs or Pike-men or as many as go a breast make a File or Rot. See Brigade Filial filialis of or belonging to a son Filiaster Fr. filiastre a Son in Law or Son by a former marriage Filme from the Belgick velme quod idem denotat a fine thin skin within the body dividing the flesh or any near member one from another Also a skin like a cap wherein divers children are born And the skins in wrapping the brains are called Filmes the inmost which is next the brain is also called pia meninx or pia mater the