fair buildings by Michael de la Pool Earle of Suffolk This Town is very well accomodated for Ships and Merchandize Hull in Navigation is taken for the body of a ship without masts sailes or yards Hulling is when a ship at sea hath taken in all her sailes in calm weather Hulstred old word hidden Humanity lat the nature and condition of man also gentlenesse mildnesse Humane or curteous Signs are Gemini Virgo Libra Aquarius Humber a great River or rather an arm of the sea in Yorkshire Humectation lat a moistning Humidity lat moistness Humiliates a certain religious Order of men so called from Humiliare lat to humble or bring low because they led very strict or mortified lives they were instituted in the year 1166. Humorist lat one that is fantastick or full of humours Humour lat moisture also a mans phancy or disposition The four predominate humours in a mans body are blood choler flegme and melancholy Humfrey or Humfred the proper name of a man signifying in Dutch Houspeace Hundred a part of a Shire consisting of ten tithings each tithing consisting of ten housholds called in Latin Decennae Hundreders men empanelled of a Jury upon any controversie of land dwelling within the Hundred where the land lieth Hundrelagh the Hundred Court from which all the officers of the Kings Forrest were freed Hungaria the Kingdom of Hungary divided into two parts by the River Danubius it was anciently called Pannonia Hunnes a people of Scythia who in the time of the Emperour Valentinian over-run all Italy and Gallia but at last overcome by the prayers of Pope Leo they retired themselves into Hungary Huntington the chief Town of Huntintonshire in the publick seale called Huntersdune i. the hill of Hunters alluding to which name Leland calls it in Latin Venantodunum near unto the bridge is to be seen yet the plot of a Castle built by K. Edward the Elder in the year 917 and by K. Henry the second demolished to put an end to the contention which the Scottish men and the St. Lizes had so often had about it Hurlebats or Whirlebats used among the ancients called in Latin Caestus Hurlers certain great stones in Cornwall which the people thereabout perswade themselves to have been in times past men transformed into stones for prophaning the Sabbath Day with hurling of the Ball. Hurleth old word maketh a noise Huscarles a name given in ancient times to those that were gatherers of the Danish tribute Husfastene in some of the Statutes is taken for him that holdeth house and land Hustings the principal and highest Court of London it cometh from the French word Haulser i. to lift up H Y Hyacynthus a youth who being beloved of Apollo and playing with him at a play called Discus Zephyrus who was slighted by Hyacinthus blew the Discus thrown by Apollo full upon Hyacinthus his head and killed him which mischance Apollo lamenting turned him into a flower called a Jacinth vulgarly Crowtoes There is also a pretious stone called a Hyacinth or Jacinth being of a waterish colour Hyades the seven daughters of Atlas by his wife Aethra they were called Ambrosia Eudoxa Pasithoe Corone Plexauris Pytho and Tyche who lamenting their brother Hyas devoured by a Lion were taken up into Heaven by Jupiter and changed into Stars Hyaline Greek of a colour like glasse Hybernall lat belonging to the winter-season Hybla a mountain of Sicily famous for its Bees and for the abundance of Time which grew there Hybreas a famous Orator born in Nylassus a City of Caria who was advanced to be chief Governour of that City under Euthydamus Prince of Caria but when Labienus came against that Country he so incensed him by saying he was Emperour of Caria that he destroyed the City Hydra a monstrous Serpent bred in the Lake of Lerna it was feigned to have a hundred heads and was at last slaine by Hercules also a celestial constellation Hydragogy Greek a conveying of water by furrows and trenches from one place to another Hydragogues are medicins that are prepared to draw forth the water from any Hydropical parts Hydrargyrous Greek belonging to Quicksilver Hydraulicks Greek certain water-works whereby musick is made by the running of waters Hydrography Greek a description of waters Hydromancy Greek a kind of divination by waters Hydromel Greek a kind of drink made of honey by some called Metheglin Hydrophoby Greek a certain disease caused by melancholy which causeth in those that are affected with it an extream dread of waters Hydropick Greek troubled with a certain disease called the Dropsie Hyemal lat bleak or winterly Hyena lat a beast like a wolf which some say changeth Sex often and counterfeiteth the voice of a man Hylâ—s the son of Theodamas King of Maeonia whom Hercules took away by force and carryed him with him in the Expedition to Colchos but Hercules going on shore about Mysia sent him for water to the River Ascanius and the Nimphs of the River being in love with him pulled him in so that Hercules long expected him and hearing no news of him left the Argonauts and wandred up and down the Wood for a long time in quest of him Hyleg is that Planet or place in Heaven whereby being directed by his or its digression we judge of the life or state of any person Hyllus the son of Hercules by Deianira he being driven out of his City by Eurystheus fled to Athens and there built a Temple to Misericordia the Goddesse of Pitty Hymen or Hymenaeus son of Bacchus and Venus he was the first that instituted Marriage and therefore by some called the god of Marriage he hath that name from a thin skin called in Greek hymen which is within the secret parts of a woman and is said to be a note of Virginity Hymne Greek a spiritual Song or Psalm sung to the praise of God Hypallage Greek a certain figure wherein the order of words is contrary to the meaning of them in construction Hyperbolical Greek spoken by way of Hyperbole i. a figure wherein an expression goes beyond truth either by way of excess or diminution Hyperboreans a certain Northern people some say dwelling under the North Pole others say they are a people of Scythia Hyperion the son of Caelus and brother of Saturn he is thought by some to be the first that found out the motion of the Stars and is oftimes mentioned in Poetry for the same with the Sun Hypermeter Greek a Verse that hath a syllable above its ordinary measure Hypermnestra one of the 50 daughters of Danaus they being commanded to kill their Husbands the 50 sons of Aegyptus she onely of all the sisters saved her Husband Lynceus who afterwards killed Danaus Hyperphysical Greek supernaturall Hypocondriacal Greek subject to melancholy because under the hypocondria or sides of the upper part of the belly lie the Liver and Spleen which are the seat of melancholy Hypocritical Greek belonging to a Hypocrite i. e. a dissembler
a freehold an adjunct to a subject Appendix Lat. an Addition a thing that depends upon another Appetency Lat. earnest desire Appeteth desireth a word used by Chaucer Appian way a high-way leading from Rome through Campania as far as Brundusium which Appius Claudius in his Consulship paved and walled Applauds expressions of extraordinary praise and congratulation toward the performers of great atchievements Artam Application Lat. the making an addresse to any person or the applying of one thing to another †Applombature Lat. a soldering with Lead Appoast French to subborn to procure Apposen to demand Apposite Lat. put to also to the purpose Appostile French a small addition to a discourse in writing set down in the margent Apprehension Lat. understanding also according as it is used with expressions either of danger or happinesse it denotes either fear or joy Cassandra Apprentice skill Chaucer Appretiation Lat. a high valueing a setting a high price upon a thing Approbation Lat. liking Approperate lat to hasten Appropinquate lat to draw nigh Appropriation lat a taking to ones self also a Term in law a converting the profit of an Ecclesiastical living to ones proper use onely maintaining a Vicar Approver Lat. a Term in Law one who confessing himself guilty of Felony accuseth another he is also called appellour †Appuyed French stayed supported Aprication Lat. basking in the Sun Aprize old word adventure Apsonus a Citie near the Euxin Sea where Medea slew her brother Absyrtus Ap-thanes the Superiour sort of the Nobility of Scotland were anciently so called the lower sort Vnder-Thanes Aptitude Lat. fitnesse Aptote Greek a Term in Grammar being a Noun not declined with cases Apulia a Region in Italy vulgarly called Puglia formerly called Iapygia from Iapyx the son of Daedalus A Q Aqua Caelestis a liquor which the Chymists call rectified wine Aquarius one of the twelve signs in the Zodiack whereinto the Sun enters in January Aquatile Lat. that lives in the water Aqueduct Lat. a Conduit that convey's waâ—er by a pipe Aqueous Lat. waterish Aquila Lat. an Eagle in Astronomy it is one of the heavenly signs Aquileia a Citie in Italy which being besieged by Maximinus held out so stoutly that when they wanted ropes for the moving of their Engins the women suffered their hair to be cut to supply the want Aquiliferous Lat. an Epithete of the Roman standard that bears the picture of an Eagle upon it Aquisgrane a Citie in Gulick now called Aixcovit built by Granus as some suppose the brother of Nero. Aquitania the third part of France now called Guien Aquite old word to match Aquiter old word a Needle case Aquosity Lat. waterishnesse A R Arabesque French a curious flourishing or branched work in painting or Tapestry Arabia a Countrey in Asia so called from Arabus the son of Apollo reaching from India to Aegypt it is divided into three parts Arabia Petraea Arabia deserta and Arabia foelix Arable Lat. plowable Arace old word to deface Araneous Lat. full of Spiders webs Arausia the Citie of Orange in France now under the Princes of Nassau Aray order from the French Arroy Aray to apparel Arbela Hebr. a womans name signifying God hath revenged Arbitratour Lat. an Umpire a Commissioner chosen by mutual consent to decide controversies between party party Arblaster a word used by Chaucer signifying a Cros-bow Arborist Latin he that hath skill in Trees Arcadia a Countrey of Peloponnesus famous for shepherds and for the residence of Pan the God of shepherds it was first called Pelasgia from Pelasgus an ancient King afterwards Arcadia from Arcas son of Jupiter and Calisto daughter of Lycaon King of this Countrey Arcade French an Arch. Arcane Lat. mysterious secret Arch Dapifer a chief sewer one of the prime Offices of the Empire which belongeth to the Count Palatine of the Rhene Arch Duke a title belonging to the house of Austria Archebald see Eâ—chembold Arches or Court of Arches the chief Consistory belonging to the Arch-bishop of Canterbury for the debating of spiritual causes Archetype Greek the first figure or Original Arch-flamin Prince or chief of the Priests among the Heathens by some called Pontifex Maximus of whom Numa Pompilius was the first instituter Archimandrite the chief of a Hermitage Architectonick belonging to the chief Overseer of buildings Architecture the Art of building containing under it all those Arts that conduce any thing to the framing of a house or Temple Architrave a word much used in Architecture the chapiter of a Pillar or chief beam in a building Archive a place where ancient Records are kept Archontes Greek certain Governours created in Athens after Kingly Government was abolish't Archonticks certain Hereticks so called from Archon the first of that Sect which began in the year 334. they denied the Resurrection and held the world to be the work of Princes Archytas a famous Mathematician whom Horace mentions in one of his Odes he made a wooden Dove to fly by art Arcitenent Lat. carrying a Bow and Arrow's Arctation Lat. a streightning Arctick as the Arctick Pole or Northern Pole and the Arctick Circle or Northern Circle so called from the Star Arctos or the Bear Arcturus a constellation near the North-pole Arcuare to bend to make after the fashion of an Arch. Arcubalist an Engine anciently used in war which was to cast forth great stones Ardenna a great Forrest in Germany reaching from the River Rhene to the Citie of Turney which is 500 miles There is another great Forrest in Warwick-shire so called the word signifying in the ancient and Gallick tongue a Wood. Ardour Lat heat vehemency burning desire Arduity Lat. steepnesse Arefaction Lat. a drying Arelatum a Citie of France in the Province of Narbon now called Arles the seat of the Kings of Basilica the last wherof called Boso was thrust into a Monastery by the Emperour Otho for striking the Bishop Areopagites certain Judges of a Council in Athens instituted by Solon they were so called from Areopagos a street in Athens where they sate Aret old word an account Aretaphila a womans name signifying in Greek a friend of virtue Arethusa the daughter of Nereus and Doris the wife of Alpheus she was fain'd to be a River of Sicily Also a Fountain in Armenia wherein nothing can be made to sink Argent Silver or Coin also a Term in Heraldry whereby they expresse white Argentina a Citie in Germany by the Rhine first subdued by Casar afterwards by Allila who called it Stratsburgh which name it retains to this day Argile a County of the North part of Scotland lying over against the Coast of Ireland and therefore called by the Natives Arguithil i. near the Irish in Latin Argathelia Argiletas a place near the Palace in Rome so called from Argos Captain of the Argives who having been intertained by Euander was at length slain and buried there Argillous Lat. clayie of a clammy substance Argoil Clay a word used by Chaucer Argonautes see Jason Argos a
languages which was there caused it was anciently the chief seat of the Assyrian Monarchs being built by Nimrod and afterwards walled by Semiramis it is now called Bagadeth or Bagda Bablac a Town in Oxfordshire situate upon the River Isis where Sir R. Vere Earle of Oxford Marquesse of Dublin and Duke of Ireland being in great favour and Authority with King Richard the second was defeated by the Nobles forced to swim over the River and to fly his Countrey Babys the brother of Marsyas he committing the like insolency as his brother was also to have been flead by Apollo but that he was saved at the intercession of Pallas Bacchanals the feast of Bacchus Baccharach or Bachrag wines are those which we call Rhenish wines from Baccharag a Citie situate upon the Rhine Bacchus the inventour of wine he was the son of Jupiter and Semele who desiring to lye with Jupiter in all his glory was burnt up with Thunder and Bacchus being cut out of her Womb was inserted into Jupiter's Thigh untill the birth were mature he is also called Dionysius Liber Pater and Osiris Bacciferous Lat. bearing Berries Bacheler French an unmarried man also a Bacheler of a Company a Bacheler of Arts is he who takes the first degree in the profession of any Art or Science the second being licenciate and the last Doctor A Bacheler Knight vide Knight Backberond Saxon a Term in Common-law signifying a Thief that is taken with the manner being followed with huy and cry with those things he hath stollen whether it be money or any thing else it is by some taken for an offender against Vert or Venison in the Forrest Bactriana a Provice of Scythia beyond Assyria Badbury a Town in Dorsetshire where King Edward the Elder put to flight his Cozin Aethelwald who had conspired with the Danes against him Badge the same as Armes or Cognisance Badger a Carrier of Corn or like provision from one place to transport it to another Badinage French foolery buffonry Badonicus the ancient name of a Hill in Sommersetshire now called Bannesdown-hill where King Arthur defeated the English Saxons in a great battail Boetica a part of Spain formerly so called from the River Boetis now called Gnadalquivir Bagatel French a toy a trifle Baggeth old word disdaineth Baile French a Term in Common-law signifying the taking charge of one arrested upon action either Civil or Criminal under surety taken for his appearance at a day and place certainly assigned See Main-prize Baily or Bailiffe French a Magistrate appointed within a Province or praecinct to execute Justice to maintain the peace and to preserve the people from wrongs and vexations and is principal Deputy to the King or Supream Lord also the Officers of each hundred and of Towns Corporate are called Bayliffs there are also Bayliffs of husbandry belonging to private men who are Lords of Mannours Bailywick the Jurisdiction of a Baily Bain French a bath or hot house Bainards Castle a house in London belonging at this day to the Earles of Pembrock it was so called from William Bainard Lord of Dunmow whose possession formerly it was Baisemaines Fr. kissing of the hands Complementing Baiton Kaiton the belly of the Whale an Arabick word Baize a fine sort of Freeze from Baii a Citie of Naples where it was first made Balade French a Ballet or roundelay also a Dance Balasse a Saxon word signifying Gravel laid in the bottom of a ship to keep it upright Balatron Ital. a babler a prating knave Balcone Ital. a bay-window Baldwin Germ. a proper name signifying bold victor and answering to the Greek Thrasynâ—achus Bale French a pack of Merchants wares Balefull sorrowfull woefull Balk Dutch a ridge between two furrows Ball French a dancing meeting Balladin French a dancer of Galliards A Ballance French a pair of Scales Ballast see Balasse Balliol Colledge a Colledge in the University of Oxford built by John Balliol of Bernards Castle in the Bishoprick of Durham and father of Balliol King of Scots Ballist Lat. an Engin to cast or shoot stones Ballon French a Term in Architecture signifying the round Globe of a Pillar also a great Ball. Ballotation a kind of casting lots or making election by Balls Ballustrad a Term in Architecture signifying a jutting out of a window or portal Balm the juyce or Oyl of a certain plant growing in Judaea otherwise called Balsamum or Opobalsamum Balmerinoch an Abby in Fife a County of Scotland built by Queen Ermengard wife to King William Balneary Lat. a bathing place Balthasar an Hebr. word signifying without treasure it was the name of one of the wise-men who came out of the East to worship our Saviour See Sands his Travels 181. Baltia an Island in the German Ocean by Xenophon called Lampsacenus now Scandia or Scandinavia from this Island the Baltick Sea derives its name which Philemon calls Marimorusa Hecataeus Amalchium Bambalio a faint-hearted fellow A Band French a Company of foot Souldiers Bandie French to follow a faction Banditi Ital. out-laws from Bando a Proclamation because they are condemned by Proclamation the Dutch call them Nightinghals and Free-booters Bandle an Irish measure of two foot in length A Bandog a Mastive Bandon French free Licence or liberty also a company or Sect. Bandore Ital. a kinde of Musical instrument Bane poyson destruction Banes French in Canon-law are Proclamations but more especially taken for the publick proclaiming of Marriage in Churches Bangle-ear'd having hanging ears like a Spaniel Bangue a pleasant drink used in the Eastern Countreys A Banker one who in forreign Countreys delivers forreign money for his own Countreys Coyn. Bankrout or Bankrupt a decoctor one that hath consumed his estate Bannavenna or Bennaventa a Town in Northhamptonshire anciently so called now Wedon in the street once the Royal seat of Wolpher King of the Mercians and by his daughter Werbury a holy Virgin converted into a Monastery Banner French a Standard or Ensign Banneret or Knight Banneret vide Knight Banneroll French a little Flagge or Streamer Baptisme Greek a Sacrament used in the Church for the initation of children into the Christian Religion it signifies a washing or dipping in water Baptist Greek a proper name first given to St. John who was the first that baptized Baptistery Greek a Vessel to wash in a Font to baptize in Barbara the name of a holy woman martyred under the Emperour Maximian the word signifieth in Latin strange or unknown Barbaria the chief part of Africk which is divided into four Kingdomes Morocco Fesse Telessina and Tunis Barbarisme Greek a rudenesse of behaviour a clownish pronunciation of words Barbe a mask or visard Barbel a kinde of fish a little Sammon Barbican French a Term in architecture and fortification an out-work in a building a bulwark a watch Towr Barbitist a Lutinist Barce the chief Citie of Lybia Bards the ancient Poets among the Brittains and the Gaules Bardes also or barbes signifie the trappings or caparisons of horses Bardulph
signified a Region Bristow the name of a pleasant Citie standing partly in Sommerset-shire partly in Gloster-shire it is so called as it were Brightstow which in the Saxon signifieth a bright or shining place in British it was called Caer Oder Nant Badon i. e. the Citie Oder in the Vale of Badon it was fortified by Robert Bishop of Constance against King William Rufus with a Wall which this day is in part standing Britomartis a Cretan Nimph the daughter of Jupiter and Charme she was the first Inventour of hunâ—â—ng Nets being pursued by Minos she to aviod him threw her self into the Sea Broach a Term in hunting the next start growing above the Beamantler in a Stagg's head Brocado Spanish a kinde of Cloath wrought or mixed with Gold or Silver Broccarii a word used in the Scots practick signifies in the Statutes of Gild. Mediatours in any transaction or contract Brochity crookednesse especially of teeth Brocket a red Deer of two years old a spitter or pricket Brode-half-penny a Toll or Custome for setting up boards or Tables in a Market or Fair. Brond old word fury Brontes one of the Cyclops the son of Coelus and Terra and brother to Arpe and Strerope they had each of them onely one eye and that upon their forehead Brooklime an Herb so called Brooming a bringing of a ship aground to be trimmed or made clean Brotel old word brickle A Brouch a Jewel Brow-antler a Term among hunters the first start that grows next to the head of a stag and next to that is the beam-antler Browded old word imbroidered Browk old word to injoy Browse to feed as beasts on shrubs or roots of trees Bruges a famous Citie in Flanders encompass't with a fair wall and having above 60 Churches Brumal Lat. winterlike belonging to the shortest day of winter Brundusium a Town in Italy through which Caesar followed Pompey into Greece Brusk a Term used in Heraldry signifying a kinde of tawney colour otherwise called Tenne Bryke old word streight narrow Brymme when a Boar desires copulation he is said to go to the brymme B U Buccinate Lat. to blow a Trumpet Bucentoro a stately Gally or great ship wherein the Duke of Venice and the Senate go yearly in Triumph on Ascention day to espouse the Sea Bucephalus the horse of Alexander the Great he had the mark of a Bull 's head upon his shoulder being killed in the battle which Alexander fought against Porus King of India a Citie was built in the place where he was buried called Bucephala Bucheldians a Sect of Hereticks which are reckoned among the several sorts of Anabaptists Buck a Hare or Cony when they desire copulation are said to go to Buck. Buck-hurst the title of a Barony belonging to the Sackviles afterwards Eearls of Dorset Buckingham the chief Towns in Buckinghamshire so called from its fruitfulnesse in Beech-trees which the Saxons called Bucken Bucoliks Greek pastoral songs Buda the chief Citie of Hungary now called Offen not farre from the Banks of Danubius Budaris a Citie of Germany belonging to the Pals-grave now called Heidelbergh Budge Lambs furre Buffle a wilde Oxe Bulbous Lat. Bulbous plants are those that have round roots Buffoon French a Jester Bulgaria a countrey on this side Thrace †Bulimy Greek insatiable hunger A Bull a round Jewel hollow within also one of the Popes briefs or Mandates Bullion mony Gold or Silver in the Masse or billet also the place where such Gold or Silver is brought to be tried and changed for the King Bumbasin see Bombasin Bundles a sort of Records of Chancery lying in the Office of the Roll's as the Files of Bills and Answers in Chancery the Files of Corpus cum causa all Writs of Certiorare with their Certificates and divers others Buoy see Boy Buquan a County in the South-part of Scotland the people whereof were anciently called Taizoli Burgedala a famous Citie of France now called Bourdeaux where the Poet Ausonius was born Burel fineâ—glasse Burford a Town in Oxford-shire where Cuthred King of the West-Saxons vanquish't Aethelbald King of the Mercians and won his Banner whereon was painted the Golden Dragon Burgage is a Tenure whereby men of Cities and Borrows hold their Lands and Tenements of the King and other Lords for a certain yearly Rent Burganet French a kinde of Helmet Burgeon or Bourgeon to grow big about or grosse A Burgh see Bourrough Burgh-grave a title of Honour in Germany signifying a Count of a Castle or Garrison Burglary French from Bourg a Village and Larrecin theft according to the acceptance of Common-law is defined a felonious entring into another mans house with an intent to steal somewhat or to do some fellonious act Burgundia a Countrey of France the people whereof were anciently called Sequani and Hedui It is now divided into lower Burgundie which is called Burgundia Regia or the County of Burgundie and into upper Burgundy which is called Burgundia Imperatoria or the Dutchy of Burgundy Burled old word armed Burlesque French merry drolish Burlet French a coife Burly-brand old word a great sword great fury Burnet the name of a certain Herb also a word used by Chauser signifying woollen also a hood or attire for the head Burnish Ital. to make bright to polish also a word used by hunters when Harts spread their Horns after they are new rubbed A Burnisher a word used in graving or etching and signifieth a thing which they make use to smooth sweeten the work Burshoulder or Burrowholder see Headborough Buscum ducis one of the chief Towns of Brabant now called Hertogenbush Bush or holy water sprinkle a Term in hunting the tayl of a Fox Busiris the son of Neptune and Lybia the daughter of Epaphus who for his Tyranny was slain by Hercules with his son Amphidamas and Chalbis his cryer A Buskin a kinde of boot alse a Pump worn by Tragidians Bustard or Bistard a kind of great sluggish bird Butes the son of Amycus King of the Bebrycians he being deposed fled to Trepanum and falling in love with Lycaste a fair Curtesan he begat Eryx Buthus a famous Wrestler that used to devour a whole oxe in a day Butlerage of wines a certain impost uppon wines which the Kings Butler may exact out of every ship Butten a term among hunters the first part in putting up a Stags head Buttington a Town in Montgomeryshire wherein in old time the Danes taking up their winter quarters were driven out by Adhered Earle of the Mercians in the year of our Lord 894. Buttresse a word of Architecture the prop whereon the but-end of the building resteth Buttuck a term in Navigation the breadth of a ship right a stern from the tuck upwards Buxome or Buâ—some from the Dutch word Booghsaem pliant flexible also blith or merry Buzzar a Market-place among the Persians Buzzard a kind of great Hawk or Kite B Y Byblus a Town of Phoenicia where Adonis had a Temple built in honour of him Byg old
word to build Byker old word a fray Byndon a Town in Dorcetshire where in the year 614. Kinegilsus the Saxon King in a doubtful and bloody battel overcame the Brittaines Byram a certain solemn Feast among the Turkes Byrlaw or Burlaw a term used in the practick of Scotland Laws of Burlaw are determined by consent of neighbours elected by common consent in the Courts called Burlaw Courts Byssine Lat. made of silk Bytrent old word catched about Bywopen old word made senselesse Byzantium a City of Thrace built by the Spartans under the command of Pausanias It was afterwards called Nova Roma But Constantine the Great making it the chief Seat of his Empire it was called Constantinople and is at this day the chief Seat of the Turkish Empire C A CAb an Hebr. measure of 3 pints Cabades a King of Persia who succeeded Perozes after he had vanquished him and cut off his whole army Cabala an Hebrew word signifying receiving also a science among the Jews comprehending the secret wayes of expounding the Law which were revealed by God to Moses Cabalin fountain see Hypocrene Cabin a cottage also a little room in a ship called also Cabern Cablish a term used by the writers of forrest laws signifying Brushwood Cabura an odoriferous fountain of Mesopotamia wherein Juno was used to wash Caburn a small line made of yarn to bind the cabel of a ship withal Cacams Doctors among the Jews Cacafuego a Spanish word signifying shitefire Cachexy Greek a physical term signifying an ill disposition of the body Cachinnations Lat. a loud laughter Cacique a certain King among the Indians Cackrell a kind of fish Cacochimie Greek a physical word signifying ill juice which is caused in the body through bad nutriment or ill digestion Cacodemon Greek an evil spirit Cacosyntheton Greek a vicious composition of words Cacozealous Greek ill affected or badly imitating Cacuminate Lat. to form into a sharpe top like a Pyramid Cacumination Lat. a making sharp at the top Cacus a shepherd of Aventinium in Italy who stealing some of the oxen which Hercules Recaranus had taken from Gorgon drew them backward by the taile to his cave that they might seem by their foot-steps to have gone an other way but the theft being discovered Hercules slew him with his club and recovered his oxen Cadaverus Lat. like a carcase full of dead carcases Cadbury a Town in Sommersetshire which is thought by some to have been that Cathbregion where K. Arthur overcame the English Saxons in a memorable battel Caddow a chough or daw Cade or Caddâ—e an Arabian word signifying a Lord or Magistrate among the Eastern people Cadence Lat. a just falling of the tone in a sentence a descending of notes in musick Cadâ—nt houses are the third sixth eight and twelfth houses of a scheme or figure Cadet French a younger brother among Gentlemen Cadier Arthur a high mountain in Brecknockshire whose two tops resembling the form of a chair it is thence vulgarly called K. Arthurs Chair Cadmus the King of the Phoenicians the son of Agenor and brother of Europa he brought the Greek letters out of Phoenicia he killed a serpent which had slain some of his companions sowing the teeth of it in the Earth out of which there sprung up armed men He built Thebes in the Country of Aonia which was afterwards called Boeotia but being driven thence with his wife Hermione by Zethus and Amphion he was changed into a serpent Cadrou or Cadzou a Barony in Scotland out of which was paid a yearly pension of 26 pounds 13 shillings and 4 pence to the Kings Exchequer Caduce the snaky staffe which Apollo gave to Mercury in recompence of his harp This staff had such vertue that with it he could kill or make alive It was also a rod among the Romans which was carried by their Heraulds in sign of peace whence an Embassadour is called Caduceator Caecity Lat. blindnesse Caelibate Lat. an unmarried state a bachelers life Caenis a Thessalian Virgin who was ravisht by Neptune and being turned into a man and called Caeneus was made invulnerable afterwards fighting against the Centaurs was buried alive by a great weight of trees thrown upon him Caercaradoc a hill in Shropshire where Caratacus an ancient King of the Brittans resolutely defended a stone Rampire against Ostorius Lieutenant of the Romans Caerdiff a Town in Glamorganshire fortified by Robert Fitz-Hamon whose Grandchild William Earle of Glocester was afterwards besieged in the Castle and taken prisoner by Yvor-Bach a Brittish Mountaineir In this Castle Robert Curthose son of William the Conqueror after he was bereft of his eyes lived till he was very old Caerfuse or Caersuâ—e a Town in Montgomeryshire anciently as they say a very famous City Caermarden by Ptolomy called Maridunum the chief Town of Caermardenshire the birth-place of Merlin the ancient Brittish Prophet Caernarvon the chief Town of Caernarvonshire where the Princes of Wales anciently kept their Chancery Exchequer and Courts of Justice it was built by K. Edward the first and the birth-place of K. Edward the second sirnamed thence Edward of Caernarvon Caesar a name attributed to the Emperours of Rome from Julius Caesar the first Emperour Caeyx see Halcyon Cageole French to prate to little purpose to canvas or dispute a businesse Cainsham a Town in Sommersetshire so called because it was built by Keina a devout Brittish Virgin of whom it was believed by the vulgar that she turned Serpents into stones because the high-way thereabout is full of stones which wreath about resembling a Serpent Cairus or Alcairus a great City of Aegypt formerly called Babylon Egyptia it was taken by the Turk Zelmi Caishoberry the name of a country Palace or great House near Watford in Hertfordshire it was begun by Sir Richard Morisin Knight Embassadour to several great Princes under K. Henry the eighth and K. Edward the sixth and finisht by Sir Charles Morisin his son It is now in the possession of the Lady Capell Dowager Caitive wretched wicked from the French Chetif or the Italian Cattivo Caitisned chained a word used by Chaucer Calabria a fruitful Country of Italy which now belongs to the kingdom of Naples Calamint an herb so called Calamist a Piper upon a reed from the Latin word Calamus Calamity Lat. misery but originally it signifies a destruction of corn from Calamus a stalk of corn Calasticks a physical word signifying purging ointments Calatrava a place in Spain which gives denomination to certain Knights who are called Knights of Calatrave Calcanth a Chymical word being the same as Vitriol Calcation Lat. a treading or stamping Calcedon a word used by Lapidaries being a certain forbe vein in a Ruby or Saphyre differing from the rest of the stone also the name of a precious stone Calchas a Grecian south-sayer the son of Thestor who seeing a Serpent devour ten Sparrow chickins prophesied that Troy should be taken the tenth year Calcine or Calcinate Lat. a Chymicall Term signifying to reduce any
e. a Lord. Courtbaron a Court that every Lord of a Mannour hath within his own precincts Court of requests a Court of Equiry of the same nature with the Chancery onely this Court instead of a Subpoena useth a privy seal Courtesie of England is a certain Tenure whereby a man marrying a woman seized of Land in Fee-simple or Fee-tail general if he have a childe by her which cometh alive into the world though she and the childe die immediately yet if she were in possession he shall hold the land during his life and is called Tenant per legem Angliae or the courtesie of England Courtilage in Common-law is a Garden or piece of void ground lying near a message from Curtis a mansion house and legere to gather Courtisan French a Court-lady it is also commonly taken for a strumpet Courtlasse or Coutelasse a short sword Couth quasi Kâ—nnouth knew from the Saxon word Ken to know Coutheutlaugh Saxon he that receiveth cherisheth or hideth an out-law Cowde old word a gobbet Cowre to kneel to fall down for fear from the Italian word Covare Cowneer the hollow arching part in the ship stern Coy or Coyen old word nice dainty also to quiet to flatter C R Crabbat French handsome comely also substantively taken it signifieth a a Gorget for women or a kinde of riding band for men Crach a crib or rack for beasts Crabs eye a stone found in a Crab which resembleth an eye Cranage money paid for the use of a Crane to draw up wares Crank old word lusty blith jovial Crank-sided when a ship will bear but small sayl a Term in Navigation Crany lat the skull Crapulent lat glutted with meat having taken a surfet Crasie sick distemper'd from the Greek word crasis temperature Crask old word fat Crasse lat thick heavy dull lumpish Crassitude lat thicknesse grossenesse Crater is a sign in Heaven called the bottom of the pitcher in Virgo it riseth about the sixteenth of the Calends of March. Creance French trust confidence credit Creansour Law Term a creditour Creast-tile a roof tile which is made to lay upon the ridge of a house Crebrous lat often usual Credible lat that may be believed Credit trust belief also esteem Creditour lat he that lendeth or trusteth out money Credulity lat aptnesse to believe Creed a set form containing the artiticles of Christian religion Creek from the Dutch word Kreaken to make a noise a part of a Haven where any thing is landed or disburthened from the Sea Crenelle a Term in Heraldry being a line dented like the notch in the horn of a bow Creon the son of Menatius King of Thebes he was brother to Jocasta the wife of Laius and mother of Oedipus who unfolded the riddle of Sphinx and married Jocasta not knowing her to be his mother and by her had Eteocles and Polynices who succeeded in the Kingdom and were to reign by turns every other year but they having killed one another in civil Wars Creon regained the Kingdom but behaving himself with much cruelty he was overcome by Theseus and slain Crepitation lat a creaking noise Crepuscul lat the dawning of the day Cressant French the figure of a half Moon a term in Heraldry Cresses a kind of plant called in Latin Nasturtium Cresset old word a Lantern a Beacon Crest French a part of a helmet also the upper part of a Scutchion in armoâ—y Crestmarine an herb called Rock-samphire Crete an Island of the Mediterranean Sea heretofore called Hecatompolis by the Greeks because it had a hundred Cities it is now called Candie and is a great part of it in the possession of the Turks Cretism or Creticism Greek a forging of lyes falshood or perfidiousnesse Crevequeurs the name of an ancient Family in Kent who built Leeds Castle in that County they are stiled in ancient Records de crepito corde Crevet or Cruset from the French word Creux hollow a Goldsmiths melting pot Creusa the daughter of Priamus and Hecuba and wife of Aeneas by whom he had Ascanius she following her husband out of Troy when it was set on fire was not minded by him till he came out of the City by reason that he led his son in his hand and carried his father on his shoulders through the flames but going back to seek her he could never hear what was become of her Criminal lat guilty blameworthy Cleop. Crined having hairs from the Latin word Crinis it is a word used in Heraldry Crinisus a River of Sicily near to the City Segesta of which it is related that when the Trojan Virgins were to be exposed to the fury of a Monster whom Neptune sent to destroy the Country because of Laomedons perfidiousnesse Hippotes a noble Trojan committed his daughter Hegesta to the wide Sea and she being by fortune carried into Sicily Crinisus fell in love with her and turning himself into a Bear ravisht her whereupon she became with child and brought forth Acâ—â—tes who was afterwards King of Sicily Criplings a term in building short spars on the side of a house Crisis Greek a judgement or discerning into any thing also a term in Physick denoting the sudden change in a disease tending either to recovery or death Sir Crispins Launce an awle from Crispin who was the Patron of the Shoomakers Crisped lat frisled curled Crithology Greek a gathering in of the first fruits of corn Critical Greek of a nice judgement apt to censure Also Critical dayes in a disease are those dayes wherein a disease comes to its Crisis and they are the odde dayes as the third fifth seventh and so on but the most critical are counted the fourteenth The Crisis in acute diseases is judged by the Moon but in Chronick diseases the Crisis is judged by the Sun Criticisme Greek a playing the Critick a learning which consists in the curious and nice examining of Authors Cro or Croy signifieth in the Scotch Acts of Parliament a satisfaction which the Judge is to pay unto the nearest of kin to a man that is slain in case he minister not justice as he should do Croce old word a Shepherds staff or crook Crocolana the ancient name of a Town in Lincolnshire now called Ancaster Crocute a certain beast imitating the voice of a man and ingendred of a Hyaena and a Lionesse it cometh from the Aethiopian word Crocottas Croesus a King of the Lydians who abounded in riches he was overcome in war by Cyrus and put upon a pile to be burnt and calling out Solon Solon Cyrus demanding the reason he acquainted him how that Solon having formerly been asked of him who was the happiest man told him none could be happy till his death and that the greatest riches could not keep a man from misery whereupon he was freed and made one of Cyrus his Counsellers Croft from the old word Creaft i. e. handy-craft a little Close joyning to a house it being lookt to with more than ordinary care Croisada a
force her by war she killed her self Others say it was because falling in love with Aeneas who was driven by tempest on her coast he refused to marry her Didram an ancient coin valueing fifteen pence Diem clausit extremum a Writ that lieth for the Heir of him that holdeth land of the Crown either by Knights service or in Soccage and dieth It is directed to the Eschetour to inquire of what estate he was seized and who is next Heir and this inquisition is to be returned into the Chancery Dies datus a respite given to the Tenent or Defendant before the Court. Diennial lat of two years continuance Diespiter quasi diei pater a name attributed to Jupiter he is also called Lucetius from Lux the light Diet in Greek diaita from dais a banquet signifieth a general convention of the German Peers to consult of the affairs of the Empire Dieta rationabilis a reasonable dayes journey a word used in the Civil Law Dietetical Greek belonging to a limited and proportionable diet Diffamation lat a disgracing a blemishing any ones good name Diffarreation lat a solemnity anciently used among the Romans in the divorcement of man and wife Differences in Heraldry are extraordinary additions whereby bearers of the same Coat-armour are distinguished each from others Difficulty lat uneasinesse hardnesse Diffidence lat doubtfulnesse mistrustfulnesse Diffluence lat a flowing asunder or several wayes Diffusion lat a scattering or shedding abroad Diffusion in Philosophy is the dilating of a substance into more parts Digamma Greek the Aeolic letter among the Greeks like unto our letter F. Digestion lat a disposing also a concocting of the meat in the stomack Digests in French Pandectes a volume of the Civil Law so called because the legal precepts therein contained are so excellently disposed and digested Dight old word ready adorned Digit a Character which expresseth a figure in Arithmatick as a V. the figure of five also the parts of an eclipse Digitation lat a pointing with the fingers also an expressing the form of the fingers Digladiation lat a fighting or disputing the matter with swords Digne from the Latin word dignus neat gentle worthy It is a word used by Chaucer Dignity lat honour reputation advancement Essential Dignities of the Planets are when Planets are in their own houses exaltations tripticities and faces how these are assigned to every Planet see in Mr. Lillies Introduc Fo. 104. Dignosce lat to know or discern one from another Digression lat a wandering out of the way a going from the matter in hand Dijudication lat a deciding a difference between two Dike-grave one that oversees the dikes and banks of the Low-Countries that keeps the bankes from Inundation of the Sea Dilaceration lat a rending or tearing asunder Dilaniation lat a butchering or tearing in pieces Dilapidation lat a taking away or ridding of stones also a wasting Dilatation lat a widening or laying at full length Dilatatory a Chirurgeons Instrument to widen any part that 's too much closed Dilection lat a tender affection or love Dilemma Greek is called a horned syllogism wherein both propositions are so framed that neither can well be denied Dilling a child born when the Parents are old Dilstone otherwise called Divelstone because it standeth upon the River Divelesburn a Town in Northumberland where King Oswald slew Cedwalla the Brittish Tyrant Dilucidation lat a making clear or plain Dilution lat a purging or washing away also wine dilute signifieth wine that is mingled with water Diluvial lat belonging to a Flood or Deluge Dimention lat the just measure or proportion of any figure In Geometry length breadth and depth are called the three dimensions Dimetae the ancient name of the people inhabiting that part of Wales which containeth those Countries now called Caermardenshire Pembrokshire and Cardiganshire Dimication lat skirmishing or fightng Dimidiation lat a dividing in the midst a cutting into two halves Dimocks an ancient Family in Cheshire See Grand Sergeanty Diminutive lat little small in Grammar it is taken substantively for a word whose termination implies a littlenesse in respect of another thing that is bigger as from tabula a table comes tabella a little table or tablet In Heraldry it is a blemishing or defacing of some particular point of the Escocheon by the imposition of some stain and colour thereon In Architecture it signifies the lessening of a pillar by little and little from the base to the top Dioces from the Greek word dioecesis a governing signifieth the Ecclesiastical jurisdiction of a Bishop Diogenes a famous Philosopher who lived in a tub which he rolled up and down from place to place he was for his churlish disposition and clownish conversation called the Cynic Diomedes the son of Tydeus and Deiphile and King of Aetolia he was accounted one of the chiefest Hero's at the wars of Troy he brought away Rhesus his horses and the Palladium he wounded Mars and Venus fought with Hector and Aeneas whom his mother Venus protected at length being ashamed to return home because of the whorish pranks of his wife Aegiale he went into Apulia and had that Kingdom given him by Daunus There was also another Diomed King of Thrace who used to feed his horses with mans flesh but at last Hercules overcoming him gave him to be devoured by his own horses Dioptic art that part of perspective which belongs to Astronomy and by instruments searcheth out the distance of the Sun and other Stars comprehending Nenitercapedines of Sun Moon and Stars Dioptrical Greek belonging to a Dioptra or Geometrical Quadrat Diphthong Greek two vowels clapt together into one Diple a mark in the margent to shew where a fault is to be corrected Dipsas a kind of Serpent whose biting brings a deadly thirst Diptote signifieth in Grammar a Nown that hath but two Cases Dirce see Amphion Dire lat cruel fell unmerciful Directory lat that which directeth or putteth in the right way Direction a Planet is said direct when it moveth in its natural course according to the direction of the Signs Diremption lat a setting apart Direption lat a snatching or taking by force Dirge from the Latin word dirigere prayers or divine-service offered to God for the soul of the dead Diribitory from the old Latin word diribere to distribute or divide a place where souldiers are mustered and receive pay Diruption lat a bursting asunder Disalt to disable Disard a doltish fellow from the French word disard loquacious or the Dutch word dwaesaerd i. e. a man of a stupid wit Disastre French ill luck derived from the evil influence of the Stars Discent in Common Law is an order whereby Lands are derived unto any man from his Ancestors Disceptation lat a contentious disputing Discern lat to perceive to know one thing from another Discerption lat a tearing in pieces Descession lat a departing Hair Discheveled French loosely scattered out of order Discinct lat ungirded also
August the first day of August otherwise called Lammas day in old Almanacks St. Peter ad Vincula it cometh from the French word Gueul i. e. a throat because on that day a certain maid having a disease in her throat was cured by kissing the Chains that St. Peter had been bound with at Rome Gulf or Gulph a streight passage between two Seas it comes from the Greek word Colpos Guloâ—ity lat gluttony Gultwit an old Saxon word signifying an amends for trespasse Gummilda the wife of Asmond King of Denmark she killed her self for grief that her husband had been slain in battel Gunora a Famous Norman Lady who flourished in Shropshire and Cheshire and held the Hamlet of Lanton in chief as of the honour of Mountgomery by the service of giving to the King a Barb'd-headed whensoever he should come into those parts to hunt in Cornedon Chace Gunwale a piece of Timber in a ship which reacheth from the half deck to the fore-castle on either side Gurgitation lat an ingulphing or swallowing up Gurnard a kinde of fish so called Gusset an abatement in Heraldry form'd of a Travers line drawn from the dexter chief and descending perpendicularly to the extream base parts or contrarywise Gust in Navigation is a sudden winde also taken by some for a stranger or guest Guttural lat belonging to the throat Guzes in Heraldry signifieth the ball of the eye Guy a proper name of men in Latin Guido from the French word Guide i. e. a leader or directour Guy a certain rope used in a ship to keep any thing from swinging in too fast G Y Gy old word a guide Gibbositie a bunchbacked the Moons 3. parts full of light Gyges a certain Lydian to whom Candaules the King having shown his wife naked she animated him to kill the King which he did by the help of a Ring which made him invisible and afterwards marrying her he made himself King Gymnasiarch Greek the chief governour of a Gymnase which is a place for all manner of exercise both of minde and body Gymnosophists Greek a Sect of Philosophers among the Indians who went naked living in desarts and feeding upon Herbs Gyndes a River not far from Euphrates which Cyrus besieging Babylon cut into 46 several Channels Gypsation lat a plaistering with Mortar Gyration lat a fetching a compasse from Gyre a great circle Gyron in Heraldry signifieth a quarter or half a Cube described by a Diagonal line Gysarme the same as Gisarme H A HAbberdasher one that sells a great many several wares from the Dutch words habt jhr das i. e. have you that Habeas Corpus a Writ which a man Indited before Justices of Peace and laid in prison may have out of the Kings bench to remove himself thither at his own charges Haberdepois see Averdupoise Habergeon a diminutive of Haubert see Haubert Habilement French cloathing also armour Hability lat an aptnesse or capacity Habit lat custome or use also the attire or cloathing of the body Habitation or Habitacle lat a dwelling a place of residence Habitual lat grown to a habit or custome Habitude lat the same as habit Hables French a haven or port Hachee or Hach French a certain French dish made of sliced meat Hadock a kinde of fish called a Cod-fish Hadrian the name of a great Roman Emperour who was so called from the Citie Hadria whence he deduced his original the word is derived by Gesner from the Greek word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. grosse or wealthy Hadrianople Greek a Citie of Macedon in Greece Haemon a young man of Thebes who loving Antigone the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta hearing that she was put to death by Creon he killed himself over her Tomb. Haemorrhagie Greek a violent bursting out of bloud Haemorrhoides Greek a certain disease called in English the Piles Haemus a great Mountain dividing Thessaly from Thrace at the foot of which are the fields of Tempe it was so called from Haemus the son of Boreas and Orithya Haerede abducto a Writ that lieth for him who having the Wardship of his Tenant under age hath him conveyed away from him by another Haeresie Greek a division in the Church caused by some erroneous opinion contrary to the fundamental points of religion Haesitation lat a sticking at any thing a doubting Haga a word used in some old Writs for a house Hagard French untam'd unruly also a Hagard Hawk is taken for a wilde Hawk Hagiographer Greek a writer of holy things Haggase a kinde of pudding made of Hogs flesh Haie from the French word Haye a kinde of Net to catch Conies which is commonly pitch'tunder hedges Haile a word of salutation from the Saxon word Heal i. e. health Haire is when a Masculine and Diurnal Planet in the day time the earth or a Feminine nocturnal Planet in the night time under the earth Haimhaldatio Catallorum signifieth in the practick of Scotland a seeking restitution for goods wrongfully taken away Haketon a Jacket without sleeves Chaucer Halbert a kinde of weapon called in Spanish Halabarda Halcyon a bird called a King-fisher which builds its Nest and breeds upon the Sea-shore about the winter â—olâ—tice for the space of fourteen dayes wherein the weather useth to be very calm whence by Metaphor peaceable and quiet times are called Halcyon dayes the Poets feign that Halcyon the wife of Caeyx was turned into this bird See Alcyon Haledon a place in Northumberland where Oswald King of that County in a great pitcht feild against the Brittish King Cedwall having erected a cross unto Christ obtained the victory and afterwards became a devout Christian. This place was in old times called Heavenfeild Half-merk or Noble a piece of coine valueing 6 shillings 8 pence Half-seal is taken for the sealing of Commissions unto delegates appointed by an appeal in Ecclesiastical or Maritime causes Halicarnassus the chief City of Caria where the famous Tomb of Mausolus was built by Queen Artemisia Halidome Saxon holy judgement whence By my Halidome used anciently to be a great oath among country people Halieuticks Greek books treating of the Art of fishing Halifax signifying in old English holy hair a Town in Yorkshire so called from a Maides head that had been cut off by a Priest of that place which being hung upon a yew-tree as a holy matter was had in great veneration by the people who gathering of the sprigs of the tree took it for her hair Halinitre Greek a kind of Mineral commonly called Saltpeter Hall a Ship to call to her to know whence she is and whither bound Hallage French a fee due for clothes brought for sale to Blackwell Hall or to the Lord of a Market for commodities vended there Hallelujah see Allelujah Hâ—llucination lat error or blindness of judgement Halm from the Hebrew word halam to shake the stalk of corn from the ear to the root Halsier a term in Navigation he that draws the Halser or Cable wherewith boats are
he thought upon the misery of the World Herald see Harald Herawdes old word feates of activity Herbage signifieth in Common Law the fruit of the earth provided by nature for the cattel also the liberty that a man hath to feed his cattel in another mans ground or in the Forrest Herbert a proper name of men signifying in Dutch famous Lord. Herbigage or Herborow old word lodging Herbalist or Herbary lat one that hath knowledge in the nature and temperaments of herbs Herbenger see Harbenger Herbert a proper name signifying in Dutch bright Lord. Herbipolis a City of Germany now called Wirtzberg Herbosity lat plenty of herbs Herbulent lat grassy full of herbs Hercinia a great Wood in Germany sixty dayes journeys in length and nine in breadth Herculean belonging to Hercules the cheif of which name was Hercules the son of Jupiter and Alcmena he being hated by Juno because he was born of a Concubine was by her ingaged in 12 very dangerous enterprises which are called Hercules his 12 labours all which he overcame to his great renown whence every great atcheivment came to be called a Herculean labour He is said to have built two pillars on Mount Calpe and Mount Avila as the utmost bounds of the Western World with the inscription of Nil ultra and at this day those places are called Hercules pillars This name Hercules signifieth in Greek Glory or Illumination of the Air. Here de Caesar a certain Epoch or Account from which the Saracens and Arabians used to compute their number of yeares as we do from the year of our Lord. It was also used in Spain for a great while the word signifieth as much as the Monarcy of Caesar. Hereditary or Haereditary lat coming by Inheritance Hereditaments signifie in Common Law all such things as descend to a man and his heirs by way of Inheritance and fall not within the compasse of an Executor as Chattels do Hereford the cheif City of Herefordshire anciently called Tresawith from the Beech-trees growing thereabout It was built as some say by King Edward the Elder in that tract of the Country called of old Ereinuc or Archenfeild out of the ruines of the ancient Ariconium the fame of this City was augmented by the Martyrdom of Ethelbert King of East England who going to wooe the daughter of Offa King of the Mercians was here forelaid and murthered by the procurement of Quendred Offa's wife Heremitage or Ermitage French a solitary place a dwelling for Hermites i. persons that devote themselves to a religious solitude Heresie see Haeresie Heresiarch or Haeresiarch Greek the principall Author of any Heresie or Sect. Heretog or Hertogh a Leader of an Army or a Duke from the Saxon words Here an Army and Toga to draw out Herility lat Masterly Authority Heriot or Hariot hath formerly been used to signifie a tribute given by a Tenant to the Lord of the Mannour for his better preparation toward war Here in the Saxon tongue signifying an Army but now it is taken for the best chattel that a Tenant hath at the hour of his death which is due unto the Lord by custom Herlaxton a Town in Lincolnshire near which was ploughed up a brazen vessel wherein a Golden Helmet beset with pretious Stones which was given as a present to Catherine of Spain wife to King Henry the eighth was found Herman see Harman Hermaphrodite Greek a word compounded of Hermes i. Mercury and Aphrodite i. Venus and signifieth one of both Sexes Man and Woman See the story of Hermaphroditus and Salmacis elegantly described in the fourth Book of Ovids Metamorphosis Hermetical Greek belonging to Mercury the messenger of the gods who is called in Greek Hermes or to Hermes Trismegistus the great Aegyptian Philosopher Hermione the daughter of Menelaus she was betrothed by her father after the end of the Trojan war to Pyrrhus the son of Achilles which Orestes to whom she had been before espoused by her Grandfather Tyndarus taking ill he slew Pirrhus in the Temple of Apollo Hermitage Hermite see Heremitage Hermotimus a certain man of Clazomena whose Soul used to leave his body and wander up and down bringing him news of things that were done a great way off his body lying in the mean while as it were asleep but at length his enemies finding his body burnt it so that his Soul had no habitation left to return to Hernious lat bursten bellied Herod sirnamed Antipater a King of the Jews created by the Roman Senate he destroyed the Temple built by Zorobabel and erected another more magnificient in its place he put his wife Mariaâ—ne to death and his two sons Aristobulus and Alexander Heroick or Heroical Greek noble lofty becoming a Heroe whence Heroick Poem is a Poem treating of Heroic actions or persons Heroine a woman of a noble spirit and excellent virtues A Heron a kinde of bird called in Latin Ardea ab ardendo because its dung burns whatsoever it touches Herophila the name of the Erythraean Sibil who having asked Tarquin a very great price for her three books of Prophesies and being refused it she burnt 2. and afterwards received as much for that one that was left as she demanded for all the three Herostratus one that to purchace himself fame burnt the Temple of Diana Hersilia the wife of Romulus who after her death was worshipp'd by the name of Hora or the goddesse of youth Hertford i. e. the Ford of Harts the chief Town of Hertford-shire having a Castle upon the River Lea built as some say by King Edward the Elder and augmented by Gislebert de Clare who was Earle of this Town in King Henry the seconds dayes Bede treating of the Synode that was held here in the year 670. calleth it Herudford i. e. Redford Herthus a goddesse worshipt by the ancient Saxons in the same nature as Tellus by the Latins some think the word earth to be thence derived Hesione the daughter of Laomedon King of Troy whom Hercules having freed her from a great Whale gave in marriage to his friend Telamon after he had ransack't Troy because her father Laomedon performed not his promise to him Hesperus the son of Japetus and brother of Atlas who flying from his Countrey went and inhabited in Italy whence that Countrey came to be called Hespâ—ria he had three daughters Aegle Arethusa and Hesperethusa called the Hesperides who lived in the Hesperian Garden whose Trees bare golden Apples that were kept by a watchfull Dragon whom Hercules slew it is also faigned of Hesperus that after his death he was changed into the Evening Star Hests old word commands or decrees Hete old word a vow offer or promise Heteroclite in Grammar is taken for a Nown that hath a different way of declining from other Nouns Heterodox Greek being of another opinion or judgement then what is generally received Heterogeneal Greek being of another or different kinde Heteroscians Greek people that live between the Aequator and the Tropicks whose
defence of his Countrey Knighten Guild a certain Guild or Company in London consisting of 19 Knights it was founded by King Edgar who gave them a portion of void ground lying without the Citie now called Portsoken Ward Knipperdollings a certain Sect of Hereticks who lived in Germany about the time of John of Leyden they were so called from one Knipperdolling who was the first founder of that Sect. Knolls of Peace certain Mounts cast up by mans hand in the Sherifdom of Sterling in Scotland called in Latin Duni Pacis K U Kunigunda or Cunigunda the wife of Henry the second Duke of Bavaria and Emperour of Germany she to free her self from the aspersion of inchastity that was cast upon her caused certain Plough-shares to be heated red hot and placed at a little distance one from the other and went over them blindfold without receiving any harm whereby she cleared her self from all suspition the like was reported of Edward the Confessours wife and this tryal afterwards became oftentimes in use upon such like occasions and was called the tryal of fire Ordeal K Y Kyle a County in the South part of Scotland by Bede called Campus Cyel i. e. the field Ciel this with other Territories Eadbert King of Northumberland annexed to his Kingdom Kyrie Eleison a form of solemne invocation used in the Liturgy or Service book and signifieth in the Greek tongue Lord have mercy upon us L A LAbarum Greek a military streamer or flag also a Church Banner or Ensigne Labda the daughter of Amphion of the Race of the Bacchidae she being lame and despised by the rest of the Bacchidae married Aetion to whom she brought forth Cypselus so called from a certain Corn measure wherein his mother hid him from the ten men whom the Corinthians by a publick decree ordained to kill him because it had been foretold by the Oracle that a son of Labda should invade the Tyranny of Corinth Labdacisme see Lambdacisme Labdanum or Ladanum a kinde of sweet Gumme taken from the leaves of a certain small shrub called Cistus Ledon Labefaction lat an enfeebling or making weak Labels Ribbands hanging down upon Garlands or Crowns made of flowrs also little pieces of parchment cut out long-wayes and hanging upon Indentures or other kinde of writings also in Heraldry they are those lines which hang down from the file in an Escutcheon Labeons lat blaber-lipped persons Labienus one of Caesars Captains who did very famous actions under him in Gallia but when the Civil wars broke out fled from him to Pompey's party Labile lat slippery apt to slip or fall Laborariis the name of a Writ that lieth against such as having not wherewith to live do refuse to serve †Laboriâ—sity lat laboriousnesse painfulnesse Labour a ship is said to Labour in the Sea when she rowles and tumbles very much either a Hull or under Sail. Labyrinth Greek a Maze or place made with so many turnings and windings that a man once entered in cannot finde the way out whereof the two most famous were that built by Miris King of Egypt and that which Daedalus built for Minos King of Crete it is also by Metaphor used for any kinde of intanglement or intricate businesse Lacca a kinde of red Gumme issuing from certain Trees in Arabia Laceration lat a tearing or dismembring Lacert Latin from Lacerta a Lizard from Lacertus the brawny part of the arm Lacession lat a stirring up or provoking Laches in Common-law signifieth negligence from the French word Lasche i. carelesse or slothfull or Lascher to loosen Lachesis the name of one of the Destinies Lacken old word contemned also extenuated Lachrymation lat a weeping or shedding tears Laconisme Greek a speaking briefly or after the manner of the Lacedemonians Lactary lat a Dairy house or place where they keep Milk or make Cheese Lacteal or Lacteous lat milky milk white or made of milk Lactucina a certain goddesse among the Romans see Matura Lacunation lat a making holes Ladanum or Laudanum see Labdanum Ladas a Page of Alexander the Great he ran so swift that the print of his foot could not be discerned in the sand Ladon a River of Arcadia where Syriax was turned into a Reed Laghslite a Saxon word from Lah Law and Slite a breach signifying a Mulct for breach of the Law Lagophthalmie Greek a disease in the eyes which causeth one to sleep like a Hare with the eye-lids open Laiâ—al lat belonging to Lay-men or such as have not to do in the Ministerial function Laines courses or ranks laid in the building of stone or brick-walls a Term in Masonry Laire a Term in hunting the place where a Deer harbours by day Lais a woman of Sicily who going to dwell at Corinth became a very famous strumpet and exacted excessive rates for the prostitution of her body afterwards removing to Thessaly she was in such high request among the men of Thâ—ssaly that the women out of envy killed her in the Temple of Venus it was by her instigation that Alexander the Great caused Persepâ—lis to be burnt Laius the son of Labdacus King of Thebes and the father of Oedipus see Jocasta or Oedipus Lake a kinde of red colour used in painting Lambith q. Lomehith i. e. a Lomy or Clayish rode a Town in Surry famous for a stately Palace belonging to the Arch-bishops of Canterbury first built by Arch-bishop Baldwin in the year 1183. in this place Hardy-Canute the Danish King of England giving up himself wholy to luxurious banquettings costly intertainments expired suddenly in the midst of his debauchery and excessive Cups Lambdacisme Greek a pronouncing the letter L. which is called in Greek Lambda with greater force then it should be Lamdoides the hindermost seam of the skull Lambert the proper name of a man signifying in Saxon fair Lamb or as others will have it Far famous Lambition lat a licking a lapping with the tongue also a going over a thing with a soft touch Lamiae lat certain Female spirits or apparitions by some called fairies there was also one Lamia a Concubine of Demetrius to whom the Thebans built a Temple under the name of Lamia Venus Lammas day the first of August so called as some say because the Priests on this day were wont to gather their Tithe-Lambs others take it from the Saxon word Laffmess i. Breadmass it being kept as a feast of Thanks-giving for the first fruits of the Corn it is also called Gule or Yule of August see Gule of August Lampadios a constellation in the head of Taurus Lampasse vulgarly called the Lampreys a disease in the mouth of a Horse so named because it is cured by burning with a Lamp or a hot Iron Lampetia see Neaera Lampoon a kinde of Drolling Poem or Pamphlet wherein any person of the present age is mentioned with reproach or scurrility Lamprey or Suck-stâ—ne a kinde of fish called in Latin Muraena Lampsacus a Town upon the Hellespont near
Lenient lat softning of an asswaging or pacifying power Lenitude lat the same as Lenity Lennox a County in the south part of Scotland so called from the River Levin which Ptolomy calleth Letanonius Lenonian lat belonging to a Pander or Band. Lentigenous lat belonging to Lentills which are a kind of round and flat pulse growing in hot Countries also full of little pimples or freckles resembling Lentills Lentisk lat a kind of tree called the Mastick-tree from which there is taken a Gum of very great vertue Lentitude lat slacknesse slownesse or negligence Lentour lat stiffnesse or clammynesse Lent-season in Lat. Quadragesima a Fast of fourty dayes instituted by the Church and first appointed to be kept in England by Ercombert a King of Kent It comes from the Dutch word Lente i. Spring because it ever happens to be about the beginning of the Spring time or as others say from length because about this time the dayes begin to lengthen Leo the name of several Roman Emperours reigning at Constantinople also the name of several Popes of Rome also one of the 12 Signes Leocorion a Monument erected by the Athenians in honour of Leo the son of Orpheus who when no body else would permit their daughters to be sacrificed to the gods to divert a great pestilence which then raged in the City willingly consented to the offering up of his three daughters Pasithea Theope and Eubule Leodegar or Leger a German proper name signifying a gatherer of the people Leodium a famous City of Germany anciently called Ebur num Augusta and is said to have been built by Ambioriges a King of Germany who also called it Legia from the cutting off of a Roman Legion in a valley near unto it at this day it is named Luttich or Leige Leofstan i. most beloved a Saxon name Leofwin i. Winlove Leoh Sax. light Leonard the proper name of a man signifying in Dutch popular disposition as Lipsius will have it but as others say Lion-like disposition answering to the Greek name Thymoleon Leonidas a famous Captain and King of the Lacedemonians who defending the Streights of Thermopylae against the whole Army of Xerxes was himself slain together with all his men Leonine lat belonging to or like a Lion Leopard or Libberd a certain African beast otherwise called a Panther this beast is all over full of streakes or little spots and is begotten between a Pard and a Lionesse Leopold q. Leodpold the proper name of a man signifying in Dutch Defender of the people being in imitation of the Greek names Demochares i. gracious to the people and Demophilus i. a lover of the people and Laodamus i. tamer of the people the chief of this name was Leopoldus Arch-Duke of Austria Leorning â—night Sax. a disciple or scholar Lepid lat neat jocund pleasant in speech or behaviour Leporine lat belonging to a Hare Leprosie Greek a kind of disease which causeth a white scurfe to run all over the body it is also termed Elephantiasis from the roughnesse of an Elephants skin which it resembleth Lerna a Lake near the City of Argos where the Serpent Hydra was slain by Hercules Lesbos an Island in the Aegaean Sea which in old time obtained the Empire of all Troas It is now called Metelin from the chief City thereof Mitylene the rest were Erâ—ssos Antâ—ssa Portus Methymna Lesinage Ital thriftinesse sparingnesse good husbandry from Lesina which signifieth a Coblers aule Lesion or Laesion lat a hurting or endamaging Lessee and Lâ—ssâ—r see Lease Lâ—sses the dung of a Boare Lessian diet a moderate temperate diet from Lessius a famous modern Physitian who wrote divers rules for the keeping of an exact and temperate diet Lestage see Lastage Lestrigones or Laeâ—trigones a certain barbarous people and of a vast Giant-like stature that anciently inhabited Formiae a City of Campania and were said to live upon Human flesh their King Antiphates oppos'd Vlisses with all his might when he landed on that coast and tore one of his companions in pieces with his teeth Letanie Greek the Book of Divine-service used in Churches from Liteuo or Lissomai i. to pray and supplicate Lethality lat deadlinesse or mortality Lethargick Greek sick of a Lethargy i. e. a disease which causeth an excessive drousinesse and sleepinesse Lethean lat forgetful from Lethe a River of Hell which the Poets feign to be of that nature that the water of it being drunk causeth oblivion or forgetfulnesse Lethiferous lat bringing death deadly Letifical or Laetifical lat making glad or joyful Letter missive lat an Epistle or Letter sent from one party to another from the Latin word Mittere i. to send Letters of Atturney writings whereby an Atturney or any friend made choice of for that purpose is appointed to do a lawful act in anothers stead from which warrants of Atturny differ in this that besides being sealed and delivered before sufficient witnesse they must also be acknowledged before a Justice or Serjeant Letters of Mart or Marque are Letters which authorize any one to take by force of armes those goods which are due by the Law of Marque See Law of Marque Letters Patents are writings sealed open with the Broad-Seal of England whereby a man is authorized to do or injoy any thing which of himself he could not from the Latin word patere i. to lie open Lettice a Christian name of severall women from the Latin Laetitia i. joyfulnesse mirth Lettice a kind of plant called in Latin Lactuca because in women that eat of it it breedeth milk Levament or Levation lat an enlightning easing comforting also a lifting up or causing to rise Levant and Couchant French terms used in Common Law when the beasts or cattel of a stranger come into another mans ground and there have remained a good space i. rising and lying down Levant is also taken for the Eastern Countries Levari facias the name of a Writ directed to the Sheriff for the levying of a sum of money upon the lands of him that hath forfeited his Recognisance Leucophlegmatick Greek troubled with a disease called Leucophlegmaty i. a Dropsie caused by the abounding of white flegme Leucothea see Ino. Leucothoe the daughter of Orchamus King of the Babylonians with whom Apollo being in love transformed himself into the shape of Eurynome her mother pretending private businesse with her he re-assumed his former shape and won her by fair speeches to consent to his desires whereupon Clytia who was in love with Apollo growing extreamly envious declared the whole businesse to Orchamus who in a great fury caused his daughter to be buried alive whose death Apollo grieving at transformed her into the Frankincense-tree and Clytia seeing her self contemned of Apollo pined her self away and was turned into a Marygold Leuctra a Town in Boeotia where the Thebans under Epaminondas gave the Lacedemonians so total an overthrow that they could never after recover themselves Level-Coil French is when he that hath lost the game sits out
Latin records de Lupello Loverd or Laverd old word a Lord. Lourdain see Lordane Louvre a stately Palace in Paris and the chief seat of the Kings of France built by Francis the first and augmented with a long stately Gallery by Henry the fourth Lowbell as it were loud bell a certain bell hung about the neck of a weather Lozenge a little square cake made of preserved herbs in the form of a Rhomb or a quarrel of Glasse L U Lua a certain goddesse among the ancient Romans she was the goddesse of all lustrations and purging from sin Lubricity lat slipperinesse Lucernes a kind of rich Fur taken from a beast of the same name breeding in Russia and those Northerly Countries Lucia a Christian name of divers women signifying in Latin Lightsome Lucida Laucis a Star in 9 degrees 45 minutes of Scorpio Lucidity lat brightnesse shiningnesse Lucifer lat as it were lightbearing the morning Star called in Greek Phosphorus Lucina a name attributed to Juno as she is the Patronesse of Childbirth or as some say to Diana or the Moon Lucius the praenomen of divers famous men among the Romans as Lucius Sylla Lucius Antonius Commodus the Emperour Lucius Septimius Severus and many others The first of this name is likely to have been so called from being born in the dawn or first shining of the day Lucre lat gain or profit whence Lucration a gaining or winning Lucretia the daughter of Lucretius Tricipitinus Prefect of Rome and the wife of Tarquinius Collatinus she being ravisht by Sextus the son of Tarquinius Superbus King of the Romans slew her self which was the cause of banishing both Tarquin and Kingly Government from Rome which was afterwards ruled by Consuls chosen anew every year and this act of Lucretia hath ever since been so famed that every chast woman is proverbially called a Lucrece Luctation lat a striving or wrestling Luctatius Catulus a famous Captain of the Romans who with 300 ships overcame 600 of the Carthaginians and made an end of the war Lucubration lat a studying or working by candle-light Luculency lat clearnesse brightness fulnesse of light Lucullus a famous Roman being a man of great eloquence and ingenuity he having been successeful in the wars against Mithridates heaped up a mighty masse of riches after the war was ended gave himself up wholy to ease and delicacy living in more state and splendor than any of that Age besides afterwards beginning to grow mad he was given in charge to his brother Marcus Ludibrious lat shameful or reproachful Ludicrous lat belonging to sport recreation or mockery Ludification lat a mocking or deceiving Ludlow a Town in Shropshire in Old times called Dinan afterwards Lystwysoc i. the Princes Palace it hath a fair Castle built by Roger Montgomery which was besieged by King Stephen who valiantly rescued Henry son to the King of Scots who was about to have been pulled into the Castle with an iron hook Ludovicus Pius the son of Charles the Great who was created Emperour by Pope Leo he succeeded his father in the Empire and Kingdom of France also Ludovicus hath been the name of several other Emperours and Kings of France this name according to Helmoldus Nigellus is deriv'd from the Dutch words Hludo Wiggh i. e. famous Warrier Lugdunum the chief Citie of Gallia Celtica vulgarly called Lyons built by Munatius Plancus a Roman Governour Lugubrous lat mournfull heavy sorrowfull Luition lat a making satisfaction for any offence also a paying a ransome Luke Hebr. rising or lifting up Lumbar see Lombar Luminaries in Lat. Luminaria lights lamps also conspicuous stars as the sun and moon also the feast of Christs Nativity commonly called Christmas was by the ancient Western Church called Luminaria Luminous lat full of light Lunaeburgum a great Citie of Germany built by Julius Caesar vulgarly called Lunemburgh Lunar belonging to the Planet of the Moon called in Latin Luna Lunatick lat troubled with a Lunacy i. a kinde of madnesse which happens at certain times of the Moon Lunes for Hawks leashes or long lines to call them Lungis French a tall slim man that hath no making to his heighth Lupercal a place about Rome where anciently certain feasts were celebrated to Pan which were called Lupercalia from Lupa a she-wolf which gave Romulus suck or as some say a Harlot of that name which nursed him Lupines lat a kind of little flat round pulse almost like a small bean Lurcation lat a greedy eating or playing the glutton derived originally from Lura a great leathern bottle Lure for Hawks a certain leathern device whereby with a little piece of flesh they call a Hawk from a good distance off it comes from the Dutch word Laeden i. e. to invite Lurid lat pale wan of a sallow colour Luscitation lat a being dim-sighted or pore-blind Lushborough a base Coyn brought over from beyond Sea in the dayes of King Edward the third †Lusion lat a playing or gaming Lusitania the third part of Spain according to the ancient division it is now called Portugal and is a Kingdom by it self A Lusk a slug or sloathfull fellow from the French word lasche Lust of a ship a Term in Navigation when a ship out of her own mold and making hath an inclination more to one side then another Lustration lat a going about also a purging by sacrifice Lustre French a shining also from the Latin word lustrum it signifieth a Den of wilde beasts also the space of five years by which space the Romans were wont to compute the time Lutheranisme the doctrine and judgement of Martin Luther who being first a Monk of the Order of St. Augustin forsook the Church of Rome and writ against the errors of it Luteous lat muddy or of a muddy colour Lutulent lat miry or dirty Lutzenburgum or Lutzenburgh a Dutchy in the low Countreys adjoining to Leige and Namur being one of the 17 Provinces and having a chief Citie of the same name Luxation lat a putting out of joynt a making loose Luxuriant or Luxurious lat riotous given to excesse or debauchery L Y Lycanthropy Greek a kinde of melancoly or phrenzy which causeth those that are poâ—sest therewith to think themselves turned into Wolves and to fly the company of men Lyâ—aon the son of Pelasgus and King of Arcadia who when Jupiter came into Arcadia in the likenesse of a mortal man resolved to try whether he were a God or no as men reported him to be and killing one of those whom the King of the Molossi had left with him for pledges he caused him to be dressed and part rosted to be set before Jupiter whereat he being highly provoked turned Lycaon into a Wolf and burnt his Pallace with Thunder others say it was for sprinkling with the bloud of an Infant an Altar which he had erected to Jupiter upon the Mountain Lycaeus a hill of Arcadia Lycaonia a Countrey of Asia the lesse near Phrygia and reaching
Saturn and Ops in the division of the world among Saturns sons the Empire of the Sea fell to him by lot Nereides the Nimphs of the Sea the daughters of Nereus and Doris among whom was Amphitrite the wife of Neptune Domitius Nero one of the ancient Roman Emperours who killed his mother Agrippina his wife Octavia the Poet Lucan and Seneca his master Nerve lat a sinew also by metaphor force or strength of body Nervosity lat a being full of Nerves or Sinews i. certain organick parts of the body which cause strength and motion it is also metaphorically taken for strength or vigour Nescious or Nescient lat ignorant or not knowing Nesh old word tender Nessus one of the Centaurs whom Ixion begat upon a cloud formed into the likenesse of Juno he was slain by Hercules for attempting to ravish his wife Deianira Nestor the son of Neleus and Chloris he came with 50 ships along with the Grecian Army to the wars of Troy and was famous for his prudence and eloquence and the great age he lived to Nestorians a sort of Hereticks so called from Nestorius their first founder their chief tenet was that there were two persons as well as two natures in Christ. Nettings a term in Navigation those small ropes which are ceased together with roap yarnes in the form of a Net with Mashes Nevin a Town in Caernarvonshire where in the year 1284. the Nobles of England triumphed over the Welsh with solemne Justs and Turnaments wherewith they celebrated the memory of King Arthur Nevosity lat fulnesse of Warts or Moles Neustria a region of Gallia Celtica vulgarly called Westrich Neutral lat indifferent inclining to neither side Newark a pleasant Town seated upon the River Trent in Nottinghamshire it is so called as it were the new work from a stately Castle built in King Stephens time by Alexander Bishop of Lincoln In this Town King John ended his dayes Newcastle a noted Town in Northumberland situate upon the River Tine which maketh a very commodious Haven for ships It derived this name from the new Castle built by Robert son to William the Conquerour Some think it to have been that Town which was anciently called Gabrosentum Newcolledge a Colledge in the University of Oxford built by William Wickam Bishop of Winchester Newyears-gift a gift presented to friends or great persons the first day of January a custom derived from the ancient Romans who used to offer Presents to the Emperors in the Capitol though they were absent In Italy it is the custom for the greatest persons to give to the meanest whereas here the meanest give to the greatest Nexible lat easie to be knit N I Nias hawk a term in Faulconry a Hawk newly taken out of the nest and not able to prey for her self also metaphorically taken for a Novice Nicaea a City of Bithynia famous for the great Synod or Council which was kept there by the appointment of Constantine the Great consisting of 318 Bishops Nicia a Christian name of women in Greek Victorious Nicias an Athenian Captain who together with Demosthenes being sent against the Syracusians was repulsed with a very great overthrow by Gylippus the Lacedemonian who was sent to aid the Syracusians Niches or Niâ—es a term in Architecture the hollow places in a wall wherein Statues or Images are set Nicholas Greek Victorious over the people Nicholaitans a sort of Hereticks who held it lawful to have their wives in common so called from Nicholas of Antioch who was created by the Apostles one of the 7 Deacons Nicomedia a City of Bithynia wherein Constantine the Great died having in his sicknesse been baptized by Eusebius Bishop of this City a maintainer of the Arrian Heresie it was anciently built by King Nicomedes and is at this day called Nichor Nicodemites a sort of Hereticks in Switzerland so called from their imitation of Nicodemus who made profession of his faith in private Nicopolis as it were the City of Victory a City of Epirus so called from the great Battle at Actium which is near this City where Augustus overcame M. Antony and Cleopatra It is now vulgarly called Gallipoly Nicostrata the mother of Euander she was otherwise called Carmenta Nicotian a certain plant vulgarly called Tobacco it was called Nicotian from one I. Nicot who first brought it from France into Portugal Nictation lat a twinkling with the eyes Nidgeries French trifles fooleries Nidification lat a building of a birds nest A Niding an old English word signifying a base-hearted fellow a coward Nidisdale a Country in the south part of Scotland q. the dale upon the River Nid Nidulation lat the same as Nidification Nief see Neif Nightertaile Saxon by night Nigrefaction lat a making black Nihil dicit in Common Law is a failing to put in an answer to the plea of the Plaintiff by the day assigned whereupon judgement passeth against him as saying nothing Nil the sparkles that fly from mettals tryed in a furnace it is called in Greek Pompholyx or Spodium Nilling old word unwilling Nilus a River running through the midst of Aegypt and Aethiopia counted the chiefest and the father of all other Rivers and as some say taketh its name from Nilus an ancient King of Aegypt This River is famous for overflowing the Country every year and making the soil fruitful and for falling into the Sea within seven mouths in he figure of a Greek Δ. Nimbiferous lat bringing tempests or stormy showers Nimbot French a dandiprat a dwarf Nimious lat excessive overmuch Ninus an ancient King of the Assyrians the son of Jupiter Belus he very much enlarged the Assyrian Empire overcame Barzanes King of the Armenians Pharus King of the Medes Zoroaster the King of the Bactrians the first inventour of Magick and Sabarius King of the Sagae at length he was secretly made away by his wife Semiramis whom he had taken from Menon the Prefect of Syria who conspiring against his life succeeded him in the Kingdom Niobe the daughter of Tantalus and sister of Pelops she was married to Amphion and by him had 6 sons and 6 daughters whom Juno prevailed with Apollo to kill with his Bow and Arrows because their mother had adventured to preferre her self above the goddesse and Niobe her self while she was railing against Juno was carried by a whirlewind into Asia and there changed into a stone Niphates a Hill parting Armenia the greater from Assyria from this Hill the River Tigris springs Niseus a Tyrant of Syracuse who being admonish't by the Augurs that he had but a short while to live spent the remainder of his life in excesse of luxury and revelling Nisi prius a Writ judicial that lieth where the Enquest is panelled and returned before the Justices of the bank the one party or the other making petition to have this Writ for the ease of the Countrey Nisus a King of the Megarenses against whom war was made by Minos a King of Crete to revenge the death of
bloudy battel Egbert King of the West-Saxons overcame Beorwulf King of Mercia in the year of our salvation 821. here also about fifty years after King Aelfrid joyning battel with the Danes was at length put to the worst Wimple a plaited linnen cloath which Nuns wear about their necks also a flag or streamer Wimund Sax. sacred peace a proper name Winchester see Venta Windlasse a piece of Timber placed from one side of the ship to the other close abast the stem Windsore a Town in Bark-shire by the Saxons called Windleshore haply from the Winding-shore it is famous for a most stately Castle built by King Edward the third who in this Castle held prisoners at the same time John King of France and David King of Scots he also founded that Noble Order of the Garter of which see more in the word Knight there is likewise a magnificent Church begun by the same King and consecrated to the Virgin Marie but finisht by King Henry and Sir Reginald Bray Winefrid the name of an ancient Brittish Virgin Saint of whom it is reported that after her head was cut off by Cradacus there sprung up in the same place the Well which at this day is called Saint Winefrids Well and that Benno the Priest joyned her head again to her body it is also the proper name of divers women the word signifying in the Saxon tongue an obtainer of peace Winwidfield a place near Leeds in York-shire so called from the great victory which Oswy King of Northumberland had over Penda King of the Mercians wherein Penda was utterly overthrown Wippedfleed see Tanet Wisard a witch a cunning man one that telleth where things are that were lost some think it comes from the Saxon word Witega i. a Prophet Wiseacre the same from the Dutch words Waer i. truth and Sagen i. to tell it is vulgarly taken for a fool Witchcraft a certain evil Art whereby with the assistance of the Devil or evil Spirits some wonders may be wrought which exceed the common apprehension of men It cometh from the Dutch word Wiechelen i. to divine or guesse it is called in Latin Veneficium in Greek Pharmaceia i. the art of making poysons Withernam from the Dutch words Wider i. again and Namp i. a taking is in Common Law when a distresse is taken and driven into a hold or out of the County so that the Sheriff cannot upon the replevin make delivery thereof to the party distreined W O Woad a certain herb wherewith cloth is dyed blew it is called in Latin Guadum Glastum or Pastellum Woden a certain Idol worshipt by the ancient Saxons and thought to be the same with Mars or the god of Battle whence the fourth day of the week came to be called Wodensday or Wednseday Wodensburgh q. the Burgh or Town of Woden the abovenamed Idol a village in Wiltshire where in the year 590 Ceaulin King of the West-Saxons was in a bloody battle vanquisht by the Brittains and forced to end his dayes in exile Wolds Sax. mountains or hills without woods whence that part of Leicestershire lying Northward beyond the Wreken is called the Wold or Would of Leicestershire as being hilly without woods Wolfetchsod Sax. the condition of an Utlary upon whose head the same price was formerly set as on a Wolfs head to whomsoever should kill him Woodstock Sax. a wooddy place a Town in Oxfordshire where King Ethelred assembled the States of the Kingdom and enacted Laws here King Henry the first built a very magnificent Royal Palace in which King Henry the second that he might keep his Paramour Rosamund Clifford concealed built a Labyrinth with many intricate turnings and windings which was called Rosamunds Bower but it is so utterly effaced that at this day it is not to be discerned where it was In this Town Geffery Chauâ—er a most famous English Poet was brought up Woodward an officer of the Forrest whose function is to present any offence of Vert or Venison done within his charge and if he find any Deer killed or wounded to give the Verderer notice of it Woolwinders those that wind up fleeces of wool into a kind of bundle to be packt and sold by weight Worcester see Wigornia Wormatia a famous City of Germany built upon the River Rhene it is vulgarly called Worms and hath been sometime an Arch-Bishops See W R Wreath in Heraldry is that which is between the Mantle and the Crest called also a Torce also a Boares tail so termed among Hunters Wreck Fr. Varech Lat. Veriscum naufragium is when a ship perisheth at sea and no man escapeth alive in which case whatever goods are cast upon land belong to the King or the Lord of the soile but if any person come to land or if either dog or cat escape alive the goods return to the owner if he claim them within a year and a day Wreedt Dutch angry fierce furious whence the word wroth is commonly used by us for anger or fury Writ Lat. Breve because the intention of it is expounded in few words signifieth in Common Law the Kings precept whereby any thing is commanded to be done touching the suit of action as a defendant to be summoned a distresse to be taken c. It is called by the Civilians Actio or Formula W U Wulpher Sax. helper the proper name of a King of Middle-England it answers to the Greek names Alexâ—as or Epicurus Wulfrunes Hampton from Wulfrune a devout woman who inriched the Town a Town in Staffordshire vulgarly called Wolverhampton X A XAnthi a certain people of Asia who were utterly destroyed by Cyrus his Lieutenant Harpagus Xanthippe the wife of Socrates a woman of a very froward and petulant disposition insomuch as Alcibies told Socrates that he wondred how he could indure to live with her to which he answered that he kept her to exercise his patience at home that he might the better bear the petulancy of others abroad Xantippus a famous Captain among the Lacedaemonians who assisting the Carthaginians overcame the Romans in a great battle and took Regulus the Consul prisoner Xantho one of the Sea-Nimphs the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys Xanthus a River of Troas called also Scamander X E Xenocrates a famous Chalcedonian Philosopher who succeeded in the Academy of Speusippus he was a man of a very strict and severe conversation Xenodochy Gr. an Inne or Hospital a place for the receiving of Pilgrims Strangers and Travellers Xenophon the son of Gryllus a famous Athenian Philosopher and expert Captain he went with an Army of 10000 men along with Cyrus into Persia and after Cyrus was slain brought back his Army with little losse through many strange Countries and divers great difficulties and dangers He was for his Eloquence stiled the Attick Muse and writ many choice and elegant books Xeriff the title of a Prince or Supream Ruler in Barbary Xerophthalmie Gr. a certain disease in the eyes which causeth a rednesse or sorenesse without
be deduced either from the Indicative or Infinitive mood but seem much more probably by their near resemblance to be formable from the participle passive as Collectus Instructus Consultus Inventus In like manner may all those Verbs that come from the first conjugation of the Latins whereof a great multitude are of late years grown in use be formed as to coacervate to consummate to aggravate c. from Coacervatus Consummatus Aggravatus rather then from the Infinitive coacervare consummare aggravare for as much as the final t seems to be the Characteristick letter there are also sundry other Verbes that appear to have been most anciently received and most inured to our language which belike were had from the Latins at the second hand we taking them from the French as they from the Lat. as chiefly those that end in y or ie for example to signifie to glorifie to mollifie which we borrow from the French signifier glorifier mollifier and they from the Latin significare glorificare mollificare besides those both Verbes and Nouns which we borrow from the French meerly as to refresh to discourage to discharge to furnish to garnish to refrain despite distresse hostage menace c. Fourthly Concerning our Adverbs there needs no more to be said but this that whereas in Latin they most commonly end in è or èr we retain our old termination ly as for successivè we use successively for diligentèr diligently these must be understood to be such onely as are derived from Nown Adjectives for with the ordinary Adverbs of time place c. our tongue meddles not As for those in tùs as divinitus and in im as confertim viritim c. we cannot expresse them by one word except partim i. partly Fifthly and lastly there are a sort of words and expressions which we take from the Latins whole and intire without any diminution or change either in the same nature as Cicero and some of the Latin writers do from the Greeks as namely when they had not a significant word of their own wherewith handsomely to expresse what they intended or else when a word falls not naturally into our termination as in the words elogium and encomium for the first indeed we say indifferently either an elogium or an elogie but with encomium we do not yet make so bold as to say an encomie and to render it in English would be too tedious a circumloqution As to say a speech made in praise of an other man and therefore it is better to use the very word encomium so Privado in Spanish and Inamorato in Italian retain their own terminations with a better grace then any change could bring them Privad or Inamorat not sounding so agreeably to the eare also by a certain odd and strange construction we oftentimes turn a Latin Verb and sometimes a sentence into an English Noun especially with the help of an Article as to give a bene discessit to sing Lachrymae such a one was charged with a non est inventus and many more of this nature very acceptable to such as delight to have their writings and discourses larded with old ends of Latin this manner of expression comes somewhat near that Grammar rule where a whole clause comes before or followes a Verb and many times denotes the beginning of some publick form of words of this sort are the Latin names of divers Writs consisting of a tedious sentence which put me in minde of the Spaniard whose long name made him to be taken for a great company of men together I shall conclude this discourse of our Latin-derived words with the manner of their composition as I did before in my mention of the Greek words and this I do that the Reader may not be puzled at the missing of every compound word so long as he knows of what words they are compounded it is therefore to be noted that they differ not in their composition from the Original Latin words being alwayes joyned with one of these following prepositions a or ab from or away as Version being a turning Aversion is a turning from duction a leading abduction a leading away ad to wherein d is commonly changed into the same Letter that the word to which it joyned begins with as from plication being compounded with ad ariseth application an applying not adplication de from or of as detruncation a cutting off the rest are e ex extra in dis contra ob per sub supra ultra Seldom it is that according to the manner of the Greeks a Noun is joyned in composition with a Verb or one Noun with another onely the word semi is often used which in composition implies as much as half as semicircular being in the form of a half Circle This is as much as needs to be said of forraign words in respect of their dependence upon our tongue and their frequent use in speaking and writing I might in the next place proceed to as ample an account of the words of Art which I count the more curious part of the design and that which was most wanting but in regard that to do this handsomely would require a particular discourse of the Arts and the division of them and because that a sufficient account of the book is given elsewhere I shall passe them over briefly The words which we use in most Arts are taken from one or other of those languages above mentioned in those which are commonly called the liberal Arts we borrow a very considerable number from the Greek in Rhetorick all the Tropes and Figures as Synecdoche Ironie Metonymie in Logick Enthymeme Sorites and the word Logick it self in Physick Eupepsie Dyscrasie and the names of most diseases in Astronomie Antipodes Periscians and the word Astronomie it self and so in divers other Arts. In Astrology many from the Arabicks as the names of the most conspicuous Starres in each constellation viz. Aldebaran Alnath and some in Astronomy as Nadir Almicantarats In sundry of the Mathematical Arts and the politer sort of Mechanicks we have many words from the French and Italians as in Architecture and Fortification Pilaster Foliage Cupulo Parapet c. all our Terms of Heraldry we have chiefly from the French as Couchant Saliant Engrailled and as also in Jewelling Inlaying Painting as Carrat Naif Boscage Affinage Marquetry c. but for the Handycrafts and several of those which are called Artes Serviles they have their Terms peculiar onely to themselves c. such as are known to few but the several Professours as the names of Tools and Instruments belonging to all kinde of Manufactures of which to the attaining but of one tent◠part the search of an age would scarce suffice but very many of the chiefest are to be found in this book Of this nature also are the Terms used by Sea-man as Abast Afmost Larboard to spring a Leak by Hunters and Forresters as Lappise Foreloin Bloudyhand Dogdraw c.
of many Learned heads Such an Encyclopedy I present thee Reader with from the Muses as it was delivered me from the forked top of their Parnassus for I shall ever acknowledge such peculiar aides as I received from severall Learned Persons otherwise I can faithfully assert for the building up of this Volume next to the use of grand Dictionaries I have onely been beholding to the imperfect remaines of a Gentleman who long since begun this Work First his sicknesse impeding and then impartial death cutting him short of finishing his Design the best Schollars that then perused his Labours did with one voice render him this honour That his Collections were choice That he had taken up nothing but what was Authentick and that the Learned themselves in some respects might be obliged to him for his Studies To conclude Courteous Reader this Volume which the so many years industry of my self and others hath brought to such a perfection is for thine and the general good now at last made publick I wish thee all happinesse in thy necessary search and use of it Farewell COurteous Reader faults are usual in the printing of Generall Tracts but in Dictionaries and Works of this kind I am truly sensible that as they will seem more strange to thee so they reflect more on the Authours credit to purchase thy more favourable construction I have collected an Alphabetical Index of the Capital Errata which is placed at the end of the Book THE NEW WORLD Of English Words Or a General Dictionary Containing the Terms Etymologies Definitions and perfect Interpretations of the Proper significations of hard English words throughout the Arts and Sciences Liberal and Mechanick as also all other subjects that are usefull or appertain to the Language of our Nation A. A. AAron the son of Amram and brother of Moses he was the first High-Priest of the Jews being chosen to that dignity by the budding of his Rod the word signifies in Hebr. a Teacher or Mountain of fortitude Aaron a great Emperour of the Saracens who leading into Asia an Army of 300000. men compelled Nicephorus the Greek Emperour to make peace with him on Ignominions and dishonourable terms A. B. Aba a Tyrant of Hungaria who being slain by his own subjects and buried in the next Church not long after was digged out of the earth again where being found with his winding-sheet and other cloathes uncorrupted and unchanged and all his wounds cured he was honoured with a nobler burial and his bones translated to a Monastery built by himself and there interred †Abaction Latin a driving or forcing away Abaddon an Hebrew word signifying a destroyer and used in the New Testament for the Devil Abae a Town of Phocis a Province in Greece which was not destroyed by Philip of Macedon because the people were known never to have committed sacriledge Abaea a Town in the Bay of Messena wherein was the most ancient Oracle of Apollo burnt at length by the Army of Xerxes Abagas Can King of the Tartars he having recovered the Dominion of the Turks and taken Parvana Governour of Turcia because he betrayed it to the Soldan of Aegypt cut him in pieces boyled him among his other viands and eat him Abalus an Isle in the German Ocean in which it is reported that there are Hills from which doth drop great store of Amber To Abandon Ital. to forsake also to resign one's self up wholly to any prevailing passion †Abannition Lat. a punishment inflicted by the Greeks upon the committers of Man-slaughter namely the banishing them for a twelve-moneths space Abantiaâ— the Isle of 〈◊〉 near Boeotia in the Mediterranean Sea so called from the Abantes a people which coming out of Thrace inhabited there Abarimon a Countrey in Scythiâ— hear the Mountain Aemaus the people are very salvage and although their feet are â—everted or turned backward yet they are exceeding swift Abarstick old word insatiable Abas the son of Metanira whom Ceres turned into a Lizard because he laugh'd at those divine rites which his Mother instituted to her worship also the twelf King of the Argives being the son of Lynceus by his wife Hypermnestra he was the Father of Proetus and Acrisius Grandfather of Perseus that freed Andromeda To Abase Ital. to bring low Abast a term in Navigation when any thing is done or placed toward the stern in respect of any that are towards the â—tem To Abate to make lesse or diminish Abatement a term in Heraldry being an accidental mark annexed to Coat-armour denoting a stain in the bearer Abatos an Island in Egypt in the Marishes of Memphis where King Osiris was buried Abawed old word daunted ashamed Abbae a word used in holy Scripture and signifieth in the Syriack tongue Father Abbington see Abington To Abbord Italian to approach near the shore also to grapple with a ship Abbot a spiritual Governour over a religious house of Monkes To Abbreviate Lat. to abridge to make short Abdals a kind of religious people among the Persians who make profession of poverty and lodge in Churches they derive their name from Abdala father of Mahomet Abdalmatalis the Grand-father of Mahomet a Man of so rare a beauty and perfect composure that he wonne the admiration love of all the women that saw him Abdelmonus a King of Africa whose Father was a Potter to whom while he was a young man Aventumerth a famous Astronomer foretold that he should obtain the Kingdom and afterward assisted him in the compassing of the design Abdera a Town of Thrace where Democritus was born the people whereof were counted a foolish people Abdevenam the head of the twelf Mansion a term in Astrology To Abdicate Lat. to renounce or refuse Abdolonymus a certain Gardiner of Sydon by a long descent continuing of the bloud Royal whom Alexander the Great after he had taken that Citie caused to be proclaimed King thereof Abdomen in Anatomy signifies all that part of the belly that contains the natural bowels being composed of a skin fat eight muscles and the peritonaeum Abducted Lat. led away Abecedary belonging to the A. B. C. To Abedge old word to abide Abel the name of one of Adams sons and signifieth in Hebrew vanity also the name of a place and signifieth in Hebrew mourning Abent old word a steep place or hanging Hill * Abequitation Lat. a riding away Aberconwey q. the mouth of Conwey a Town in Caernarvonshire built upon the mouth of the River Conwey by Edward the first out of the ruines of an old Town called Caerhaen i. ancient Citie in Latin Conovium Aberfraw a Town in the Isle of Anglesey anciently a very famous place and the Royal seat of the Kings of Guineth or North wales Abergevenny or Abergenny so called because it is situate at the very meeting of the Rivers Vsk and Gebenny or Gobanny it is called in Latin Gobanium and is fortified with a very strong Castle which hath been the seat of many great Lords and
Earles Aberration Lat. a going astray Abessed old word cast down humbled Abetting old word a setting on or incouraging * To Abgregate Lat. to lead out of the flock Abhorrency Latin a loathing or hating Abidst old word suffered Abia the daughter of Hercules and Nurse to Hyllus the son of Hercules by Deianira she lived in a Citie called Ira which afterward she named by her own name and built a Temple in it Abject Lat. vile or base Abii a people in Scythia who live without any house and provide for nothing Homer calleth them the most just people Abject Lat. vile or base Abigail a Womans name in the Old Testament signifieth in Hebrew a fathers joy Ability Lat. power strength Abington or Abbendon a pleasant Town situate upon the River Isis in Bark-shire and so called as some say from one Abben and Irish Heremite or rather from an Abbay built here by Cissa King of the West Saxons whereas in old time it had been called Sheovesham Abintestate Lat. without a will Abit old word dwelleth To Abjudicate Latin to give away by judgement To Abjure Lat. to forswear also in Common-Law it is to forsake the Realm for ever when one hath committed fellony or to fly to the Church or Sanctuary or place priviledged for that purpose Ablacted Lat. weaned Ablectick Lat. adorned or garnished for sale as ablectae aedes Plant. Ablegation Lat. a sending away Ablepsie Greek blindnesse of the mind Abligurie Lat. spending in belly chear Ablocated Latin let out to hire Ablution Latin washing away Abnegation Latin a stiff denying Abnodation Latin untying of knots also pruning of Trees Abode Latin a place of habitation Aboeocrites a Captain of the Boeotians who with a thousand of his men was slain near Chaeronea in a fight against the Aetolians Abogen Saxon bowed Abolition Latin an abrogating or utterly destroying Abomination Latin an abhorring or detesting To Abone Ital. to make ripe Aboord a Term in Navigation within the ship Aborigines a people brought into Italy by Chamexenus the Egyptian Saturn and thought to have been the most antient people of Italie Abortion Latin the birth of a Childe before its time Abradacarba a spell in Cornelius Agrippa against Agnes Abraiamins a kind of Enchanters among the Indians To Abrase Latin to shave or pare away Abravanus a River in Galloway in Scotland now called Rian Abricot French a certain sort of plum requiring much of the Sun's warmth to ripen it To Abridge French to make short to abreviate Abrodiaetical Greek feeding deliciciously Abrogation Latin an abolishing Abrotonum Greek the name of an Athenian woman the mother of Themistocles also the herb Southernwood Abrupt Latin suddenly breaking off Absalom the son of David an Hebrew word signifying the father of peace Abscession Latin a going away Abscission Latin a cutting away Absconsion Latin a hiding out of the way Absis a Term in Astronomy is when the Planets moving to their highest or their lowest places are at a stay The high Absis is called the Apogaeum the low Absis the Perigaeum Absolute Latin perfect Absolution Latin a pardoning Absonant Latin disagreeing sounding from the purpose To Absorb Latin to sup up all Absoris a Town built by the Colchians when they were sent with Absyrtus in pursuit of Medea Abstemious Latin temperate sober Abstention Latin the keeping back of an Heir from the possession of his land a Term in law Abstersive Latin cleansing Abstinence Latin temperance Abstorted Latin wrested by force Abstract Latin a small book or writing taken out of a greater To Abstrude Latin to thrust away Abstruse Latin dark obscure Absurd Lat. foolish To Abvolate Latin to fly away Abus the name of a great and famous River in York-shire commonly called Humber whence Northumberland took its name Abysse Greek a bottomlesse pit Abyssini a people in Aethiopia in the subjection of Prester John who is called in the Aethiopian language Negasch Chauvarianni i. e. Apostolick Emperour and is accounted one of the Chief Monarchs of the World A. C. Acacalis a Nymph by whom Apollo had two sons Philarides and Philander Academia a Wooddy place about a mile from Athens built by Academus where Plato was born and taught Philosophy whence the word Academy is taken for any publick Shool or University Acadinus a Fountain in Sicily in which they used to try the truth of an Oath by writing the words of him that swore upon a Table of wood and if the wood did swim they took the words for truth but if it sunk they took it to be a false Oath Acarnar the bright Starre of Eridanus vide Eridanus Acastus the son of Peleus King of Thessaly a famous Hunter with Bow and Arrows he married Hippolita who loving Pelius because he yielded not to her love accused him to her husband for having offered violence to her wherefore Acastus threw him to be devoured of wilde beasts but Mercury coming in the interim freed Pelius with Vulcans sword who returning slew Acastus and Hippolita Acatalepsie Greek incomprehensibility impossibility to be comprehended To Accelerate latin to hasten Accent latin due sound over any word or letter Acceptation latin acceptance Acceptilation latin a verbal acquittance between the Debtour and the Creditour Accessary latin a Term in Common-law signifying guilty of a fellonious Act not actually but by participation as by advice concealment or the like Accius Tullius Prince of the Volsci who with the help of Coriolanus made War with the Romans Accidental latin hapning by chance Acclamation latin an applause a crying out for joy Acclivity latin a stopping place a steep descent Acco an old woman who beholding her face in a glasse and seeing her beauty decayed fell mad Accollade French a clipping about the neck which was formerly the way of dubbing Knights To Accommodate latin to fit or to lend To Accomplish French to fulfill Accomptable French lyable to give an account Accordable latin easie to be agreed on Accort French heedy wary To Accost French to approach to draw near Accoutred French dress't attir'd To Accoy old word to asswage Accretion latin a growing or sticking unto To Accrew French to increase to be added unto To Accumb latin to sit down at a Table Accumulation latin a heaping together Accurately latin exactly Accusation latin an accusing or blaming To Accustome Ital. to be wont to use Ace that point in the dice where one onely is expressed ammez ace quasi ambos as both an ace or two aces Acephalik Greek having no head or beginning Acephaliâ—ts Greek a sort of Hereticks whose first founder is unknown Acerbity latin sharpnesse or sournesse Acerote course brown bread Acersecomick Greek one whose hair is never cut To Acervate latin to heap up Acetars latin sallets of small herbs Acetosity latin sharpnesse or sournesse in taste Achapt French a law Term used in contracts or bargains and signifieth to buy Achates a stone of divers colours resembling a lions skin Achelous the son of Oceanus and Terra he â—ought a
single Combat with Hercules for Deianira he first changed himself into a Serpent then into a Bull one of whose Horns Hercules cut and dedicated it to plenty the Companion of Fortune but afterward Achetous giving him Amalthea's Horn received his own again also the name of a River in Epirus rising from the Mountain Pindus and is said to be the first River that broke out after the general Deluge Acheron the son of Ceres without a father whom when she had brought forth in a dark cave in Sicily not daring to behold the light he was sent to Tartarus and there turned into a River over which the Souls of men are carried it is commonly taken for Hell To Achieu French to perform Achilles the son of Peleus and Thesis whom his mother while he was an infant dipt all over in the river Styx so that he became invulnerable all over save in that part of his heel by which she held him he was put to the Centaur Chiron to be instructed in warlike affairs and musick and being grown to age his Mother hearing he should die in the Trojan wars put him into Womans apparel and hid him among the Daughters of Lycomede where he ravish't Deidamia and begot Pyrrhus being seduced from thence by the craft of Vlisses he fought against the Trojans slew Hector and performed many other great exploits in that war Acid Latin sharp biting Acis the son of Faunus and the Nymph Timethis the comliest of all the Sicilian Shepheards whom â— Polypheme loved but afterwards kill'd him despising his love To Ackele old word to cool Acolastick Greek Riotous Acolyte Greek one that is forbidden to say Divine service yet may bring light c. Acontius a young man of the Iland of Caea who going to Delos to the Feast of Diana fell in love with Cydippe but not being able to come at her writ his mind upon an Apple and threw it to her Aconite a poisonous herb call'd Sibbardsbane Acquists French things purchased or obtained To Acquiesce to rest or rely upon Acquisition Latin a purchasing or obtaining Acre such a quantity of Land as may be plow'd in a day by one yoke of Oxen. Acrilogie Greek bitter speaking Acrimony Latin bitterness eagerness Acrisius the son of Abas King of Argos and father of Jove's Paramour he having heard that he was to be kill'd by the hand of him that should be born of her shut her up in a brazen Towr but Jupiter descending in a showr of gold through the lights lay with her and begat Perseus who afterwards cut off the Gorgons head and coming with it to Argâ—s changed Acrisius into a stone Acroamatick Greek one that hearkens attentively to any thing also harmonious Achronick from the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is when a Star sets with the Sun and riseth at Sun setting Acronychal Greek a term used in Astronomy the Achronycal rising of a Star is when it riseth at the time of the Sun-setting Acrostick Greek a certain number of verses which begin with the Letters of any ones name Actifs an order of Fryars that feed on Roots and wear tawny habits Action Latin a deed also the right of reckoning that which is due and owing to a man Actisanes a King of the Aethiopians who beat Amasis tyrannizing over the Aegyptians and deposing him reigned over them himself very justly and made many severe Law 's for the governing of the Kingdome Act Latin a deed also a Decree of Parliament or Inferiour Court Actaeon the son of Aristeus Aâ—tonoe who going a hunting and coming by chance to see Diana as she was bathing her self in a Fountain was changed into a Hart and torn in pieces by his own Dogg's whence Actaeoned is often taken for hornified Activity Latin nimbleness stirringness agility Actium a promontory of Epirus where Augustus having overthrown Antonie and Cleopatra built a City and called it Nicopolis Actius Naevius a South-sayer who in the presence of Tarquin cut a Whet-stone with a Pen-knife Acton Burnel a Castle in Shropshire famous for having had a Court of Parliament call'd there in the time of Edward the First it was so called as belonging anciently to the Burnels a family heretofore of great name and antiquity Actor Lat. doer of any thing also a Stage-player Actual Lat. that which is dispatched by act and deed Aculeate Lat. carrying a sting To Acuminate Lat. to sharpen Acupictor Lat. a worker of needle-work Acute lat sharp-pointed also sharp-witted An Acute disease the Physitians call that which by reason of its vehemency immediately grows to a hight and so presently decays or kils also an Acute-angle is when two lines do inclose less than a square thereby becoming more sharp Acyrological Greek speaking improperly A D Adacted Lat. driven by force Adage Lat. a vulgar saying Adam the name of the first man signifying in Heb. red earth Adjudication Lat. an adjudging or determining Adamant Lat. a precious stone otherwise call'd a Diamond Adamantine hard inflexible made of Adamant To Adamate Lat. to love tenderly Adamites a Sect of Hereticks whose profession was to come into their Synagogue stark naked both Men and Women It was first instituted in Bohemia about two hundred years ago Adashed old word ashamed Adawed old word awaked To Adcorporate Lat. to joyn body to body To Addecimate Lat. to take Tithes Adderbourn a River in Wiltshire anciently called Nadder An Addice a Coopers axe To Addict Lat. to give our self to any thing Additament Lat. a Supply a thing added Addomestique French made tame or familiar To Addoulez French to sweeten mollifie or asswage Address French a dextrous carriage in the manageing of any business also an application to any person Artamenes Adelantado Spanish The Deputy of a Province for any King or General Adeling an old Saxon word signifying a Kings son Adelrad or Ethelred Sax. Noble Advice a proper name Ademption Lat. a taking away To Adent old word to fasten or joyn Adeption Lat. a getting or obtaining To Adequate Latin to make equal to level Ades King of the Molossians whose daughter Cara was ravish't by Pirithous To Adhere Lat. to stick fast or cleave unto any thing Adjacent Lat. lying near unto bordering upon Adiaphorie Greek indifferent To Adjourn French to warn one to appear at the day appointed also to put off a day A word used in Common Law Adjument Lat. assistance Adjunct Latin a quality adhering to any thing as heat to fire greenness to grass c. a term used in logick To Adjure Latin to swear earnestly also to put another to his oath Adjutant Lat. ayding or assisting to another To Adjust French to make fit to state an account rightly Adjutory Latin helpful Adle old word empty shallow Admetus a King of Thessalie whose herds Apollo was said to keep nine years together he was degraded of Divinity for killing the Cyclops To Administer Latin to dispose to guide to do service Administration Latin a Term in Law the disposing of a mans
Barons de Alfreton the second of whom built the Abbay de Bello Capite or Beauchief Algareb Arab. the Star in the right wing of the Crow Algarfe Arab. the head of the fifteenth mansion Algate old word if so be notwithstanding altogether Algates old word ever even now for all that Algebar the left foot of Orion Algebhe Arab. the head of the tenth mansion Algenib Arab. the right wing of Pegasus Algebra a Syriac word signifying the art of figurative numbers or equation Algid Lat. num with cold chill Algomeissa Arab. the little Dog Algon Arab. the head of Medusa Algorithme a word compounded of Arabick and Spanish the art of reckoning by Cyphers Algrim old word the same as Algebra Alguze the left foot of Orion an Arabick word Alhabar Arab. a Star in the mouth of the great Dog Alhibade a rule on the back-side of a Geometrical instrument to take heights and depths Alicante one of the chief Towns of Valentia in Spain where there is plenty of Mulbery's of which they make Alicanâ— wine Alice Germ. a womans name contracted from Adelize i. noble Alienation Lat. an estranging Alifed Sax word alowed Aliment Lat. nourishment Alimony Lat. a pension alowed for subsistance from a husband to his wife being parted from him Alioth Arab. a star in the tail of Helice or the Bear All-a-bone old word a made request Allaborate Lat. to labour much about a thing Allantoides the tunicle that wraps and covers the head buttocks feet and more eminent parts of the birth Allabanny the same as Albany that part of Scotland called the Highlands so called either from Albion or from the Brittish words Ellan Ban i. white Island Allay a mitigation or asswaging also the tempering of gold or silver with a baser metal to augment the weight of it Allective Lat. alluring inciting Allegation Lat. a proving an alleaging Allegory Greek a mysterious saying wherein there is couched something that is different from the litteral sense Alleluja an Hebrew word signifying praise ye our Lord also the name of an Herb called Wood-sorrel An Alley French a narrow passage All-good a pot Herb otherwise called good Henry All-heal an Herb otherwise called clowns woundwort Alliance French an association either by kindred or by Covenant †Alliency Lat. an inticing unto Alligation Lat. a binding unto Allington a Town in Hamtshire scituate upon the River Avon anciently called Allaun Allision Latin a dashing against any thing Alliteration lat a word used in Rhetorick being a playing upon the same Letter Allobroges the people of Savoy and Dauphine in France Allocamel Greek a beast in the Indies having the head of a Mule and the body of a Camel †Allocation lat a placing towards Allocations the allowances of Officers under a Prince or great man Alloquie lat a talking unto or parlying with any one Allodial lands a Term in law free lands for which no fines or services are due Allome a kinde of mineral being a salt sweat of the earth Allot to assign to every one his proper patrimony Allusion lat a speaking in reference to another thing An Almain a German also a Term in Musick being a kinde of aire which hath a slower time then either Corant or Saraband also Almaâ— Rivets are a certain kinde of Armour rivetted with braces of mail Almanack a German word signifying as much as Calender or a Prognostication by observing the course of the stars Almaner Arab. the â—ight of a Planet in his Epicycle Almantica Arab. see Zodiack Almaâ—zor Arab. Defender it being the name of divers Princes and great men among the Moors Almicantarats Arab. a Term in Astronomy being those lines which passe through the Meridian paralel with the Horizon Almner a Kings or Princes Officer that looks to the distribution of Alms or fragments of meat to the poor Almond a certain kinde of Thracian Nut so called Almugia Arab. the scituation of Planets in the Zodiack so as to behold each other face to face Almuten of a house is that Planet which hath most dignities in the signe ascending or descending from the Cusp of any house but Almuton of a figure is that Planet which in essential dignities or accidental is most powerfull in the whole Scheme of Heaven Alnath Astronomick a star which is to be seen in the Horns of Aries Alnewick a Town in Northumberland scituate upon the River Alne famous for a battel between William King of Scots and the English under Henry the second it is fortified with a strong Castle where Malcolm the third was slain when he besieged it it is also called Alanwick and Anwick Aloes Sea Housleek Bitterwort an Herb whose juyce congeals in a Gum very profitable in Physick also a Wood called Lignum vitae-Aloe Zocatrina is that which is brought out of the Island Zocatara Alogie Greek a being irrational or void of reason Alopecie Greek a disease called the Scurf or Foxes evil wherein the hairs fall off from the head by the roots Alosha a certain drink made of water and hony much used in Spain in hot weather Alpha the first of the Greek letters Alphabet the order of letters A.B.C. Alpharaiz Arab. the right shoulder of Pegasus Alpharez Arab. the navel of Pegasus Alpheta Arab. the shining star of the Crow Alpheus a famous River of Arcadia which running a great way into the Sea meets at length with Arethusa a River in Sicilie nearunto Siracuse Alphitomancie Greek a divination by tarly meal Alphonsus from the Gottish word Helphuns i. our help the name of divers great Kings of Spain and Naples Alphonsin-Tables certain Astronomical calculations invented by Alphonsus King of Aragon Alphrad the bright star in Hydra Alps great Hills that divide France from Italy Alrameck Arab. a star in the constellation of Bootes Aliacaba Arab. the Pole-star or the tayl of cynosure Alresford a Town in Hantshire given by Kinewâ—lce the religious Saxon King to the Church at Wenta Alteration lat a changing Altercation lat a contentious dispute Alternation lat a changing by turns Althaea see Meleager †Altiloquent lat speaking loftily †Attitonant lat an Epithet anciently given to Jupiter and signifies thundring from on high Altitude lat heighth also a Term in Astronomy being the heigth of the sun or any of the stars from the Horizon †Altivolant lat soaring or flying aloft Alveary lat a Hive of Bees Alveaâ—ed lat channelled or trenched from Alveus a channel Alume a certain astringent mineral somewhat whitish and transparent Alumnation lat a fostering or nourishing †Alutation lat a tanning or dressing of leather Alytarch Greek a keeper of rule and order in publick Games and Ceremonies A. M. Amayne a Term used by men of War incountring another ship and bidding them yield Amalgaminge an old word used by Chaucer signifying a mixture of Quicksilver with other metals 〈◊〉 the Nurse of Jupiter she fed him with Goats milk and he afterwards as a reward gave her the horn of a Goat which had this faculty that
whatsoever she desired she should have it whence Amalthean horn hath been taken for an embleme of plenty Amand lat to send one away Amanuensis lat a secretary one that writes for another Amaritude Lat. bitternesse Amassement French a crouding or heaping of several things together Amate to discourage Amazons certain warlike women of Asia that dwelt near the River Thermodoon who burnt off their right paps and killed all their Male Children that they might have no man among them their most renowned Queens were Mathesia Orithya Penthesilea whom Achilles slew coming to help the Trojans Menalippe and Hippolyta whom Hercules overcame and gave Theseus to wife Ambacti among the ancient Gauls were those servants and dependants which belonged to their chief Nobility Ambage Lat. a far-fetch't circumstance of words Amber a hard yellow Gum of which they make beads and bracelets some think it to be the Gum of Poplar Trees others the juyce of a certain stone that grows like Corral Ambergreece a sweet perfume or Aromatick juyce which some hold to be a kinde of bitumen rising from Fountains in the bottom of the Sea and becoming hard by floating upon the water Ambâ—anum the Citie of Amiens in Picardie Ambidexter Lat. one that useth both hands alike also a Term in Common-law signifying a Juror that taketh of both parties for the giving of his verdict Ambient Lat. encircling compassing round an Epithete properly belonging to the aire Ambifarious Lat. that which hath a twofold meaning Ambiguous Lat. uncertain doubtfull †Ambilogy Lat. an obscure saying a dark speech Ambition Lat. an excessive thirst of honour Amblothridium a Medicine provoking travel before the time Amblygone Greek a Term in Geometry signifying a figure that hath a blunt or obtuse angle Ambracia a Citie of Epirus vulgarly called Lacta Ambresbury q. Ambrose his Town a Town scituate upon the River Avon in Wiltshire built by Ambrose Aurelian here Alfritha King Edgars wife erected a stately Nunnery to expiate the murther of her son in Law King Edward in this Nunnery afterwards Eleanor widow of K. Henry the third devoted her self to God An Ambrey a cup-board Ambrose the name of an ancient Bishop of Milain and one of the fathers the word signifieth in Greek Divine or immortal Ambrosia an Herb called Artimisia Wood sage it is a word often used by the Poets to signifie the meat of the Gods Ambulatory Lat. a place to walk in Amburbial sacrifices were certain ancient sacrifices wherein the beast went about the Citie before he was sacrificed Ambuscado Spanish an ambush or men secretly so disposed as to rush out upon an enemy unawares Ambustion Lat. a singing or burning round about Amen a Syriack word signifying verily or so be it and therefore it is used after every prayer Amenity Lat. delightfulnesse pleasure Amenused old word diminish't Amercement or Amerciament a Term in Law a penalty or pecuniary punishment set upon the head of an Offender against the King or Lord in his Court. America the fourth part of the world discovered about the year 1492. by Americus Vesputius a Florentine and Christophorus Columbus a Genoese Amery in Lat. Almaricus a proper name from the German word Emeric i. alwayes rich and powerfull An Amesse a Priests hood or Cap which he weareth in the Quire Amethyst Gr. a precious stone so called because it is said to represse drunkness Amiable Lat. lovely Amicable Lat. friendly Amict see Amesse Amy in Fr. Aime i. beloved a name common both for man and women from Amadeus by which name many of the Dukes of Savoy have been called Amission Lat. losse Ammodite a creeping insect of a sandy colour and full of black spots Ammoniac a kinde of Gum which is brought from Lybia near the Temple of Ammon also a kinde of Salt like Allum which is found in Africa Amnesty Greek a burying in silence and Oblivion all former injuries and dammages Amnios the second Tunicle that enwraps the birth and covers it all over Amoebean Greek Amoebean verses are those which answer one another Amorist a lover an amorous man Amoroso Ital. the same Amort French dead whence one that is melancholy or in a dumps is said to be all Amort Amortize to kill a word used by Chaucer Amotion Lat. a removing out of the way Ampelite a kinde of pitchy cleaving and black earth wherewith they use to anoint Vines to kill the worms Ampelusia a promontory in Mauritania Amphiaraus the son of Oileus he was a great Prophet who was desired by Adrastus to go to the War of Thebes but he knowing he should not return kept himself private till being betrayed by his wife Eriphile who was bribed with a golden bracelet he was forced to go but the first day he came to Thebes he was swallowed up alive by the earth Amphibious Greek living indifferently upon both Elements land and water Amphibologie Greek see Amphilogie Amphictions Greek the Councel of Greece consisting of men chosen out of the twelve chief Cities for the making of laws and deciding of all controversies It was instituted by Amphyction the son of Hellen or as others say by Acrisius Amphion the son of Jupiter and Antâ—ope who being married to Lycus and after vitiated by Epaphus was imprisoned by Lycus's 2. wife but being set at liberty by Jupiter she fled to the Hill Cytheron where she brought forth Twins Zethus and Amphion who to revenge their mothers injuries tormented Dirce by tying her to a wilde Bull 's tale but Bacchus pitying her changed her to a Fountain Amphion became so rare a Musician that he was said to build the Theban Walls by playing upon Mercuries Harp Amphiscians Greek those people that live under the Equator where the shadow 's are cast both wayes North and South Amphitheater a place made for the acting of stage-playes and publick spectacles differing from a common Theater as being more perfect and built in a full circle the other onely in a semicircle Amphitrite the daughter of Nereus and Doris the wife of Neptune she sitting at the foot of Atlas was brought to him by a Dolphin and made Queen of the Sea Amphitryo the son of Alceus Prince of Thebes who married Alcmena daughter of Electryon and Lysidice upon that condition that he should revenge the death of her brothers upon the Teleboans and Taphians but while he was in the War Jupiter coming to her in the likenesse of her husband and lying with her she brought forth Twins Hercules son to Jupiter Iphiclus to Amphitryo Amphiction a King of Athens the son of Deucalion he succeeded Cranaus in the Kingdom Amphora an ancient measure of liquid things the Italick Amphora contained five Gallons the Attick Amphora seven Gallons and a half Ampliation Lat. an enlargement also a deferring of judgement till the cause be better examined a word used in Common-law Amplification Lat. a making large or amplifying Amplitude Lat. largenesse also a Title of Honour used among the Latins Ampullous Lat. swelling like a bottle also puft up
like Antiphrasis Greek a figurative speech having a contrary meaning Antiphone Greek see Anthem Antipilanes or Antepilani Lat. a sort of Souldiers in the fore part of the Roman Army Antipodes Greek see Antichthones Antiquate Lat. to abolish to abrogate Antique Lat. old out of fashion Antisabbatarians a sort of Hereticks who deny the Sabbath Antiscions are degrees beholding one another equally distant from the two Tropicks and so much as a Planet shall want of either of the Tropicks so much on the other side the Tropick shall the Antiscion of the Planet fall and shall give virtue to any Star or Planet that is in the same degree or casteth any Aspect thereto Antistrophe Greek a Rhetorical figure namely when several Members of a sentence end all with the same word Antithesis Greek a figure in Rhetorick wherein one letter or word is put for another Antithesis Greek things opposed Antitrinitarians a Sect of Hereticks which deny the Trinity which comprehend under them the Arians Sabellians and others Antitype Greek an example like to the pattern Antivestaeum the utmost promontory of Brittain lying upon the Western Ocean it hath been called in former times by the Brittish Bards Penringâ—aed the Promontory of bloud by the Welsh Historians Penwith i. the Promontory on the left hand Antonians an order of religious men instituted by Saint Anthony an Aegyptian Monk in the year 1324. Antonomasia Greek a Rhetorical figure wherein instead of a proper name another name is put Antrim the name of a County in Ireland Antwerp a famous Citie in Brabant which was pull'd down by the Duke of Alva but restored again by the the Duke of Parma Anubis a Heathen God whom the Aegyptians worshipped for Mercurie in the shape of a Dog Anweald Sax. Authority Anxiety Lat. vexation anguish grief Anyger a River of Thessaly where the Centaures washed their wounds after they had been wounded by Hercules which caused the waters ever after to have an ill taste A O Aonia a part of Boeotia where the Muses Well is whence the Muses are called Aonides Aorist Greek indefinite also among the Greek Verbs there are two tenses Aoristus primus and Aoristus secundus Aornus a Lake in Italy near the River Po whose waters are infected with a deadly noysomnesse into this Lake the Poets feign that Phaeton fell being struck with thunder and that his sisters weeping for him were changed into poplars dropping Amber A P Apamia a Town of Bythinia so called by Nicomed the son of Prusia Apatny Greek freenesse from passion or affection Apelby a Town in Westmorland anciently called Abballaba memorable for its pleasant scituation upon the River Eden and for its Antiquity the Aurelian Maures keeping their station there in the time of the Romans Apelles a famous painter of the Island Cous who having the picture of Venus unfinish't no man durst undertake it after him Apennage French a Childes portion the Law of Apennages in France is that which forbids the Kings younger sons to have partage with the Elder Apennine a great Hill running through the midst of Italy †Apepsie Greek incoction crudity of the stomack Aphaeresis Greek the taking away of a letter from the beginning of a word Aphelium a point wherein the Sun or any other Planet is most distant from the Earth Aphetical Astrological Term belonging to the Planet that is disposer of life in a Nativity Aphorisme Greek a brief select sentence expressing the property of a thing Aphrodite Greek the name of Venus as being ingendred of the froth of the Sea Apina and Trica two Towns of Apulia destroyed by Diomed with so much ignominy that they became a proverb of contempt Apis King of Argos the son of Jupiter and Niobe he was otherwise called Osiris and took to wife Isis leaving the Kingdom of Achaia to Aegialeus he went into Aegypt and civilizing the people reign'd there Apocalyps Greek a revelation or unfolding of a dark mystery a title given to the last book of the holy Scriptures written by St. John in the Isle of Patmos Apocryphal Greek doubted of whose original is unknown Apodictical Greek demonstrable easie to be made plain Apogaeum Greek a Term in Astronomy being that point of Heaven where the Sun or any Planet is farthest from the Center of the earth Apograph Greek a Copy taken from another pattern Apollo the son of Jupiter and Latona born in Delos at one birth with Diana coming to age he slew the Serpent Pytho and afterwards the Cyclops for which he was deprived of his Divinity and kept the sheep of Admetus King of Thessaly upon the banks of Amphrysus he loved Daphne who flying from him was turned into a Lawrel-Tree also he loved Hyacynthus a boy of a rare feature whom killing by mischance he turned into a flowr he was called the God of physick of Musick and Archery and guided the Chariot of the day Apollyon Greek a name in Scripture attributed to the Devil it signifying destroyer Apologue Greek a tale a moral fable such as that of Menenius Agrippa and those of Aesop. Apologie Greek a justifying answer an excuse or defence Apopheret Lat. a present a New years gift Apophlegmatisme Greek a Medecine to purge away flegme and waterish humours Apophtegme Greek a short and witty sentence Apoplexy Greek a taking away of sence and motion from the animal parts of the body for which reason the dead palsie is called by this name Aporetick Greek doubting Apostasie Greek a revolting a falling away or defection from ones duty or first profession Aposteme Greek the gathering of corruption into any one part of the body Apostle Greek a Messenger a word most peculiarly appropriate to the twelve Disciples of Christ who were sent to preach the Gospel Apostrophe Greek a figure wherein there is a converting ones speech from one party to another a mark of the cutting off some Vowel at the end of a word †Apotheke Greek a shop or store house wherein any thing is laid up Apotomy Greek a Mathematical word a cutting off part of a line Apozeme Greek a decoction a Term used in Physick Appal to dismay also to decay Appareil French a preparation a making ready also the summe at the foot of an account which remains charged upon a house or Colledge Apparitour Lat. one that summons people to appear at a Court. Appartment Ital. a division or separation also so much of a great house as is set apart for the intertainment of one person or one family Appeach to accuse one of any crime Appâ—al a word used in Common-Law and signifies to remove a cause from an inferiour Judge to a Superiour also a suing within a year and a day of one who is next of kin to a party that is murthred Apellative Lat. a Noun Appellative is a Term used in Grammar signifying a name that 's common to a great many Appellour vid. Approver Appendant Lat. a Term used in Civil Law and in Logick as when a field is apendant to
Citie of Peloponesus not farre from Athens where many famous Kings reign'd Argus the son of Actor whom Juno set as a spy over Io being turned into a Cow Argute lat full of wit subtile Argyra an Island in India full of Gold and silver Also a Nymph whom Selenius being in love with died for grief and was changed by Venus into a River Ariadne the daughter of Minos and Pasiphae see more of her in Theseus Arided Arab. a Term in Astrology the tail of the Swan Aridity lat drynesse sterility Aries lat an Engin anciently used for the battering down of Citie walls so called from Aries a Ram by reason of the likenesse it had to that beast also one of the twelve signs Arietation lat a butting a battring with the Engine Aries Ariminum an ancient Town of Flaminia in Italie now called Rimini Ariobarzanes one of Darius his Captains who was slain by the Greeks Ariolation lat a sooth-saying Arion a famous Musician of the Isle of Lesbos he was in great favour with Periander Tyrant of Corinth as he was sayling from Italy the Mariners conspired to kill him for his riches but he casting himself into the Sea was carried by a Dolphin to Taenarus a Town of Laconia Arist old word he arose Aristaeus the son of Apollo and Ceres he was King of Arcadia and found out the use of Bees but because Euridice flying from him was slain by the bite of a Serpent the Nymphes destroyed his Bees to appease whom he having sacrificed four Oxen and four Heifers a multitude of Bees sprung from the dead Oxen. Aristides an Athenian famous for Justice Aristocracy Greek the Government of a Common-wealth wherein the Nobles bear chief sway Arite old word to Arest or stay Arithmetick Greek the art of numbring Arithmancy Greek a divination by numbers Armada Span. a great Navy Armagh a County in Ireland Armenia a Countrey of Asia divided into the greater and the lesser Armâ—nia Armiger lat a Squire one that beareth a Knights Arms. Armilet a little Bracelet for the arm Arminians a Sect of Hereticks instituted by Jacobus Arminius in the year 1605. they hold free grace and universal redemption Armipotent lat strong in arms powerfull Armoniack or Gumme Armonick a certain Gum issuing from a plant called fennel Gyant Armorick a Countrey in France now called Brittain Armory a place where armes are laid up and kept Armuzia a Countrey on the Borders of Carmania along the River Andanis where are many pleasant Vineyards Arobe a Portugal measure of Sugar containing 25 Bushels Aromatick lat Odoriferous having a spicy smell Arquebuze a little Gun a Caleever Arragon a great Province of Spain heretofore a Kingdom by it self Arraighn to set at the Bar of Justice to make guilty Arran a County in the North-part of Scotland anciently called Heglota as being scituate in the River Claâ—a now called Cluid Arrasse a certain rich cloath so called from Arras a Town of Artesia where it was made Arrearage French a debt due upon an old account Arrendare signifieth in the practick of Scotland to set lands to any one for yearly Rent Arreptitious lat suddenly caught also snatching away privily Arrere old word apart aside Arrest French a stay a resting quiet in a place also a putting a stop to proceedings in Common-law it signifieth an execution served upon a mans goods or person also a decree or final sentence of a Court. Arretteth layeth blame an old word used by Chaucer Arrians a Sect of ancient Hereticks instituted by one Arrius a Lybian about the year 315. they deny the son to be of the same substance with God the father Arride lat to manifest ones consent of a thing by smiling Arrogate lat to assume too much to ones self Arsenal French a kinde of Cittadel where Armour and Ammunition is laid up Arseâ—ick a mineral called Orpiment in English Raâ—s-bane Arseversie upside down preposterous Arsmart an Herb otherwise called water pepper Arson French a saddle-bow Artaxerxes the son of Xerxes King of Persia he had three sons by his wife and 112 by his Concubines he made Darius his Successour who rebelling from his father because he had taken from him his Concubine Aspasia was slain with 50 of his brothers Artemisia Queen of Halicarnassus and wife to Mausolus she built so stately a Sepulcher for her deceased husband that it was held for one of the seven wonders of the world Artemisia is also the name of an Herb called Mugwort Artemisian moneth the moneth of May. Arten to constrain an old word used by Chaucer Arteries Lat. those hollow membranous Vessels like to veins in which the most thin and hottest part of the bloud together with the vital spirits pass through the body Arteriotomy Greek a cutting of an Artery Arthritical disease the Gout from Arthritis a Greek word which signifies a joynt Arthur a famous warlike King of the Brittains who beat the Saxons in divers set battails this word signifieth in the Brittish tongue strong man Articular Lat. joynted Articulate lat to joynt also make Articles of agreement Artificer Lat. a work-man Artillery great brasse Guns Cannons Artisan or Artist a master of his Art Arval brothers a fraternity of Roman Priests twelve in number who besides their performance of publick sacrifices were appointed Judges of Land-marks Arvisian wine a sort of Greek wine from Arvis now called Amista in the Island Chios Arundel in Latine Aruntina vallis a Town in Sussex so called as it were Arundale i. a dale lying upon the River Arun it hath a strong Castle which Robert de Belismo keeping against King Henry the first he thereupon forfeited his estate and was proscribed Arundiferous Lat. bringing forth Reeds Aruspicy Lat. a certain kinde of divination anciently much in use among the Romans by looking into the bowels of beasts A S Asabaracca the Herb called Folefoot Asbate old word a buying Asbestes a people of Lybia about Cyrene where the Oracle of Jupiter Ammon was Asbestos a kinde of precious stone of an Iron colour which being once fir'd cannot be quencht Ascanius the son of Aeneas by Creusa the daughter of Priamus he raigned in Italy 30 years and built Alba. Ascaunces old word as though Ascendant an Astrological Term it being the point of the Ecliptick which riseth at some determinate moment when any one is born it is also called the Horoscope it signifieth also Metaphorically a predominant or powerfull influence over any one Cleopatra Ascertain to assure Ascetick Greek belonging to a Monk or Monastery Asclepiad a verse consisting of four feet Spondee Choriambus and two Dactyls Ascribe Lat. to attribute to impute Ashdown or Assendown which some interpret the Mount of Asses a Town in Essex where a great battel was fought between Edward Iron-side and Canutus the Dane Asia one of those four parts into which the whole world is divided it was so called from Asia wife to Iapetus and daughter of Oceanus and Thetis Asinine Lat. belonging to an Asse
Askaunce old word if by chance Askaunt old word as to look askaunt to look side-wayes Askes old word ashes Asmodeus Greek a friend of carnality the name of a certain spirit Asmotographers Greek composers of lessons to any instrument Asopus a River of Boeotia running by Thebes which the Poets faign'd to have been the father of Aegina whom Jupiter deflowr'd Asotus Greek prodigal intemperate Aspect Lat. a sight also ones countenance or presence also a position of the stars one toward another Aspectable Lat that may be seen or beheld Asper a certain kinde of coyn bearing the value of a penny farthing of our money Asperation lat a making rough or sharp Asperity lat roughnesse Aspernate lat to despise to scorn Aspersion lat a sprinkling or bespattring it is also taken Metaphorically for a casting a blemish upon other mens reputation Asphaltites a Lake in Judaea where Sodom and Gomorrha stood having been full of brimstone ever since it rained down upon those Cities Asphodil the name of a certain flowr otherwise called Daffadil or Narcissus Aspick a little venemous Serpent Aspiration lat a breathing also a note over a Greek vowel which hath the force of an h. Aspâ—rtation lat a carrying away Assail to set upon to assault Assart a Term in law signifying an offence committed in a Forrest by plucking up the Woods by the roots also to Assart is to set in order to make glades in a Wood to lop off the branches of a Tree to clear a ground of shrubs An Assâ—ssiaâ— Ital. a Robber or Murtherer that kills another for gain Assay French to prove to try an Assayer of the King is an Officer of the Mint for the true trial of silver Assâ—ctation lat a following any one an adhering to anothers opinion Assâ—ntation lat a complying with anothers opinion out of flattery or dissimulation Assert lat to affirm to maintain Assesse Fr. to set down a rate to tax Assâ—â—trix â—at a Midwife a woman that is assistant to another Assets French a Term in Common-law signifying goods sufficient wherewith the Heir oâ— Executor may discharge the Ancestors or Testators Debts or Legacies Assâ—verate lat to affirm earnestly Aâ—sidâ—ous lat dayly observant diligent Assigne French a term in law he that is constituted by another to do any businesse an assign indeed is he whom the person appoints assign in law is he whom the law appoints Assimilatiâ—n lat a likening a resembling Assise Order Chaucer Assised sure firm Idem Assiâ—t lat to help Assize French a Term in law signifying a sitting of Justices upon their Commission it is taken also for a Writ also a setting down the price of any commodity Association lat a being frequent in company with another Assoyle to acquit to pardon also to answer Chaucer Assoylen to declare Idem Assuefaction lat an inuring a bringing one to any thing by custome Assuetude lat use custome Assume lat to take to ones self Assumpsit a voluntary promise whereby a man takes upon him to perform any thing to another Assumption lat a taking to also the minor proposition of a syllogisme Astarites a certain Chrystalline stone having in the midst of it the resemblance of half a Moon Aâ—terisme Gr. a constellation of stars Asterisk Greek a little star also a mark in writing having the form of a star Asterius the name of a certain King of Creet Aâ—terlagour a word used by Chaucer signifying an Astrolabe Aâ—â—ert old word passed Aâ—thma Greek a certain disease which causeth difficulty of breathing Astipulation lat an agreement an assent also a witnesse Astonish lat to dismay to stupifie Astraea the daughter of Jupiter and Themis or as some say of Astraeus and Aurora she was for her Justice taken up into heaven and plac't among the twelve signs Astraeus the son of Crius one of the Titans and Eurybaea he married Aurora and begat the winds and the stars Astragal a word used in Architecture as also in fortification being a certain ring or circle about the neck of a Pillar or a piece of Ordnance Astrâ—ction lat a binding to Astriferous lat star-bearing Astringent lat binding or making costive Aâ—troit a precious stone called in Latin Asteria wherein little streakes like the beams of a star appear Aâ—â—rolabe a Mathematical instrument to finde the motions and distances of stars or to take any heights and depths by Astrologie Greek the art of foretelling things to come by the motions and distances of the stars Aâ—tromela a Citie of the Province of Narbon in France Astronomy Greek an art teaching the knowledge of the courses of the stars Asturia a Province of Spain near Portugall so called from the River Astura the Pyrenean Mountains are also called Asturias Astute lat subtle witty crafty Astyages the father of Mandana and Grand-father of Cyrus Asyle Greek a sanctuary a place of refuge for offenders Asyndeton Greek a Rhetorital figure where comma's are put instead of conjunction copulatives A T Atalanta the daughter of Schoeneus King of Scyrus she being swift of foot it was proposed among her suiters that he who could out-run her should have her for his wife but many of them being overcome at length Hippomenes the son of Megacles who had received three golden Apples of Venus that had been gathered in the Hesperian Garden let them fall in the midst of the Race and by that means arrived at the end before her also the name of a great Huntresse of Arcadia who gave the first wound to the Caledonian Boar and was afterwards married to Meleager Atchievement French the performance of some great exploit Atchekâ—d old word choaked Ateles an Island famous for the abundance of precious Oyntments that grew there Aterst old word in earnest in deed Athamas the son of Aeolus and King of Thebes he had by his wife Nephele Phryxus and Helle who were so persecuted by Ino the daughter of Cadmus whom their father married that they fled away upon the Golden Ram but Helle falling off into the Sea gave the name to Hellespont see Ino. Atheisme Greek ungodlinesse a being of no Religion Athelney or Athelingy i. the Isle of Nobles a little Island made by the River Thâ—ne in Sommersetshire where King Alfred shrouded himself when the Danes overran the Kingdom as Marius did anciently in the Lake of Minturnus Athens a famous Citie of Greece first called Cecropia from Cecrops afterwards Athenae from Athenaea or Minerva who first found out the use of the Olive-tree Athletical Greek belonging to wrastling Athol a County in the South-part of Scotland bordering upon Perth and watered by the River Amund Athos a high Hill between Macedon and Thrace which casts a shadow as far as the Isle of Lemnos upon the top of this Hill is a Citie now called Monte Sancto Athroted old word cloyed Atlantick Islands two Islands upon the Borders of Lybia formerly called the Fortunate Islands or the Hesperides where were said to be the Elysian fields Atlantick-Sea a part of the
Mediterranean-Sea lying West-ward it begins at the River Molucha and finishes at the promontory Ampelusia Atlas the son of Iapetus and Asia daughter of Oceanus who was faign'd by the Poets to support heaven upon his shoulders also a Mountain of Mauritania now called Anchisa by others Montes Claros into which the Poets faign Atlas King of Mauritania to have been turn'd Atmosphaere Greek that same Region of the aire where vapours and exhalations are ingendred Atom Greek a mote in the sun-beams also a word used in Philosophy being the smallest part of a body that can be imagined Atonement as it were a making at one a reconcilement or causing to agree Atramental Lat. belonging to Ink. Atrate Lat. made black also one in mourning Atrick an Usher of a Hall Atrocity Lat. fiercenesse Atrophy Greek a kinde of consumption of the body which is caused by the meat not turning into nourishment Attachment French a laying hands on in Common-law it signifieth a laying hold on by the force of a Writ it differeth from an Arrest which lieth on the body and from a distresse which is upon land and goods this being upon body and goods Attainder French a Term in law signifying the conviction of any person of fellony or any Crime whereof he was not convicted before Attaint try'd found out Attamed old word set on broch Attaque French an assault an incounter Attemperate Lat. to make fit to mix a just proportion An Attendant a servant Attenes old word at once Attentive Lat. diligently hearkning Attenuation Lat. a making lesse Atterly old word extreamly Attestation lat a proving by witnesses Atthis the daughter of Cranaus King of Athens she died unmarried and from her the Countrey was called Attica whereas it was formerly called Actica from Actaeus the first King thereof Attick neat elegant from Attica or Athens which was the Nursery of Eloquence An Attiring a dressing or apparelling from Tiara a Persian Ornament for the head also a Term in Heraldry Attoure old word towards Attournment French a Term in Common-law a turning Tenant to a new Lord. Attraction Lat. a drawing to an allurement Attraits French the same also those charming qualities which have power to draw the affections of men Artamenes Attrebatii the ancient name of those people that inhabited that part of England now called Bark-shire Attrectation Lat. handling also a wanton carriage towards a woman Attribute Lat. to give to impute Attrition Lat. a rubbing or wearing against another thing Attwitte old word to make blame-worthy Atwin old word asunder A V Available profitable Avant French forward also a Term of disdain as much as to say away out of my sight Avarice Lat. covetousnesse Avaricum a Town of Gallia Aquitanica now called Bourges by some Chasteauneuf Aubades French songs or instrumental musick sung or play'd under any ones Chamber-window in the morning from Aube the morning Aubenâ—y or Albeney see D'anbeney Auctour Lat. an increaser also the same as Author Aucupation Lat. fouling also a greedy looking after gain Audacity Lat. boldnesse Audley see Awdley Audience Lat. hearing also a great concourse of people coming to hear any Oration delivered in publick Auditor Lat. a hearer also an Officer of the King or any other great personage appointed to hear and examin the accounts of all under Officers and to make up a general book which shews the difference between their receipts and allowances Audry the name of an English Saint the first foundresse of Ely Church some think it contracted from the Saxon word Ethelred Avenant agreeable Avenage French a certain quantity of Oates which a Landlord receives in stead of some other duties Avenio a Citie of Gallia Narbonensis which hath been the seat of divers Popes now called Avignon this Citie hath seven Palaces seven Parishes seven Monasteries seven Colledges seven Inn's and seven Gates Aventinus one of the seven Hills of Rome Avenue French a Term in fortification signifying the space that is left for passage to and fro in and out a Camp Garrison or Quarter Aver old word bribery Aver French affirm to justifie Average from the old Latin word Averia which signifies a beast it being a service which a Tenant does unto the Lord by horse or carriage of horse and so the Kings Averages are 〈◊〉 Kings carriages by horse or cart it is also a contribution that Merchants and others make towards the losses of those who have their goods cast into the Sea for the safeguard of the ship Averdupois French it signifies in Common-law a weight of 16 Ounces whereas Troy-weight hath but 12. also such Merchandizes as are weighed by this weight Averie a place where Oates or Provender for the Kings horses was kept or a Christian name signifying as much as given in wish from the Dutch Alberia Averment a Term in law when the Defendant offers to justifie an exception pleaded in abatement of the Plaintiffs act Avernus a Lake in Campania near Baiae whose vapours were so deadly that birds were kill'd as they flew over which made the ancients think it to be a descent into Hell Averpenny money contributed towards the Kings Averages Averruncation Lat. a Term in Husbandry it being a lopping off of superfluous branches Averrunâ—us a certain God among the Romans who was said to avert all evils as Hercules among the Greeks was called Alexicacus Aversion Lat. a secret hatred without any apparent reason it may be taken in the same sence as Antipathy Artamenes also a turning away Aufidena a Citie of Italy among the Caraceni which is yet standing Augeas King of Elis the son of Sol and Nauphridame he had a stable which held 3000 Oxen which Hercules cleansed by bringing in the River Alpheus but being denied his pay he killed Augeas and made his son Phileus King Augmentation Lat. an increasing the Court of augmentation was a Court erected by Henry the eighth for the increase of the Revenues of the Crown by the suppression of Abbies and religious houses Augre a Carpenters tool a wimble Augrim the same as Algorithme skill in numbring Augrimstones stones to cast account with Augurie Lat. South-saying Divination by the voices or flying of birds Augures-staff a certain wand which the Augures used to hold in their hand when they made their divinations August Royal Majestical Illustrious from Octavius Augustus â—he second Roman Emperour after whom 〈◊〉 the succeeding Roman Emperours were honoured with that Title also the name of the sixth moneth from March otherwise called Sextilis Augustal's Lat. feasts kept in honour of Augustus Augustan Confession Lat. the confession of faith made by the Protestants at Auspurgg in Germany in the year 1530. Augustin or Austin the name of one of the fathers who was Bishop of Hippo also a proper name of divers men from Augustus i. Majestical Augustin or Austin Fryers an Order of Fryers of the institution of St. Austin Auguâ—tinians a Sect of Hereticks otherwise called Sacramentaries who hold that Heaven Gates are not opened till the general Resurrection they
Germ. from Bertulph Bargaret old word a Sonnet or Ballet Barkary a tan house or house where they put barks of Trees Bark the Forresters say a Fox barketh Bark-fat a Tanners tub Bark-man a Boat-man from Bark a little ship or boat Barm yest the flowring or over-decking of Beer also a lap Barm-cloath an Apron Chaucer Barn or Bern a Northern word signifying a childe Barnabas the proper name of a man signifying in Hebrew a son of comfort Baroco a Term in Logick being one of the moods of the second figure of a Syllogisme wherein the first proposition is a universal affirmative the two second particular Negatives Baron French a title of Honour as much as Lord Barons are of three sorts First by Dominion and Jurisdiction Barons of the King whose Baronies were Capitales Secondly Barons of the subjects holding not of the King but by mesâ—alty Thirdly Lords of Mannours 〈◊〉 a tax or subsidy of aide to be levied for the King ouâ— of the Precincts of Baronies Barre a Term in Common-law is when the Defendant in any action pleadeth a Plea which is a sufficient answer also place where causes are pleaded also a Term in Blazoâ— being composed of two equidistant lines drawn overthwart the Escutcheon and differeth from the Fesse in that it is not confined to the Fesse-point Barfee a fee of twenty pence which every Prisoner acquitted of Felony payeth to the Goaler Barratour French a Term in Common-law signifying a common wrangler one that setteth men at variance causing them to implead one another at the Barre of Justice Barren signes are Libra Leo Virgo Barricado Spanish a defence against an enemies assault made of empty barrels fill'd with earth Barriers French a certain martial exercise in Latin called palaestra of armed men fighting with short swords within certain limits or lists which sever them from the spectators Barrister a pleader at the Barreâ— those who after seven years study of the Law are admitted to plead and stand without the Barre are called utter Barristers but a Serjeant or Princes Attorny or any of the Kingâ— Councel are admitted to plead within the Bar and are called inner-Barristers Barsalona or Barcellona anciently called Barcino or Colonia Faventia the chief Citie of Catalonia in Spain Barter from the Latin word vertere to truck or change Bartholomew Hebr. a proper name signifying the son of him that maketh the waters to mount Bartâ—â— a place to keep Poultry in from the Dutch word baert to bring forth and Hoâ—n a Hâ—n Barâ—let a Term in Heraldry the fourth part of a Bar. 〈◊〉 Spanish the language of a Countrey of Spain called Biâ—cay Base the bottom or foundation of any thing also the foot of a pillar also the deepest part in Musick being the foundation of the rest also a kinde of fish called a Sea-wolf Base-Court a Term in Law any Court that is not of Record as Court-Baron Base estate or base fee is a holding at the will of the Lord. Baselards old word Daggers Wood-knives Basil an Herb so called oâ— a very fragrant smell also a proper name signifying Royal or Kingly Basilical Greek Royal Magnificent Basilick vain see vein Basilisk Greek a kinde of a Serpent called a Cockatrice also a long piece of Ordnance called in Italian Basilisco also a star called the Lions heart Basinet a little basin Basis see Base Baskervil the name of a very eminent family descended from a Niece of Gunora that famous Norman Lady they had their ancient seat at Erdsley a Town in Herefordshire Bassa a Commander over Souldiers among the Turks Bastard signifies in the Common-law one begotten out of Wedlock Bastardise to corrupt to adulterate to change out of its own kinde into a worse Bastile or Bastillion French a fortresse or fortification the chief fortresse of Paris is called la Bastile being also the chief prison of the Kingdom of France Bastinado Spanish a banging with a Cudgel Bastion French a Skonce or Block-house called also a Cullion head Baston French a Bat or Cudgel it signifieth also in the Statute Law one of the servants or Officers to the Warden of the Fleet that attendeth the Kings Court for the taking of such men to Ward as are committed by the Court. Bastonado see Bastinado Batavia a part of lower Germany scituate upon the River Rhene called Holland Bath a famous Citie in Sommersetshire so called from the hot Baths of Medicinal waters which are there by Antoninus called Aquae solis by Ptolomy 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 some report them to have been found out by Bleyden a Magician others by Julius Caesar others by an ancient Brittish King Battail-field a place near Shrewsbury so called from the great battail fought there between King Henry the fourth and Edmund Mortimer Earle of March where Sir Henry Piercy called Hotsspur was slain Battalion French the main battle of an Army Battle-bridge a place in York-shire otherwise called Stanford-bridge where Harald King of England slew Harald Hardreak King of Norwey Battlements the Turrets of houses built flat Battâ—logy Greek a vain repetition of words Battus a certain keeper of Mares to whom Mercury delivered several Oxen which he had stollen from Apollo keeping Admetus his heards and coming to him afterwards in another sâ—ape he corrupted him with gifts to deliver the Oxen but seeing his perfidiousnesse he turned him into a stone called Index Batune a Term in Heraldry and seemeth to be the fourth part of a bend Sinister onely it toucheth not the chief nor the base point Bavaria a great Dukedom in Germany Baubels old word Jewels Baucis the wife of Philemon who intertained Jupiter and Mercury See Philemon Baud a brave a Ruffian from the French word Ribaud Baudkin a kinde of tinsel or stuff that glisters like sparkles Baudon custody a word used by Chaucer Baudrick furniture also a sword-girdle also an old fashion'd Jewel Baulk old word to crosse Baulm a certain Herb called Beewort Bawsin old word bigge grosse Bay a stop for water a road for ships also a brown red colour being the colour of the Palm-tree Chaucer also useth it for a stake Bay-window a window that boundeth out in a round form B E Beacon from the Dutch word Bekennen to give notice a light fastened upon a high pole to give warning of an enemies approach Beaconage money paid for the maintaining of Beacons Beads from the Dutch word beden to pray a certain number of prayers at the end of which it is the custome to drop a bead Beadle from the Dutch word Bedel a Cryer one that waites upon a Magistrate with a white wand to make any Summons an Officer especially belonging to a University also an Officer of the Forrest that makes all manner of garnishments for the Court of the Forrest and makes all manner of Proclamations as well within the Court of the Forrest as without A Beadroll Saxon a list of such as Priests use to pray for in the Church Beakehead in Navigation is that which
is fastened to the stem of the ship and is supported with a knee which is fastened into the stem Beam in hunting is that whereon the starts of a Stags head grow Bearesfoot an Herb otherwise called Brank Ursin or Beares claw Bearers a term in Law signifying maintainers or abettors also a term in Heraldry signifying those that have coat-armours distinguisht from others by tincture and differences Bear in is when a ship sailes before or with a large wind into a harbour or channel she is said to bear in with the harbour or channel Bear off when a ship goes more room than her course doth lie she is said to bear off from the land Beasel or collet of a ring that wherein the stone is inchac't Beastail French all manner of cattel or beasts as oxen sheep c. Beate a term in hunting a hare or cony when they make a noise are said to beat or tapp Beatitude Lat. blessednesse happinesse Beatrix Lat. a womans name she that makes happy Beavis the proper name of a man contracted from Bellovesus Beauchamp a name of great honour and eminency from the time of King Henry the second especially since Cicily de Fortibus descended from the Earles de Ferrariis matcht into their Family of this name were anciently the Earles of Warwick the Barons of Kidderminster and of Powick Of late ages the Title of Vicount Beauchamp hath been conferred upon the Family of Seimours In old Records it is written de Bello Campo Beaumont the name of one of the greatest Families of the Nation descended from John County of Brene in France who for his valour was preferred to the kingdom of Jerusalem Beaupleading a term in Law fair pleading Beau Sir fair sir a word used by Chaucer Bec a Phrygian word signifying bread which was the first word pronounced by certain children whom Psammeticus the Egyptian King caused to be brought up in a forrest by which he concluded the Phrygians to be the most ancient people Becebick medicaments such as are composed for the asswaging of a cough as Lozenges Licorice Pills c. Becomingnesse neatnesse handsomenesse Artamenes Bede the name of a learned English Monk who lived near Newcastle upon Tine he had the title given him of venerable Bede as well in his life time as since his death Beddeth a term in hunting applied to a Roe when it lies down in any place Bedellium a kind of gum Bedlem or Bethlem an Hebr. word signifying a house of bread a place where mad people are kept Bedoheer Sax. a bedfellow Beemot the flat key in musick Beesom a broom Beestings quasi breasting the first milk after birth Be et a certain Garden herb Beglerbeg a Supream Commander under the Great Turk there are but two who have this command the one is called Beglerbeg of Greece the other of Natolia Beguines an order of Religious women who are all old Behight old word promised Beknew old word learnt out Behiram a Feast among the Turks where they use to pardon all injuries Belamy French fair friend Belchier French good countenance Belchose French fair thing Beleagre to besiege from the Dutch Belegren to sit near Belgia the Country of the Belgae or Low-countrymen lying between the River Sequana and the Rhene It is divided into 17 Provinces also the people anciently inhabiting that part of England now called Sommersetshire Hantshire and Wiltshire were called Belgae in regard they came thither originally out of Gallia Belgica Belides the fifty daughters of Danaus who married the fifty sons of Aegyptus who all killed their husbands except one Belizarius Captain of the Emperour Justinians armies who overthrew the Persians in the East the Vandals in Africa the Goths in Italy and at last had his eyes put out by Justinian and was forc't to beg his bread in a poor cottage Bell in the Chaldaean language signifies the Sun who was worshipped under that name by the Caldaeans and Assyrians Bellatrice Lat. a woman warriour Bellatrix the left shoulder of Orion Bellerophon the son of Glaucus King of Epire against whom Sthenobaea the wife of Praetus King of Argos conspired because he refused her inticements but he having overcome all difficulties was commanded at last to kill the Chimaera which he did with the help of Neptune who sent him a flying horse called pegasus which was afterwards plac't among the celestial Signs Belleth a term in hunting as when the Forresters say a Roe Belleth Bellipotent Lat. strong in armes powerful in war Belligeration Lat. a waging war Bellona who is also called Enyo the Goddesse of War and sister of Mars some think her to be the same with Minerva Bellow the Foresters apply this word to the Hart and say the Hart belloweth Belluine Lat. pertaining to beasts of a cruel bestial disposition Bel-vedere Ital. pleasant to behold the name of the Popes Palace in Rome Belus the second or as some say the first King of Assyria who when he died was worshipped as a god Also the son of Epaphus and Lybia was called Belus Priscus who married Isis and had two sons Aegyptus and Danaus Belus hath also been taken for Jupiter as Nimrod for Saturn Belzebub an Hebrew word signifying the god of flyes and is used in Scripture for the prince of the Devils Bement old word lamented Bemes old word trumpets Benacus a lake in Lombardy which is said to have golden sands Benan a Star in the taile of Helme Bend used by Chaucer for a muffler a caul a kercher Also a term in Heraldry being an ordinary extended between two opposite points of the Escutcheon viz. the dexter chief and the sinister base Bendlet is also a term in Heraldry being a subdivision of the bend Benedictines certain religious Monks instituted by St. Benedict Benefice Lat. a spiritual promotion Benes old word bones Benefactour Lat. a doer of good turnes Benet the proper name of a man contracted from Benedictus Beneplacitie Lat. a well pleasing Benevolence Lat. good will Benevolent Planets are Jupiter and Venus Benjamin an Hebr. name the son of the right hand as also a gum Benigne Lat. favourable Benimmeth old word bereaveth Benisons French blessings Bennavenna see Bannavenna Benoni an Hebr. name signifying the son of sorrow Bereft old word deprived of Berenice the daughter of Ptolemaeus Philadelphus and Arsinoe whom Ptolemaeus Lagus her brother married She when her husband made an Expedition vowed to dedicate her hair to Venus if he returned safe which afterwards not being to be found Conon the Mathematician feigned to have been translated to heaven and plac't among the Stars Beris a high hill in America on the top of which some hold that many people were saved in the great Deluge Berkhamsted a Town in Hertfortshire where Frederick Abbot of St. Albans ministered an oath to William the Conquerour in presence of Arch-Bishop Lanfranc to observe inviolably the ancient laws of this Nation Bern the chief City of Helvetia or Swizzerland Bernacles a sort of birds which breed out of the rotten
wood of trees growing by the sea side especially in the North parts of Scotland and the Islands thereabouts They are also called Claik-geese and Soland-geese Bernard from the Dutch word Beornhart i. e. beares heart the proper name of a learned Monk of Burgundy who entred into the Monastery of Cisteaux Bernard Colledge a Colledge in Oxford re-edified by Sir Thomas White Citizen of London and called by a new name Trinity Colledge as Durham Colledge was repaired by Sir Thomas Pope and dedicated to St. John Baptist. Bernardines an Order of Monks instituted by Robert Abbot of the above-named Monastery whereof St. Bernard was the chief they were also called Cistertian Monks Bernet a Town in Hertfordshire famous for the great battle fought between the two Houses of York and Lancaster where Rich. Nevil Earle of Warick was slain Berry a Saxon word signifying a dwelling house a Lord of a Mannours seat Berth convenient room at sea to moor a ship in Bertha a womans name signifying in the German tongue bright or famous Berthinsec or Birdinsec a law in Scotland whereby a man cannot be hanged for stealing a sheep or so much meat as he can carry upon his back in a sack but onely scourged Bertram an herb called pellitory of Spain also a proper name See Ferdinando Berubium a Town in Strathnahern in Scotland now called Vrehead Besant an ancient coin of Gold otherwise called Bisantine from Byzantium i. e. Constantinople where it used to be coined It is uncertain what value it is of some attribute to it the value of a Ducket It is also a term in Heraldry by which they understand plates of Gold containing 104 pound and two ounces of Troy weight in value 3750 pound ster They were round and smooth without any representation on them Besieging is when a Planet is placed between the bodies of the two malevolents Besestein or Bisestano the name of the chief Exchange or Market-place in Constantinople Besyen trouble Bet old word better also quickly Bete old word help boot Beten old word to kindle Bethlem see Bedlem Betle or Betre a kind of Indian plant called Bastard-pepper Betonie a medicinal plant so called having many soveraign vertues Betrassed old word deceaved Betreint old word sprinkled Betroth from the Dutch word Betrouwen to make sure to promise one in marriage Beverage French a mingled drink Bevy a troop a company The Forresters say a Bevy of Roes Bewreck old word revenged Bewryen old word bewray'd Bezill see Beasel Bezoar a pretious stone bred in the maw of a Goat B I Bialacoyl old word fair welcoming Biace or Bias French that which makes the boule to run obliquely Bibacity Lat. the immoderate love of drink Bibliopolist Greek a Book-seller Bibliotheque Greek a study of books a library Bice a certain blue colour used by Painters Bid a boon old word to desire a request Bid-ale the setting up of one decayed in his estate by the liberality of friends invited or bid to a Feast Bicipital Lat. having two heads Bicorpâ—real signes are those signes which represent two bodies or double bodied as Gemini and Pisces Biennial Lat. of two years continuance Bifarious Lat. twofold or that may be taken two wayes Biformed Lat. having two shapes Bifront Lat. having two foreheads Bifurâ—ous Lat. twoforked Bigamy Greek the marriage of two wives at the same time which according to Common law hinders a man from taking holy Orders or one that is a prisoner from having the benefit of his Clergy Bigat a certain silver coin among the Romans from Bigia a chariot drawn with two horses which was stamped upon it Bigot French a scrupulous superstitious fellow Bilanciis deferendis a writ directed to a Corporation for the carrying of weights to a Haven to weigh the wools that are licenc't to be transported By-laws Orders made in Court leets or Court barons by common assent farther than the publick law binds In Scotland they are called Birlaw or Burlaw Bilbilis an ancient City of Hispania Tarraconensis famous for the birth of Martial the Latin Poet now called by some Calatayn'd Bilboa or Bilbo a City of Biscay in Spain where the best blades are made The Bildge or Buldge of a ship is the breadth of the flooce whereon the ship doth rest when she is a ground Bilinguis Lat. double-tongued also a Common law term signifying the jury that passeth between an Englishman and Alien whereof part are English and part Strangers Binarie Lat. the number of two Binarchy Greek a government where two onely bear sway Bindeweed a certain herb otherwise called With-wind Binne old word a manger also a place to put bread in Bint old word bound Bipartite Lat. divided into two parts Bipatent Lat. open on both sides Bipedal Lat. two-foot long Biquintile is an Aspect consisting of 141 degrees thus Câ—aractered Bq. Brigandes a kinde of wilde Goose. Birlet old word a Coife or Hood Bisexons Lat. of both Sexes Bismare old word curiosity Bison French a wilde one great-eyed and broad-fac't Bisque a fault at Tennis also a compound dish Bissextile Leap-year which is every fourth year wherein one day more then ordinary is added to February having commonly but 28 dayes and that odd day they call dies Intercalaris Bisumbres see Amphiscii Biton and Cleobis the two sons of Argia the Priestesse who for want of horses drew their Mothers Chariot to the Temple themselves whereupon their Mother requesting of the Gods a reward agreeable to their piety they were both found dead the next morning Bitressed see Betrassed Bittazle a close Cubbard placed on the steerage before the tiller whereon the Compasse doth stand Bits two square pieces of Timber commonly placed abast the manger in the loof of the ship Bittour a bird so called a kinde of Heron which they say hath three stones Bitume a kinde of slimy clay almost of the nature of brimstone or pitch also a kinde of liquor flowing out of mare mortuum that burns like Oyl Bituriges a certain people of Gallia aquitanica whose Countrey is now called Berry and their chief Citie Bourges Bizantin see Besant B L Black book of the Exchequer a book which treateth of all the ancient Ordnances and Orders of the Exchequer Blacklow a Hill in Warwick-shire upon which Pierce Gaveston whom King Edward the second raised from a base Estate to be Earle of Cornwall was beheaded by the Nobles for his insolencie Blackmore Forrest a Forrest in Dorcetshire called also the Forrest of Whitehart from a very beautifull Whitehart which King Henry the third going thither a hunting and taking great care to spare was killed by T. de la Linde which so incensed the King that he set a perpetual Fine upon the Land which at this day is called Whitehart silver Black-rod the Usher belonging to the Order of the Garter so called from the Black-rod he carrieth in his hand he is also of the Kings Chamber and of the Lords House in Parliament Black buried gone to Hell A Blain a
blister Blanch French white also the proper name of a woman frequent in England Blandiloquence Lat. a flattring or speaking fair Blandishment French a flattring or soothing with fair speeches Blankers white furniture Blankmanger French a kinde of delicious meat made of Rice Almond milk Capons brains and other things Blasco an Island in the mouth of the River Rhene now called Languillade Blase Greek Blasios a proper name signifying sprouting forth Blatant barking bawling Blateration Lat. vain-babling Blaze Dutch to spread abroad Blazon French the description of a Coat of Arms. Blay or bleak a kinde of fish of a whitish colour Ble old word sight view Bleach to whiten to dry in the sun Blemishes marks made by hunters where the Deer hath gone Blend to mix to mingle together Blent old word stayed ceased turn'd back Blepharon Greek he that hath great eye-brows Blesiloquent Lat. faltering in speech stammering Blue-bottle a kinde of blue flowr so called Blue-mantle the name of an Office belonging to one of the Pursevants of Arms. Blight an Herb called burnt-corn or the black Chameleon Thistle Blinkard one that looks askâ—w or with distorted eyes Blinks a Term in hunting boughs rent from Trees and cast overtwhart the way where a Deer is likely to passe thereby to hinder his running they are called in French Brisees Blissome to tup as the Ram doth the Ewe Blite an Herb so called Blith an old British word that signifies yielding milk profitable also Blith or Blithsome is used for pleasant or jovial Blive old word readily fast Blo old word blue Blocks in Navigation are those small woodden things wherein the running ropes do run Blomary the first forge in an Iron-Mill through which the Iron doth passe after It is melted out of the Mine Bloom to blossome Blote to smoke from the Dutch word bloet i. e. bloud Bloudy-hand see Dogdraw Bloud-wit an old Saxon word used in Charters of liberties anciently granted signifying an Amerciament for shedding of bloud Blunder to keep a pudder bestir ones self Blyn old word to cease B O Boa a kind of diseases incident to children which fills them full of red pimples which is called by Physicians Rubella or the Measels Boanerges Hebr. sons of Thunder Boas a kinde of Serpent which being nourish't with Cows milk grow's to a monstrous greatnesse in so much as one of them having been killed there was found an Infant whole in its belly Plin. Boatswain a Term of Navigation the Subpilot he that swayeth or governeth a boat or ship under the chief Pilot. Boccone Ital. a morsel or bit also poyson Bockland a Term in Law land held by book or charter Bodotria or Bederia the ancient name of a Town in Scotland now called Edenburgh Frith or the Forth and Frith Boeotia a Countrey in Greece formerly called Ogygia and separated from Attica by the Hill Cytheron Bohemia a part of Germany beyond the Danow whose chief Citie is Prague Boistous old word halting lame lowly Bole-armoniack a kind of earth or soft crumbling-stone which is found in a part of Armenia used by Painters to make a kinde of faint red colour Boline a Term in Navigation signifying the Coard in a ship with which Mariners use to draw the sayl that it may gather winde Bollen old word swelled Bollingbroke a Castle in Lincoln-shire famous for being the birth-place of King Henry the fourth who was called Henry of Bolling-broke Bolmong a medley of several Granes together it is also called Masselin or Mong-corn Boltsprit a Term in Navigation a mast at the head of a ship Bombasine a stuffe made of Bombast or Cotton Bombard a kinde of Gunne or piece of Ordnance Bombilation Lat. a humming of Bees Bombycinous made of silk from the Latin word Bomâ—yx i. e. silk Bona Patria a Term of the practick or law in Scotland signifies the choosing of twelve men out of any part of the Countrey to passe upon Assise who are called Jurators Bonaght a certain tax formerly exacted in Ireland for the maintenance of the Knights called Bonaghty Bonair see debonair Bona a womans name signifying in Latin good Bonasus a wilde beast having the head of a bull and the body of a horse Bonaventure Lat. good luck the proper name of a famous holy Fryer of St. Francis Order and of divers other Eminent men Bonet a kinde of a Cap. Bonewell the name of a pretty Well near Richards Castle in Hereford-shire so called because it is alwayes full of little fish bones or as some think of small Frog bones although they be from time to time quite drawn out of it Bongrace French good grace handsome behaviour also a kinde of covering for Childrens foreheads to keep them from the heat of the Sun Bonhommes French an order of Fryers instituted by St. Francis de Paula they were also called Fryer Minims or Minorites Boniface Lat. quasi well-doer the proper name of several Popes and divers other eminent men Bonjour a salutation used in French being as much as good morrow with us Bonito a kinde of fish so called from the French word Bondir to leap up Bonium the ancient name of the Monasterie of Bangor in Cheshire where Pelagius the Heretick was brought up Boodeth old word sheweth Boolie old word beloved Boon old word a request Boot of Bale old word ease of sorrow's Bootes a North-star near Charles wain called also Bubulcus or Arctophylax which the Poets fain'd to have been Arcas the son of Calisto who was changed into a Bear and plac't also among the signs Boracho a Spanish word signifying a bottle made of a Pigg's skin with the hair inward dress't with rozen and Pitch Borage a kinde of Herb good for the heart and to expel melancholy Borax or Borace a hard and shining mineral like green earth wherewith Goldsmiths use to soder Gold or Silver It is also called Chrysocolla Borbonia a Dukedome in France which began from the line of Philip de Valois Bordel Ital. a Brothel-house Bordlanders the demesns that Lords keep in their hands for the maintenance of their bord or table Borduce in Heraldry is a circumference or tract of one mettal colour or fur drawn about the armes and it contains the first part of the field Boreas the son of Astraeus or as some say of Strymon he married Orithya the daughter of Erichthonius King of Athens and begate Zetes and Calais It is also the name of the North wind Borith an herb which Fullers use for the taking of spots out of cloth Born old word to burnish Borough see Bourrough Borrell old word attire on the head Borrow old word a pledge a surety Borysthenes the greatest River in Scythia next to Ister Boscage a place set thick with trees also a term in painting a picture that represents much wood or trees Bosenham or Boseham a pleasant Town in Sussex where K. Harald liv'd retired for his recreation and lanching forth into the sea in a little Bark he was carried by contrary winds into
Normandy where being detained he assured the Kingdom of England to Duke William Boss French a stud or knob Bosphorus the name of two seas so called from the passage of Jupiter over them in the shape of a Bull when he stole away Europa the one lieth near Constantinople and is called Bosphorus Thracius the other more northward and is called Bosphorus Cimmerius Botachidae a place of Tegea in Arcadia from Botachus the Nephew of Lycurgus Botanicall Greek belonging to herbs Botargo a kind of Saucedge from the Greek word Oa Taricha salted egges Bothna or Buthna a term used in the practick of Scotland signifying a Park where cattel are inclosed and fed Botin French a kind of boot or buskin Botolph a proper name signifying in the Saxon tongue helpful Bottom old word a blossom or bud Bovillae a Town near Rome where Claudius was slain by Milo Bovillon French a kind of boiled meat made of several ingredients A Boulter a seive to sift meal or flower Boun old word ready Bourchier contracted into Bowcer the name of a very great and ancient Family of this Nation stiled in Latin Records de burgo Chara whose chief seat in ancient times was Hausted a Town in Essex Bourd French to jest Bourges French a free Denison Bourn Dutch a head of a Spring or Fountain and those Towns that end in bourn as Sittinbourn c. are situated upon Bourns or Springs Bourrean French an Executioner Bourrough from the Dutch word Burgh a Town incorporate which is not a City whence Bourrough or Bourgomaster is the Bailiff Maior or Chief Ruler of a Town or Borrow Bourrough English or Burgh-English a term in law being a customary descent of land or tenements to the youngest son or brother A Bourser or Bouser French a Purse-bearer or Treasurer of a Colledge Boute-feu French an incendiary a sower of strife and sedition A Bow a Mathematical instrument to take heights The Bow of a Ship the fore part of it so called from the form A Bowge of Court a livery of bread and drink or other things of the Princes bounty over and above the ordinary allowance To bowlt a Cony term of hunting to start her out of any place where she lies Boxa a kind of drink made in Turky of a seed somewhat like mustard-seed Boy or Booy of an anchor Span. that which being tied to the Anchor swims uppon the water to give notice where the Anchor lies B R Brabantia the Dukedom of Brabant which is parted from Flanders by the River Scheldt it containes the Marchionate of the sacred Empire the Dukedom of Arsâ—hot the Earledomes of Hochstrat and Macklin Braccata Gallia that part of France wich is called Province Brace that which fastens beams in building also a Cable of a ship also a couple or pair from the French brace i. e. the armes Brachy-graphy Greek the Art of writing in Characters or short-writing Brackmans or Bramans a sect of Philosophers or Divines in India who live onely upon herbs and fruits Braggard or Braggadocio a bragging vain-glorious fellow Bragget a drink made of honey used in Wales it is derived from two Welch words Brag which signifies malt and Gots a honey-comb it is also a word used in Architecture signifying a stay cut out of stone or timber to bear up the Corbel Braid Albin otherwise called Albanie the most Nothren Country of Scotland commonly called the Highlands the highest part whereof is likewise called Drum Albin or Brun Albin Brake Dutch a snaffle for horses Brancher a young Hawk newly come out of the neast Brankursin see Bearesfoot Brand-iron a trevet an iron to set a pot upon Brandish French to make to shine with a gentle moving Branonium the ancient name of Wigornia or the City of Worcester Brant a bird called a Bargander or Soland-goose Brassets French armour for the armes Brast old word to break Brat old word a ragge Bravado Spanish a daring a making shew of an onset Bravery a going fine in cloths also a compleatnesse of behaviour Cleopatra Bravy old word a reward Brawders engraven work Brawl a kind of dance from the French word Bransler to move gently up and down Brayd old word to break out Brayed awoke arose also took Breck old word a bruise Brede old word a bredth also abroad Bredgen old word to abridge to shorten Breez a fresh gale or wind blowing off the sea by day Breetch a term in Gunnery the aftermost part of a gun Breme old word furiously also a kind of fish so called Brennus a Captain of the Gaules who overthrew the Romans at the River Albia and took Rome but was beaten out by Camillus afterwards he killed himself at Delphos Brent old word burnt Breve that which we call a writ is called in the practick of Scotland a Breve the several formes whereof will be seen in their order Breviary a compendious collection also a kind of Masse-book Breviloquence Lat. a short discourse a speaking in brief Brian French a shrill voice Briarius one of the Centimani and brother to Gyes and Caeus they were all three the sons of Vranus and Terra and were said each of them to have a hundred hands Bricolls certain Engins used in old time to batter the walls of Towns or Castles Bridgenorth a Town in Shropshire corruptedly so called for Burgmorf i. e. the Town near the Forrest of Morf it was built by Achelfleda Lady of the Mercians and walled by Robert de Belesm Earle of Shrewsbury who keeping the Town against King Henry the second was there besieged and taken A Brie or Brieze a kinde of fly called a horse fly or Gad-fly A Brief or Breve or Writ see Writ Brigade French a Term in Military Discipline a body of Souldiers consisting of three squadrons Brigandine French an ancient kinde of Armour with many plates and joynts like a Coat of Maile whence Brigand a foot Souldier so arm'd or a high-way Robber it signifieth also a kind of ship or Pinnace Brigantes the ancient name of those people that inhabited a great part of the North of England as York-shire Richmond-shire the Bishoprickrick of Durham Lancashire Cumberland and Westmorland Brig-bote or Brug-bote Dutch a contribution made toward the mending of Bridges also an exemption from that Tribute by a Charter from the King Brigidians an order of religious persons instituted by a Princesse of Suetia whose name was Brigidia there was also an Irish woman famous for sanctity who was called St. Brigit or Bride Brimstone a certain Mineral being the fat of the earth decocted unto his hardnesse Brionie a plant called otherwise white Vine Briseis the daughter of Brises she fell to Achilles his share at the taking of Lyrnessus and being afterwards taken from him by Agamemnon was the cause of his defection from the Grecian Army for a great while Britannia the name of this whole Island containing England and Scotland it is so called from the ancient name Brith i. painted and Tania which among the old Greeks
thing into cinders especially metals Calcitrate Lat. to kick or spurn Calcule Lat. an accounting also a Ches-man or Counter Caleb a proper name signifying in Hebr. hearty Calcent a great Mart-Town in India situate upon the Indian Sea The Caledonian vvood a great vvood in Scotland whence Scotland it self hath been anciently called Caledonia or Calydonia Calefaction Lat. a heating or warming Calender a Term used by Linnen-drapers signifying to set a glosse upon cloath A Calender Lat. an Almanack Calends Lat. a word used among the Romans for the Computation of their moneths and signifies the first day of every moneth and if any number be added it stands for so many as precede the Calends Calenture a Spanish word signifying heat also a burning feavour Caletum a Port Town in France called by Caesar Portus Iccius by the Moderns Calis Calidity Lat. heat Caliduct a kinde of Furnace used by the ancients to convey heat from one room to another through certain pipes Caligation Lat. dimnesse of sight Caligula the fourth Emperour of Rome so called from certain Military Buskins which he used to wear named Caligae Caliph a Persian word signifying King or Emperour at first all the chief Princes of the Mahumetan Religion were called Caliphs as the Caliph of Aegypt c. Calisto one of Diana's Nymphs and daughter of Lycaon King of Arcadia she was got with Child by Jupiter and turn'd out of Diana's train Calked old word cast Callidity Lat. subtilty Calligraphy Greek fair or handsome writing Calliope the name of one of the nine Muses the mother of Orpheus she was believed to be the Inspiresse of Heroick verse Callipolis one of the Islands in the Aegoean Sea called Cyclades Callirrhoe the daughter of Phocus King of Boeotia she complaining to her Countrey-men against her thirty suiters who had killed her father they fled to Hippote a Town of Thebes but being pursued by the Boeotians the Town was taken and the murtherers burnt to death Calliver a kinde of great Gun or Arquebuse Callot an old Saxon word signifying a leâ—d or wanton woman Calour Lat. warmth also a heat of desire or affection Calpe a high hill in the uttermost part of Spain which is faign'd to be one of Hercules his pillars Calsounds a kinde of linnen drawers usually worn among the Turks Caltrope French certain instruments used in War being great pricks of iron four-square to cast in an enemies way when they would break in on the contrary side Calvinist one of the opinion of Calvin a famous reformer Calvity Lat. baldnesse Calumniatour Lat. signifies in Com-law him that in his accusation alleadgeth faults never committed Camarina a Lake in Sicily which when the people dried up contrary to the advice of the Oracle they were overcome by their enemies Cambel a famous Castle in Argile in Scotland from whence the great family of the Cambels derive their name Cambio Spanish a Burse or Exchange whence comes Cambsor a Banker or Mony-changer Cambles a King of the Lydians of so greedy an apetite that one night he devoured his wife Cambren a British word signifying a crooked stick Cambria the Countrey of Wales so called from Camber the son of Brutus Cambridge the chief Town of Cambridge-shire so called from a Bridge built over the River Cam In this Town hath flourished for many ages a famous University consisting of sixteen Colledges it hath been anciently reported that this Academy was founded by Cantabar a Spaniard 375 years before Christ and repaired by Sebert King of the East Angles in the year of our Lord 630. afterwards it was defaced by the Danes under Sueno but being restored again by the Normans it hath stood unviolated by War to this day Camelot a Town in the Shriefdom of Stirling in Scotland which seems to be the same with that which was called Corta Damniorum Cambyses King of Persia the son of Cyrus he added Aegypt to his Dominions he died of a wound which he gave himself as he was getting up to horse Cameracum a Citie of the Low-countreys now call'd Cambray where the linnen cloath we call Cambrick is made Camelion a beast like a Lizard that turneth himself into all colours and lives by the aire Camelopardal a kinde of beast half Camel half Pardal or Panther Camerade Spanish a Cabin or chamber-fellow Camerated Vaulted or Arched a Term used in Architecture Camisado Spanish a suddain assault or surprisal Cammock a kinde of Herb that hath a hard and big root Camois a British word signifying crooked Camomil an Herb of a fragrant smell which grows and spreads by being trampled on Campain French a plain field also a military word signifying an armies expedition or taking the field Campania a Countrey of Italy in the Kingdom of Naples called Terra del Lavoro whose chief Citie is Capua Campernulphs the ancient name of a great family of Cornwall Lords of the Town of Modbury they are commonly called Champernouns in Latin Records de Campo Arnulphi Campus lapideus a field of Gallia Narbonensis where Hercules fought with Alcion and Bergion the sons of Neptune but his darts failing him Jupiter sent him down a showr of stones wherewith he killed the Giants Campus Martius a field near Rome dedicated to Mars where the Romaus used to exercise and the people assembled to give their suffrages Campus sceleratus a place where the Vestal Nuns were punish't if they admitted of any familiarity with men Camulodunum or Camoludunum the chief Town of Essex in England vulgarly called Colchester or rather Maldon Camulus a name anciently attributed to Mars the heathen God of War Canace the daughter of Aeolus she was got with childe by her brother Macareus whence they use to call an Incestuous woman Canace Canachus a Fountain near Nauplia where Juno used to bath her self that she might recover her Virginity Canacus a high hill in Spain on the top whereof is a Well whose depth cannot be â—ounded Canariae certain Islands in the Adriatick Sea anciently called the fortunate Islands from thence it is that we have our Canary wines Cancel Lat. to rase to blot out from Cancelli Lattices or crosse-bars Canceline chamlet a word used by Chaucer Cancer one of the 12 signs of the Zodiack into which the Sun enters in the Moneth of June the word signifies in Latin a Crab. Candia an Island in the Mediterranean Sea anciently called Creet where Jupiter was born and Minos reign'd it is at present in the powr of the Venetian Candid Lat. white also innocent sincere Candida Casa the ancient name of a Town in Galloway in Scotland vulgarly Whithern the Episcopal seat of Ninian who first converted the Scottish Picts to Christianity it seemeth to be the same with Ptolomies Leucopibia Candidates Lat. were those among the Romans who use to stand for any place or Office of Dignity and were clad in white Robes Candiope the daughter of Oenopian and sister to Theodotion who going a hunting with her brother and being drawn into a Cave and
ravish't by him brought forth Hippolagus Cankdore old word a woeful case Canibals a people of India that feed uppon mans flesh Canicula a constellation in the Heavens called the little Dog Canicular dayes certain dayes in July and August wherein Canis Major or the Dog-Star riseth with the Sun and makes the weather extraordinary hot Canitude Lat. whiteheadedness hoariness Cannae a Town of Apulia not far from the River Anfidus where Hannibal overthrew Paulus Emilius and Terentius Varro Cannel bone the neckbone or wind-pipe so called from its likeness to a gutter or cannel Canobus see Canopus Canon Greek a rule to draw a streight line by also a law or decree of the Church also one that injoyes a living in a Cathedral Church Canonium the ancient name of a Town in Essex now called Chelmerford or Chensford standing upon the River Chelmer Canonize to examine by rule also to register for a Saint Canopus a City of Egypt so called from Canopus Amyctaeus the master of Menelaus his ship who was there buried also the bright star in Argo Canorous Lat. shrill loud singing A Canow an Indian boat Cantabria a Country of Hispania Tarracouensis now called Biscay and Guipuscoa bordering upon Asturia Cantae an ancient people of Scotland inhabiting that part which is now called Ross. Cantation lat a singing also an inchanting Canterbury the chief City of Kens anciently called in Latin Dorobernia now Cantuaria In the time of the Saxon Heptarchy it was the Royal Seat of the Kings of Kent Cantharides certain venomus green flyes used in physick and breeding on the tops of Ashe and Olive-trees Canticle lat a song or ballad Cantilene lat a tale or song Cantium a County in England vulgarly called Kent Cantlow the name of an honourable and ancient Family in Cornwall stiled in Latin records de Cantelupo Canto Ital. part of a Hâ—roick Poeme Canton a corner also one of the divisions of the Country of Helvetia or Switzerland also a term in Heraldry signifying a corner in an Escutcheon Cantreds a Welsh word signifying the Hundreds into which their Countries are divided Cantyre a promontory called by Ptolomy Epidiorum being a Province of the South part of Scotland separated from Argile by the lake called Logh Fin in Irish it signifieth the lands-head To Canvase to sift a businesse from canvas and cloth made of hemp which is used in seives Canum or Cana a law term of Scotland signifying a duty paid to a Superiour or Lord of the land especially to Bishops and Church-men Canzonet Ital. a song or sonnet Capable French able or in a condition to do a thing or apt to receive an impression Artamenes Capacity in Common law signifies a right that a King or Clergy-man hath to purchase lands and is either natural by which he may purchase to him and his heirs or politick by which he may purchase to him and his successours Capaneus see Euadne Cap-a-pe armed armed from head to foot Caparasson French trappings or furniture for a horse Cape Spanish a neck or promontory of land shooting it self into the Sea To Caperate lat to frown Capers certain berries growing in hot Countries commonly used for sallads Capias a writ of which there be two sorts the one before judgement which is called Capias ad respondendum where an exigent is to be proclaimed 5 times and if the party appear not he is to be out-law'd The other is called a writ of execution after judgement which is of divers kinds Capias ad faciendum Capias pro fine Capias ut lâ—gatum inquiras de bonis catallis of which see a book called Natura Brevium Capillation lat hairinesse or causing hair to grow Capirotade a stewed meat compounded of several sorts of meat minced Capistrate lat to muzzel with a headstall Capital lat belonging to the head also deadly worthy of death Capitation lat pole-money or a tribute paid by the head Capite a Tenure whereby a man holdeth lands immediately of the King either by Knights-service or Soccage Capitol an ancient cittadel of Rome so called from a mans head that was found there when they digged to lay the foundation M. Manlius Capitolinus a famous Roman Captain so called because he valiantly defended the Capitol against Brennus and the Gaules but afterwards being suspected of affecting the kingship he was condemned to be thrown down headlong from the Capitol which he had saved Capitulate lat to make Articles of agreement also to divide into chapters Capnomancy Greek a divination by smoak Capo one of the three chief Officers among the Venetians Capouchins an Order of Fryers institued by Mathew Basci of Ancona they were so called from the coat or capouch which they used to wear Cappadocia a country in Asia which is parted from the great Armenia by the River Euphrates Capriccio Ital. the rough draught or first invention of any thing Caprichious fantastical whimsical from the Spanish word Capricho a humour Capricorn a Goat also the name of one of the twelve Signs of the Zodiack into which the Sun enters in the midst of Winter Caprification lat a term in Husbandry the dressing of wild vines or fig-trees Caprifoile a kind of herb otherwise called woodbine Capriole French a caper in dancing also a term in Horsemanship called the Goatleap Capstand or Capstern a term in Navigation being an instrument in a ship to weigh Anchor a win de-beam or draw-beam Capsulary Lat. belonging to a little chest or coffer Captation Lat. an endeavouring to get favour or applause Captious Lat. apt to take exceptions Captivate Lat. to take prisoner it is also taken in an amorous sense Capuchin vide Capouchin Caracol French spoken chiefely for souldiers to cast themselves into a round ring Caradoc an old Brittish name signifying Dearly beloved Caravan French a convoy of souldiers for the safety of Merchants that travel by land in the Eastern Countries Caravell French a swift ship Carbantorigum the ancient name of a Town of Nidisdale in Scotland now called Caerlaverock a place so impregnable that it was hardly taken by King Edward the first It is now the Mansion of the Barons of Maxwell Carbine one that serves on horseback with a petronell Carbonado Ital. a rasher or collop of meat a Gash in the flesh Carbuncle Lat. a certain precious stone also a botch or plague sore Carcanet French Carquan a rich chain or tablet for the neck Carcedony a kind of pretious stone so called from a City anciently named Carcedon now Carthage Carcelage the fees of a prison Carceral Lat. belonging to a prison Card an instrument to dresse wool also a Sea-map which Mariners use for the better steering of their course There is also a sort of playing Cards which are used for recreation Cardiacal Greek belonging to the heart also Cordial Cardigan the chief Town of Cardiganshire called by the Bittains Abertivy i. The mouth of the River Tivy it was fortified by Gilbert de Clare and afterwards being treacherously yielded
up was rased to the ground by Rhese ap Gruffin Cardinal Lat. belonging to a Hinge also chief principal also an Ecclesiastical dignity instituted by Pope Paschal the First Cardiognostick Greek a Knower of hearts a prerogative onely attributed to God Cardoon French a dish of meat made of the stalk of an Artichoke Carduus Benedictus an herb called Blessed Thistle Careening a Term in Navigation a way of trimming of a ship under-water Carefox quasi quatrefour or a place parted into four wayes a market-place in Oxford so called Carecks old word marks Caresbroke a Town in the Isle of Wight contracted from Whitgaraburgh i. the Town of Whitgar for to him it was given by the Lord Cerdic the first English Saxon that subdued the Island Caresses French cherishings great expression of friendship and indearment Cleopatra Cargazon Spanish the Fraight of a ship Caria a Country of Asia the Lesse between Lycia and Ionia Carm Latine the keel of a ship Carinthia a Country joyning on the South to the Alpes being under the Duke of Austria Carity Lat. dearth scarsity Cark a quantity of wool whereof 30 make a Sarpler Carle a clown from the Saxon word Ceorle Carlile an ancient City in Cumberland almost encompast with the Rivers Eden Peteril and Cand it was called by the Romans Luguballia by the ancient Brittains Caerlnalid Egfrid King of Northumberland made a deed of gift of it to St. Cuthbert this City being depopulated by the Danes and lying buried in Rubbish for 2000 years began to flourish again in the time of William Rufus by whom it was first repaired Carline Thistle a certain plant by which Charls the great preserved his army from the Pestilence Carlings Timbers which lie along a ship from one beam to another Carmania a Country of Asia the Greater Carmasal a Turkish ship Carmelites an order of Fryars instituted at Carmelus in Syria by Almericus Bishop of Antioch in the year 1122. Carmenta an Arcadian Prophetesse the mother of Euander so called because she was the first that gave the Oracle in Verse she was also called Nicostrata Carminate Lat. to card wool Carmouth a Town in Dorsetshire where the Danes obtained a great victory against King Egbert in the year 831 and afterwards against Ethelwolph in the same place Carnage French the season wherein flesh may be eaten also a term in hunting signifying the flesh that is given to the dogs after the chace Carnality Lat. Fleshlinesse Carnation a kind of colour resembling raw flesh Carnaval French a time of dissolutenesse also the season called Shrovetide Carnificine Lat. the Executioners office also a place of execution Carnivorous Lat. Flesh-devouring Carnogan an old Brittish word signifying a kind of wodden dish a Piggin Carnoose the base ring in a great gun Carnocity lat corpulency fulnesse of flesh Carodunum the chief City of Poland called Cracovia Caroll a Christmasse song or hymn sung at Christmasse in honour of our Saviours birth Carove a kind of fruit also a root called St. Johns bread Carouse a lusty drinking a drinking all out from the dutch words Gar altogether and ausz out Carpathus an Island in the Mediterranean sea between Rhodes and Crete now called Scarpanto Carpocratians a sort of Hereticks that held a very dangerous opinion The Carp stone a triangular stone found in the chap of a Carp white without and yellow within Carrack or Carrick a great ship from the Italian word Carico a burthen Carrat French a term used by mintmen Goldsmiths and Jewellers in gold and silver it signifies the third part of an ounce in Jewels the 192d part Carricta or Carrict a province of the South part of Scotland standing upon Dunbritain Frith Carriere French a running of horses in their full speed also a circle where horses run Cartel French a challenge or letter of defiance Carthage the chief City of Africa anciently called Carthedon it was built by Dido and grew at length to that power and greatnesse that it waged war with the Romans for a long while with equal advantage There is also a City of Hispania Tarraconensis formerly called Carthago Vetus now Villa Franca Carthismandua a famous Brittish Lady Queen of the Brigantes who casting off her husband Venusius married Vellocatus his Harnesse-bearer and crowned him King being countenanced by the Romans and aided by their forces yet Venusius making war against her drove her to great straights and recovered the Kingdom Carthusians an order of Monks instituted by St. Bruno a native of Cullen 1101 who first led a Hermeticall life upon the Carthusian Mountains Cartilagineous latine full of gristles Carucata terrae from the French word Charrue a Plough it signifies in the ancient charters as much land as can be ploughed in a year by one Plough In the ancient laws it is called Hilda terrae which we call a hide of land Cartilagindous lat of a gristly substance Cartouch French a word used in Architecture signifying a roll with which they adorn the Cornish of a pillar also a charge of powder and shot made ready in a paper called also a Carthrage Carvage is to be quit if the King should tax his land by Carves Carve of land see Carrucata terrae Casemate Ital. a term in fortification a loop-hole in a wall to shoot out at Cashire French to break up a company of souldiers Caspian sea a sea between the Caspian and Hircanian Mountains Cassandra the daughter of Priam and Hecuba she being beloved of Apollo received the gift of prophesie from him at the sack of Troy she was ravisht in the Temple by Ajax Oileus and afterwards in the dividing the spoil she fell to Agamemnons lot Cassation lat a nulling or making void Cassia or Cassia fistula a kind of Reed or shrub growning in Egypt it is also called Canell from the French word Canelle Cassia lignea a sweet wood like to Cinnamon Cassiope or Cassiopea the daughter of Cepheus King of Ethiopia and mother of Andromeda who for her mothers pride in boasting her self fairer than the Nereides was exposed to the fury of a sea-monster they were afterwards placed both among the stars See Andromeda Cassivellaunus or Cassibellinus an ancient King of the Brittains under whose conduct they defended themselves with great courage against the Romans for a long time when they invaded this Island but at last he was constrained to surrender himself to Julius Caesar. Castaldie a Stewardship from the Latin word Gastaldius Castalia a certain Nymph as some think the daughter of Achelous who flying from Apollo was turned into a Fountain near Parnassus called the Castalian Fountain by some the Cabaâ—line Fountain sacred to the Muses Castanetts a certain sort of snappers which dancers tying about their fingers keep time with them as they dance they are so called from their resemblance of a a Chesnut called in Latin Castanea Castellain an officer called the Constable of a Castle which some think to be the same with Gnastaldus also in the Forrest laws it signifies an
Officer of the Forrest Castigate lat to punish to chastize Castlesteed a word anciently used for any Fortresse or Bulwark Castleward an Imposition upon such as dwell within a certain compasse of any Castle toward the maintenance of such as watch and ward the Castle it is taken also for the circuit it self which is inhabited by such as are subject to this service Castor and Pâ—llux the sons of Jupiter and Leda whom he lay with in the shape of a Swan they being grown to age freed the sea of Pirates and were therefore counted gods of the sea they went with Jason to Colchos and coming home they recovered their sister from Theseus and won the Town Aphydna wherein Castor died Pollux who was born in the same Egge with Helena and so became immortal desired of Jupiter that his brother might partake of immortality with him whereupon they were both reported to live and die by turns Castrated Lat. gelded cut away Casual Lat. accidental hapning by chance Casu consimili a Writ of Entry granted where a Tenant in courtesie or for Term of life doth Alienate in Fee or in Tail Casu proviso a Writ of Entry granted by the Statute of Gloâ—ester Casuit a vvriter of Cases of conscience Casule a kinde of vestment in which the Priest sayes Masse resembling the purple Robe of derision which was put upon our Saviour Catabaptist Greek an enemy or abuser of the Sacrament of baptisme Catachresis Greek a Rhetorical figure the using of another word in stead of the proper word Cataclysme Greek an inundation or deluge Catadrome Greek an Engin like a Crane which builders use also a Tilt-yard or place where horses run for prizes Cataglottisme Greek a thrusting out the tongue in kissing Catagraph Greek the first draught of a picture Catalia see Chattels A Catalepsie Greek occupation also a disease in the head which causeth a deprehension of the spirits Catalogue Greek a roul of names Catalonia a Province in Spain Catamidiate to put one to open shame for some notorious offence A Catamite Lat. an Ingle a boy kept for Sodomy Cataphora Greek a kinde of disease in the head which causeth heavinesse and deep sleep Cataplasme Greek an unctuous and moist composition made of Meal and Herbs like a Pultis but of a thicker substance Cataphrygians a Sect of Hereticks who baptized their dead forbid second marriage and had other erroneous opinions they were broached by Montanus and Apelles who were of the Countrey of Phrygia in the year 181. Catapuce an Herb called Spurge Catapult Lat. the same as Balista Catarract Greek a great fall of waters from a high place a flood-gate a post-cullis also a disease in the eyes caused by a coagulation of flegme between the Uveoâ—s Tunicle and the Christalline humour hindring the egresse and ingresse of the visual spirits Catarractonium or Caturactonium the name of a Town near Richmond anciently very famous so called from a great waterfall near unto it in the year 769. it was burnt by the Tyrant Beanred but afterwards it flourish't again in the time of King Ethelred who solemnised his marriage with King Offa's daughter in this Town it is now called Catarrick-bridge Catarrh Greek a Rheum a distillation of humours out of the head into the mouth or throat Catastasis Greek the third Act of a Comedy or Tragedy wherein things are brought to a full perfection and ripenesse Catastrophe the conclusion of a businesse also the last Act of a Comedy or Tragedy Catechize Greek to instruct or inform A Catechumen Greek one that is Catechiz'd for the receiving of the Communion Category Greek an accusation also a Predicament which is a Term in Logick Catenate Lat. to chain Caterlogh or Carlogh a Countrey of Ireland joyning on the East to the County of Kilkenny Cathanesse or Cathnesse a Province of the South-part of Scotland the people were called by Ptolomy Catini Cathaea a Countrey in India where beauty is so much regarded that they choose the hansomest man for their King Catharine Greek pure chaste a proper name of women Catharians a Sect of Hereticks who held themselves pure from sin rejected baptisme and denied original sin Catharists another sort of Hereticks who were counted a branch of the Manichees Catharticks Greek the general name in Physick for all purging Medicines Cathay a great Country Eastward divided into 9 Realmes under the great Cham. It was formerly called Scythia now Sinarum Regio the chief City is Issedon Cathedral Lat. belonging to a chair also a Cathedral Church is the chief Church in a Bishops See Cathelaunum or Catalaunum a Citie of Champagne in France now called Chaalons near unto which are Campi Cathelauni those famous fields where Attila the Hun was overthrown Caâ—ethus a Mathematical Term the Perpendicular side of a right angled Triangle Catholick Greek general universal defending the Christian faith a Title attributed to the King of Spain Catholicon a physical word signifying a general purging Medicine Cathorius a Term used in the practick of Scotland signifying the value of 9 kine it being a penalty set upon him who breaks the Kings peace to give to the King 22 Kine and 3 Cathores or for every Cathorius 9 Kine Catini an ancient people of Scotland see Cathanesse Cato the name of several famous men of Rome whereof the chief were Cato Porcius Cato Censorius and Cato Vticensis Catoptrick Greek belonging to a kinde of Optick glasse which is called Catoptron Catry a place where Cates or victuals are set Cat in Navigation is a piece of Timber fastned aloft right over the Hawse to trise up the Anchor from the Hawse to the fore-castle Cattieuchlani an ancient people of this Island inhabiting those parts which are now called Buckinghamshire Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire they were as Camden believeth more anciently called Cassii and govern'd by Cassivellaunus Cavalier a brave man a Knight or Gentle-man serving on hors-back from the Italian word Cavallo Cavazion a Term in Art Architecture being the hollowing or underdigging of the earth for cellerage allowed to be the sixth part of the highth of the whole Fabrick Caucasus a high Hill which parteth India from Scythia being part of the mountain Taurus Caveare a certain kind of meat which comes from the River Volgha in Russia made of the roes of several sorts of fish Caveat Lat. a caution or warning also a Term in Civil Law being a writing which is entered by an Executor to keep others from medling in the administratorship Cavechin or Cavesan a false rein to lead a horse in A Cavern Lat. a Cave Cavillation Lat. a mocking or jesting also a wrangling Cavity Lat. hollownesse Caulk a ship to fill the holes and chinks with Ockam and Towe Cavon a County of Ireland called anciently East Breanny lying to the West of Louth Caupes or Calpes a Scotch-Law Term signifying any gift which a man gives in his own life time to his master especially to the head and chief of the Clan for his maintenance and protection
Cauphe a kinde of drink among the Turks made of a brown Berry Cauponate Lat. to sell for gain especially wine or victuals Caurus the name of the North-East winde blowing commonly out of the Brittish Sea Causal Lat. causing or expressing the cause of any thing Causam nobis a vvrit to a Mayor of a Town who hath denied seisin to one to whom the King hath given a grant of Lands or Tenements Causation Lat. an excusing or alleadging of a cause Causidick Lat. a Lawyer or Pleader Caustick Greek searing or burning a word used in physick signifying that which is applied to sear any part of the body Cautele Lat. a warinesse or taking heed Cautery Greek an iron which physicians use to sear withall also a hot oyntment which hath the same quality Cauterize to sear Cautionary Lat. given in pledge or pawn for the fulfilling of Articles Cautione admittenda a writ against a Bishop for holding an excommunicate person in prison notwithstanding that he offereth caution to obey the orders of the Church Cayer a quantity of paper also a part of a written book Cazimi Arab. or a Planet in the heart of the Sun is when he is not distant from the Sun 17 minutes C E Cebratane French a Trunk to shoot at Birds with clay pellets Ceca a certain religious house in Corduba whence they say Andar de Ceca en Meca i. e. to turn Turk Cecity Lat blindnesse Cecrops the first or as some say the second King of Athens he was an Aegyptian born and called by Eusebius Diphyes or Biformed because he was the first who civilized mens manners and instituted marriage in Athens Cedent Lat. giving place Cedrosii a certain wild barbarous people that go cloathed in the skin of wild beasts Cefala an Island of Africa found out by the Portugals in the year 1500. being three miles in length and one in breadth It hath two Villages and one strong Castle In the year 1505 the Ilanders rebelled but were quickly subdued by the Portugall's who killed the King they had chosen among themselves and set up another King as Deputy to the King of Portugal Celaenae a hill in Asia where Marsyas is said to have contended with Apollo for the mastery upon the Fluit Celandine a kind of herb called in Latine Chelidonium Celature or Caelature Lat. a carving or engraving Celebration Lat. a solemnizing or making famous Celebrity Lat. famousnesse Celerity Lat. swiftnesse expedition Celestial Lat. heavenly Celestines an Order of Fryers instituted in the year 1215. by one Peter a Samnite who was afterwards chosen Pope and called Celestine the fifth Cellarist he that keepeth the cellar or buttery in a Religious house Celsitude Lat. tallnesse heighth also a terme attributed to a Prince as a Title of honour Celsity the same Celtae a people anciently inhabiting Gallia Comata between the Rivers Garonne and Sein they were so called from Celtus the son of Polypheme Celtiberia a part of Spain anciently so called now Arragonia Celurca the ancient name of a Town in the Province of Angus in Scotland now called Montros Cemented close joyned or united from Cement a strong and cleaving morter Cemetery see Caemetery Cenchris a green and venomus biting Serpent Cenotaph Greek a hearse or empty tombe erected in honour of a great person Cense Lat. a mustering of an army a cessing of people Censer a vessel wherein the Priest burneth incense at any sacrifice or religious rites Censor lat an Officer among the Romans who was to cesse and valew mens estaâ—es also to judge of discipline and reform manners whence cometh to censure i. e. to judge or give sentence Centaures a people of Thessaly who waged war with the Lapithae they descended as the Poets feign from Ixion who falling in love with Juno lay with a cloud which was formed into her shape They were thought to be half men and half horses because riding their horses to water while their horses held down their heads to drink they seemed to those who beheld them a far off like a strange kind of monster whose former part resembled a man the hinder part a horse Centaury a kind of herb which some call Feverfew Centenary lat belonging to a hundred Center lat that point which is in the midst of every Circle or Globe Centoculated lat having a hundred eyes an Epithet belonging to Argos whom Juno set to watch Io. Centinodie an herb called knot-grasse as it were having a hundred knots Centon lat a garment made up of several patches a work composed of many pieces Central situate in the center or middle Centrie a word contracted from Sanctuary a place of refuge for malefactours Centumviri certain men among the Romans chosen out of the 35 Tribes to be Judges who although they were more in number than a hundred yet for the easier naming of them were called Centumviri Centuple lat a hundred-fold Centurie lat the number of a hundred the space of a hundred years a band of a hundred men or the like Centurion a Commander of a hundred men a Captain Cephalics Greek medicines properly applyed to fractures of the head but generally taken for all medicines peculiar to the head Cephalic vein see vein Cephalus the son of Eion he married Procris the daughter of Erichtheus King of Athens and being loved of Aurora would not answer her love one morning after he had been a hunting with a dart which Procris gave him and a dog called Lelaps he sate down and called upon Aura to refresh him but his wife having followed him out of jealousie had hid her self in a bush Cephalus perceiving the bush to move thought it had been a wild beast and shot his wife and afterwards was turned into a stone Cepi Corpus a return made by the Sheriff that upon an exigent he hath taken the body of a man Ceramite a kind of precious stone Ceratine lat made of wax dissolueable Cerberus quasi creoborus or flesh devouring a three-headed dog â—aid to watch constantly at the gates of Hell whom Hercules overcame and carried away in a chain Cerebrosity lat a being cock brain'd or brainsick Cerdonists a sect of Hereticks who held that there were two contrary principles in the cause of every thing a good God and a bad they were instituted by one Cerdo in the year 150. Ceremonies rites of the Church from the ancient Latin word Cerus which signifieth holy or else from the Caerites a people of Hetruria who chearfully entertained all the sacred things of the Romans which were brought to them by the Vestals when Rome was taken by the Gaules whereupon the Romans out of gratitude ordered that all things belonging to Religious Worship should be called Ceremonies Ceres the daughter of Saturn and Ops by whom Jupiter had Proserpina and being snatcht away by Pluto Ceres wandered through the world to seek her and came to the Court of Eleusius King of Attica whose son Triptolomus she made immortal and seating him in a Chariot drawn
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 Chekelâ—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
sentences were very brief whence Chilonick signifieth compendious Chimaera a Hill of Lycia on the top whereof were many Lions in the midst fed Goates and at the bottom were Serpents which Bellerophon made habitable Whence the Poets feigned that Bellerophon killed the Monster Chimaera who had the head of a Lion the belly of a Goat and the tail of a Dragon VVhence Chimaera's are taken for idle conceits Chimbe the uttermost part of a barrel Chaucer A Chime of Bells a pleasant tune rung upon the Bells Some say from the Latin word Cymbalum Chimin French a law-term signifying the Kings highway where there is free passage for him and his people Chiminage a toll for wayfarage or passage thorough a Forrest China a great Country in Asia which is all under one King whom they call Lord of the VVorld and Son of Heaven Chincherie niggardlinesse a word used by Chaucer Chione the daughter of Deucalion and wife of Paeonius the Epidaurian she being got with child by Phoebus and Mercury brought forth twins Autolycus to Mercury Philammon to Phoebus Chios an Island in the Aegean Sea between Lesbos and Samos It is 900 furlongs in circuit Chiragrical Greek having the gout in ones hands Chirking old word a chattering noise Chirographer a law-term signifying him who in the Common-pleas office ingrosseth fines acknowledged in that Court into a perpetual Record also he that giveth a bill of his hand Chirograph signifying in Greek ones own hand writing Chirologie Greek a talking by signs made with the hand Chiromancy Greek a divination by looking on the lines and marks of the hand This art is also called Palmestry Chiron the son of Saturn and Philyra who by reason that Saturn lay with Philyra in the shape of a horse had his upper parts like a man his lower parts like a horse he grew famous for physick brought up Achilles and Aesculapius and at length was placed among the Stars and called Sagittarius Chirrichote a Spanish word used in derision toward the Frenchmen Chirurgery Greek the Art of cureing wounds vulgarly called Surgery Chivalrie French horsemanship valour also a law-term signifying a tenure of land by Knights-service Chivauchie the same as Chivalrie Chloris the wife of Zephyrus she was called Flora or the Goddesse of Flowers also the daughter of Amphion and Niobe who married Meleus and brought forth Nestor Chocolate a compounded Indian drink whose chief ingredient is a fruit called Cocao Cholmondley a Town in Cheshire which gave name and habitation to the Noble Family of the Cholmondley's or Cholmley's by contraction Chorall a law-term one that by vertue of the ancient orders of the Clergy was admitted to serve God in the quire Chord a term in Geometry being a right line subtending an arch of a Circle Choriambick Greek a foot in Verse consisting of 4 syllables two long ones at each extream and two short ones in the middle Chorion Greek the outermost tunicle that enwraps the Birth Chorister Greek a singing-man of a quire Chorographer Greek a describer or decipherer of Countries and Kingdoms Chorus a company of Singers in a quire also that which is sung or played in a Tragedie or Comedy between every act Chrysmatory Greek a vessel wherein they put the holy ointment used by those of the Roman Church in the Sacrament of Baptisme which is called Chrism Chrisome Greek a white cloth put about a child newly christned in token of Baptism Christian a proper name of women first derived from the profession it self Christianism the profession of Christian Religion Christopher Greek a proper name of men signifying Christ carrier Chromatic Greek keeping its colour also pleasant delightful also a soft kind of musick which by the Ancients was taxed of effeminacy Chronical Greek temporal A Chronicle Greek a History of the times Chronodix Greek a certain kind of Dial or Instrument to shew how the time passeth away A Chronogram Greek a verse wherein the figurative letters being joyned together make up the year of our Lord. Chronography Greek a writing of Annals Chronology Greek a computation of years whereby is shown the coherence of Histories Chrysocol Greek a kind of green earth called Borax wherewith Goldsmiths soder gold and other mettals together Chrysolite a kind of pretious stone of a gold-colour Chrysopase another sort of precious stone of a greenish colour Chrysopolis a Promontory of Asia now called Scytary Chrysostomus signifying in Greek golden mouth it was the name of an ancient Bishop of Byzantium famous for his eloquence Chrystalline heaven it is the ninth heaven mentioned Gen. 1. which divideth the water from the waters Chyle Greek a white substance or milky juice into which the nutriment is converted by the heat of the stomack and which being there brought to that pefection passes thence away thorough Mesaraic veines into the Liver Chylification the act or faculty of converting nutriment into Chyle Chymistry the art of dissolving mettals and of extracting the quintessence out of any thing Chymere a coat or jacket also a Heralds coat of arms C I Cibarious Lat. belonging to meat Ciboire French a cup or box wherein the Sacrament of the Lords Supper is kept among the Roman Catholicks A Cicatrice Lat. a scar or mark which is left after a wound is healed up Cicely a proper name of women from the Latin word Caecilia i. Greyeyd Cicero the name of a most famous Oratour and Philosopher among the Romans whence Ciceronical is used for eloquent To Cicurate Lat. to tame Cid from the Arabick Caide which signifies a Lord or great man This word is used among the Spaniards for a valiant man or great Captain Cierges waxcandles lamps Chaucer Cilerie a term in Architecture signifying the draperie or leavage which is wrought upon the heads of pillars Cilicia a Country of Asia the Lesse now called Caramania or Turcomania Cilicious Lat. belonging to a Cilice or haircloath Cilinder see Cylinder Cimbick Lat. a niggard or peny-father Cimbrians a northern and warlick people anciently inhabiting that Country which is now called Denmark Cimeliark Lat. a Vestry also a place to put Jewels in Cimice a small red insect or worm A Cimiter see Scymitar Cimmerians a northern people whose Country by reason of its distance from the Sun is alwayes dark whence Cimmerian darknesse is taken for a very thick obscurity They live near a certain narrow sea which from them is called Bosphâ—rus Ciâ—imerius There is also a people of Italy so called living between Baiae and Cumae incompassed about with high hills Cinamon an Hebrew word signifying a kind of spice Cincantenier French a Commander of 50 men also the name of an Officer in Paris Cincture Lat. an encompassing with a girdle Ciniph Lat. a gnat Cinkefoile an herb called five leaved-grasse Cinnaber a red stone found in Mines which is used for a Vermilion colour Cinople or Sinople a kind of red-lead from the City Sinope whence it is digged Cinque-ports five Havens which lie toward France on the East part of England
namely Hastings Dover Hith Rumney and Sandwich the inhabitants of these Ports have many priviledges and immunities above others of the Commons of that Country Also they have an especial Governour who is called Lord-warden of the Cinque-ports having all the authority that a Lord Admiral hath in places not exempted A Cipher from the Hebrew word Saphar to number signifieth any figure or number especially that figure in form of an o. which onely serveth to augment the value of a number also a Character wherein secret letters are written Cipresse a fine curled linnen of which Hoodes for women are made Circester or Cirencester an ancient City in Glocestershire which standeth upon the River Corinus or Churn it was formerly called Corinium and Durocornovium also Vrbs Passerum in regard it was set on fire by sparrows by a stratageme of one Gurmundus it was taken from the Britaines by Ceaulin King of the West Saxons also Cineglise was here defeated by Penda King of the Mercians Circinate Lat. to make a Circle with a pair of Compasses Circk Lat. a place in Rome made circularly where the people sate and beheld those playes which are called circenses A Circuit of action a Term in Law signifying a longer course of proceeding then is needfull to recover the thing sued for Circuition Lat. a fetching a compasse or going about Circular Lat. round in fashion of a circle Circulation Lat. an encompassing a fetching a round circle also a subliming of waters by a Limbeck Circâ—maggeration Lat. a heaping round about Circumambient Lat. incircling or flowing about an Epithet proper to the aire Circumambulation a walking about also a far-fetch't discourse Circumcelliones certain abominable Hereticks who to get themselves repute laid violent hands upon themselves Circumcision lat a cutting about a Ceremony used among the Jews namely a cutting off the fore-skins from their children as soon as they were eight dayes old Circumduction lat a leading about a deceiving Circumference lat a line circularly drawn about the center Circumferentor a Mathematical instrument used by Geometricians and Surveyors it is made of wood eight inches in length and four broad three quarters of an inch thick about the middle of the upper-side is a round hole three inches and a half about and half an inch deep in which is placed a Câ—rd divided into 1â—0 equal parts in which Card is drawn a Dyal to know the hour of the Sun Circumflex lat bowed about also a mark over a Vowel whereby the most full Greek accent is express't Circumfluous or Circumfluent latin flowing about Circumforaneous lat â—â—itering about the Market or Court Circumfusion lat a powring about Circumgyration lat a fetching a great circuit round about Circumjacent lat lying about Circumincession lat a word used by the Divines to expresse the existence of the holy Trinity Circumligation lat a binding about Circumlition lat a dawbing or plaistering about Circumlocution lat a circuit of wordâ— or going about the bush Circumvection lat a carrying about Circumplication lat a folding about Circumrotation lat a wheeling about Circumscription lat a writing about Circumspection lat warinesse heedfulnesse A Circumstance lat a quality that accompanieth any thing as time place Circumstantibus a Law Term those that stand about to make up the number of the Jurors if any impanell'd appear not or appearing be challenged by either party Circumvallation lat an enclosing or trenching about Circumvent lat to over-reach to deceive Circumvolate lat to fly about Circumvolve lat to roll about Circumvolution a rolling wheeling or turning about Circundate lat to encompasse about Circunsonate lat to sound about or on every side Cisalpine Countreys on this side the Alpes Cisbury a Town in Sussex so called from Câ—ssa the son of Aello and second King of the South Saxons who with his brother Cimen landed with great Forces at Cimonshore Cistercian Monks see Bernardine Monks Cistus a certain bramble called the holy rose Citation lat the alleadging of any Text also a Summons to appear before any Court Citherides a name given to the Muses Citriale a Cittern a word used by Chaucer Cittine colour the colour of a Pomecitron or golden colour Citrull a kinde of Cucumber Cittadell a Castle or Fortresse of a Citie Civet an Arabian word it is a kinde of Unctious substance that hath a very sweet smell and seems to be an excrement coming from some beast A Civick Crown a reward anciently given by the Romans to a deserving Citizen C L Clack Wool is to cut off the sheeps mark which maketh it to weigh lesse and to yield lesse custome Claick-geese see Bernacles Claim a Law Term is a challenge of interest in any thing that is out of ones possession as Claim by Charter or descent c. Clamour lat noise Clan a tribe or family in Scotland as Clan Mackduff the family of Mackduff Clancular lat privie secret Clandestine lat the same Clangour lat a shrill cry or great sound Clap a Term in Faulcnory the neather part of a Hawks beak is called the Hawks clap Clara a proper name of women signifying in Latin clear or bright Clare a Town of Suffolk which gave name unto the ancient family of the Clares descended from Earle Gislebert the Norman as also the Title of Dukedom unto Leonel Son to King Edward the 3d. who for the more full sound was stiled Duke of Clarence Clarentieux one of the Kings at arms Claricord or Clericord a kinde of Musical instrument somewhat like a Cymbal Clarie a kinde of Herb so called Clarigation a Law Term used by the ancient Romans being the same as reprizal with us see more in reprizal Clarion a kinde of Trumpet Clarissonaâ—â— lat clear-voic't shrill-sounding Clark a Clergy-man a Schollar a Secretary also a man imployed in some great Office as Clark of the Crown in Chancery Clark of the Crown in the Kings Bench Clark of the Exâ—reats Clark of the Pell of the petty Bag of the Kings Wardrop of the Kings silver c. which see in their several places Clarmathan signifies in the practick of Scotland the warranting of stolen Cattel or goods Classe an order a rank or degree also a Navy Claâ—dicate to be lame Clavecymbal or Claricymbal a kinde of instrument with wire-strings by some taken for a Harpsical or Virginal Claver a kinde of Herb called Trefoil Clavicular lat belonging to a key Clavis lat a key also an exposition of hard words Clause an Article or conclusion from the Latin word Claudere because it shuts up a sentence Claustral lat belonging to a close place retired or recluse Clement lat a proper name signifying milde or gentle Clementines a part of the Canon-law or certain decretals collected by Pope Clement Cleopatra a Queen of Aegypt first loved by Julius Caesar afterwards married to Marck Antonie who having killed himself she procured her own death by setting Asps to her naked breasts Clep a Scots Law Term a form of claim petition or
libel or certain solemn words used especially in Criminal causes Clepen old word they call Clepsydrie Greek an hour-glasse which measures out the time by the insensible flowing of water Clergion a Clark Chaucer Clergie the whole number of those that take upon them the Ministery also a Term signifying an appeal a Plea to an Indictment heretofore onely Clergy-men but now all men have the benefit of their Ordinaries Clerk see Clark Cleromancy Greek a divination by lots The Clew of a sayl the lower corner of a sayl which reaches down to the place where the sheates are made fast to the sayl Clicket a clapper of a door Chaucer also useth it for a key Clicketting a Term in hunting a Fox when he desires copulation is said to go to his clicketting Clientele lat a taking into ones protection a train of clients and followers Cliff a cleft Mountain or broken Rock Climacterical from the Greek word Climax a scale or ladder every seventh and ninth year is counted a climacterical year wherein if any misfortune or sicknesse happen it is accounted most dangerous as likewise those years which are compounded of 7 ths 9 ths up to the 63d. which is held most dangerous of all Climate Greek a portion of the earth contained between two parallel lines in which space there is half an hours difference in the length of the day Clinick Greek bedred Clio one of the nine Muses who is said to be the first inventour of History Cloacal full of filth and nastinesse from Cloaca a sink or house of office Cloelia a Noble Virgin among the Romans who being left as a hostage with Porsâ—nna King of the Hetrurians made an escape and swom over the River Tybris to her own party Closet a Term in Heraldry being half of the Barre see Bar. Closh an unlawfull game forbidden by the statute Clotho Lachesis and Atropos the three Destinies who spin the thread of humane life Clotho carries the thread Lachesis spins and Atropos cuts it off Cloudesbery a plant which groweth peculiarly upon Pendlehill in Lancashire so termed as if it came out of the clouds Clove a Law Term the two and thirtieth part of a weight Clun a Castle in Shropshire built by the Fitz Alans descended from Flaold the Norman and defended by them as Lords Marchers and afterwards Earls of Arundel against the inroades of the Welsh Cluniack Monks Monks of the Monastery of Cluyne in France Clyster Greek a certain instrument whereby to convey any purging ingredient up into the guts through the fundament Clytemnestra the daughter of Tyndarus and Leda the wife of Agamemnon she lived in Adultery with Aegystus and with his help killed her husband Agamemnon but his son Orestes revenged his death upon his mother and Aegysthus Clytia one of the daughters of Oceanus who discovering that Apollo lay with Leâ—cothoe the daughter of Orchamus was slighted by him and pining her self away was turned into a flower called a Heliotrope Clyto a Title of Honour anciently used in this Nation and peculiarly ascribed to the Kings sons it comes from the Greek word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. glorious or excellent in the same sense was the Saxon word Aetheling used C N Cnidus a Citie of Caria where Venus was worshipped in ancient times It is now called Cabocrio Cnossus or Gnossus a Citie of Crete where Minas anciently kept his Court. It was anciently called Ceratus from a River of that name which ran hard by Cnouts delf otherwise called Steeds dike a certain Ditch which Canute the Dane caused to be made between Ramsey and Whitlesey to abate the fury of the Sea thereabout where in a great storm his sons and servants had like to have been cast away it was also called Swerdes delf because it was marked out with their swords C O To Coacervate lat to heap together Coaction lat a compelling or constraining Coadjutor lat a fellow-labourer an assistant or helper Coadunation lat an assembling or bringing together Coaetaneous lat of the same age Coaeternal lat equal in eternity Coagulation lat a thickning or curdling together Coalition lat a growing together an increasing Coaptation lat a fitting together Coarctation lat a streightning a pressing together Coassation lat a joyning together with boards Coaxation lat a noise of frogs a croaking Cobus a River of Colchis that hath golden sands it riseth out of the mountain Caucasus and gave original to the Fable of the golden Fleece Coccinean of a Crimson or Scarlet die Coccium an ancient Town of Lancashire mentioned by the Emperour Antoninus and thought to be the same with that which is now called Cockley Cockatrice a kinde of Serpent which is also called a Basilisk ingendred as some say from a Cock's Egg. Cocket a Law Term being a Seal appertaining to the Custome-house also a scrowl delivered by the Officers of the Custome-house to Merchants to VVarrant that their merchandize is Customed Cockle Lat. a Shell-fish also a Weed called Corn-rose darnel or Field-nigella Cocle-stairs a Term in Architecture winding stairs Cockney a vulgar Term given to one born and bred in the Citie which comes as some think from the River Thames being in ancient time called Cockney Cocles Lat. a man born with one eye also the name of a valiant Roman who alone fought against all the forces of King Porsenna upon a Bridge untill the Bridge it self was cut down whereupon he threw himself into the River armed and swom over Coction lat a seething also a digestion of the meat in the stomack Cocytus a River of Hell running out of the Stygian Lake The Code a volume of the Civil Law which contains divers precepts of the Emperours It comes from the Latin word Codex Codeta certain Orchards about Tiber wherein grow many shrubs like horses tailes Codicil a word used in the Civil Law being a just sentence of our Will concerning that which we would have done after our death without the appointing of an Executor and is a kinde of supplement to a Will Codiniack French a kinde of Marmalade made of Quinces Codrus a King of the Athenians who because the Oracle had foretold that the Peloponesians should overcome if they did not kill the Athenian King he disguised himself like a beggar and voluntarily exposed himself to death for the safety of his Countrey Coeliacal Vein see Vein Coemeterie Greek a Church-yard Coemption Lat. a certain Ceremony used among the Romans whereby the husband and wife seemed to buy one another Coequal lat equal one to another Coertion lat a withholding or restraing Coessential lat of the same essence Coexistent lat having a being together or at the same time Coffa see Cauphe Cofferer of the Kings houshold a principal Officer in the Kings Court under the Controller who hath a special charge over the other Officers of the houshold and payeth them their wages Cogitation lat a thinking or meditating Cognation lat kindred or alliance Cognisance French a badge in armes also
an acknowledging of a Fine also a hearing a thing judicially moreover a Cognisance of a Plea is a priviledge that a Citie or Town hath of the Kings Grant to hold a Plea of all Contracts and of Lands within the Precincts of the Franchise and that when any man is impleaded for any such thing at the Kings Court the Mayor or Bayliffs of such Franchises may ask Cognisance of the Plea that is that the matter be determined before them Cognisee is he to whom a Fine is acknowledged Cognisour is he who acknowledgeth a Fine Cognition lat a knowing or judging of a thing Cognitionibus admittendis a VVrit directed to a Justice or any that hath power to take a Fine commanding him to certifie it in the Court of Common-Pleas Cognominate lat to give a sirname to any one Coherence lat a sticking unto an agreeing or hanging together Cohibition lat a keeping back or restraining Cohobation lat a Term in Chymistry which signifies a powring of the distill'd liquor on its faeces and distilling it again A Cohort among the Romans was the tenth part of a legion and contained five hundred Souldiers Cohortation lat an exhorting or perswading Coincident lat falling out together hapning at the same time Coines corners of a wall also pieces of wood wherewith Gunners mount Ordnance Coint old word strange Coition lat an assembling together also carnal copulation Coition of the Moon is also when the Moon is in the same sign and degree with the Sun To Colaphize lat to cuff or buffet with the fist Colbrand the Danish Giant who was overcome by Guy Earle of Warick Colchis a country of Asia near Pontus where Aeaetes raigned with whom the Argonauts made war about the Golden Fleece Collactaneous lat nursed together sucking at the same time Collapsed lat fallen to decay ruined Collateral lat equal with either side Collateral relations or kindred are brothers or sisters children or those that descend from them Collateral security is that security which is given over and above the deed it self Collation lat a joyning or comparing together also a Banquet also Collation of a benefice is the bestowing of a benefice by the Bishop who hath it in his own gift or patronage whereas the institution into a benefice is performed by the Bishop at the presentation of another who is Patron of the place or hath a Patrons right It is moreover a term used by Booksellers and signifies a looking upon the letters at the bottom of every page to see that the book be perfect Collative a unanimous contribution of the people toward any publick work To Collaud lat to joyn with others in the praise of any one A Colleague lat a fellow or copartner in any office A Collection lat a gathering or levie Collection is when two principal significates do not behold one another but both of them cast several aspects to a more weighty Planet than themselves and they both receive him in some of their essential dignities then shall the Planet which thus collects both their lights bring the thing demanded to perfection Collects things gathered out of other mens Works also certain select prayers in the Common-prayer book with the Epistles and Gospels for such and such dayes Colledge lat a place set apart for the society and cohabitation of Students Collerage a pecuniary mulct in France exacted for the collars worn by wine-drawing horses or men Collet the same as Beazel of a ring Collieth a term in Faulconrie when they say the Hawk collieth and not beaketh Colligate lat to fasten or tye together Collimation lat an aiming at a mark Colliquation lat a dissolving or melting Collision lat a crushing or bruising together Collistrigium or Collistridium a word used in the practick of Scotland and signifies a pillory or stocks Collocation lat a placing in order a letting out to hire Collock an old Saxon word signifying a paile with one handle To Collogue to flatter from the Latin word Colloquium a talking together A Colonel a Commander in chief of a Regiment or Brigade from the Latin word Columna a pillar because he is one of the chief props and pillars of an Army Colloquy lat a talking of two men together Colluctation lat a strugling together Collusion lat a dealing deceitfully in Common-law it signifieth an action commenc't against another on purpose to defraud him Collybist Greek a money-changer Collyrie Greek a term in Physick signifying a medicinable water for the eyes Colobe an ancient kind of short coat reaching to the knees Coloieros a certain religious Order among the Greeks Colon Greek a mark or pause of a sentence not fully ended also one of the three great guts Colony lat a company of men sent out of one country to inhabite another Coloquintida a kind of wild gourd used by Physitians in purging medicines Coloss a statue of a vast bignesse the most famous Coloss in the World was that of the Sun in the Port of Rhodes Colostration a term in physick being a disease in children caused by sucking bad milk Colpindach or Cowdach a word used in the practick of Scotland signifying a young cow or heifer Colran a Country of Ireland anciently called Krine bordering south upon Tir Oen. Colubraria an Island of the Iberian sea abounding with snakes from the Latin word Coluber a snake Coludum the ancient name of a Town of the Province of Merch in Scotland called also Coldana by Ptolomy Colania now Coldingham where there was a famous Monastery the Nuns whereof with their Prioresse Ebba cut off their lips and noses to avoid the lustful violence of the Danes A Columbarg lat a Dove-house Columbine a kind of Flower so called Column lat a pillar Columnae Herculis or Hercules pillars two mountains in the West the one in Europe called Calpe the other in Africa called Abyla which Hercules separated the one from the other Others say they were two pillars of Brasse in the Isles of Cades Colures two great circles in the Globe of the World which passing through the Poles and the 4 principal points of the Zodiack cut themselves equally and divide the Glob into equal parts Colus a beast of whitish colour that hath a head like a hog and that drinks in water thorough the nostrils Coma Berenices a figure like a triangle in the tail of Leo. Comald a strict Order of Fryers instituted in Italy in the year 1012. by one Romoald of Ravenna Combat in the Common law signifies a formal trial of a doubtful cause by the sword or bastons of two Champions wherein if the defendant can defend himself till the stars be seen in the firmament and demand judgement if he ought to fight any longer then judgement is to be given on the defendants side Combination lat a joyning together also a term in law signifying the entring of two or more into a conspiracy to perform any unlawful or mischeivous design Combustible lat apt to take fire easily inflamed
to be a companion in good or evil a complice in evil onely Comportment French carriage or behaviour Composition Lat. a setting together also a work set forth in any piece of learning or art Compotation Lat. a drinking bout or merry meeting Comprehension Lat. a laying on also understanding or finding out the depth of any mystery Compressure or Compression Lat. a pressing together Comprise French to contain the same as comprehend Comprobation Lat. a mutual allowing or approving Compromise a Term in Law being a mutual promise of two or more parties at difference to referre the ending of their controversie to the judgement of Arbitrators Compton in the hole a Town in Warwick-shire which gave name and habitation to the ancient family of the Comptons advanced by Queen Elizabeth to the Title of Barons Compulsion Lat. a constraining or forcing Compunction Lat. remorce or trouble of minde for any crime committed Compurgation Lat. a Term in Law a justifying by Oath the report or Oath of another Computation lat a reckoning or casting of account De Computo reddendo a VVrit compelling a Bayliff Chamberlain or receiver to give up their accounts Comrade the same as Camerade Comus a certain God among the Heathen that was the chief patron of revellings and debauches Conaught or Connacht a Province of Ireland the people whereof were anciently called Concani or Gangani Concamerate lat a word of Architecture to make a vaulted roof to Arch. Concatenate lat to chain together Concavity lat hollownesse Concealers a Term in Common-law signifying by Antiphrasis or contrary speaking such men as finde out concealed Lands which are privily kept from the King or the State by common persons who have nothing to shew for them Concede lat to yield or grant Consent lat a Harmony or agreement in Musick Concentricks lat Sphears or Circles having the one common Center Conceptacle lat a capacious hollownesse that which is apt to contain or receive any thing Conception latin a conceiving with Childe also a bringing forth any fancy or conceit Concern lat to regard to belong unto Concertation lat a striving together Concession lat a granting or yielding Concidence lat a falling together a a making a Cadence at the same time Conciliate lat to make to agree to bring together Concinnate lat apt fit proper Concional lat belonging to a speech made in publick Concise lat short consisting of few words Concitation lat a stirring up or provoking Conclamation lat a great noise or shouting of much people Conclâ—ve lat a Closet or inner Chamber also an Assembly of the Cardinals met to consult about any affaire of the Church A Conclusion lat a shutting up or ending of a businesse Concoction lat a seething or boyling a digestion of the meat in the stomack Concomitant lat bearing any one company Concord lat agreement in Common-law it is defined to be an agreement between parties that intend the levying of a Fine of Lands one to another in what manner the Land shall passe also a perfect Tone in Musick as an eighth or a third c. Concorporation lat a mixing of bodies together into one Concourse lat a meeting together of people Concrete lat joyned or grown together also a Logical Term signifying an accident joyned with any subject whereas abstract is the accident alone Concretion lat a growing together Concubinage French fornication also a Term in Common-law signifying an exception against her that sueth for her Dowry alleadging that she is not wife but Concubine to the party in whose Lands she seeks to be indowed Conculcate lat to stamp upon or tread under foot Concupiscence lat a vehement desire of any thing but more particularly a lustfull or venereal appetite The Concupiscible faculty the sensual part of the Soul which onely seeks after pleasures and lusts Concurrence lat a meeting together also an agreeing Concussion lat a jumbling together also extorsion by terrifying Concussionary an Officer or Magistrate that by false shew of Authority extorts gifts and bribes from men Cond a Term in Navigation to lead or direct a ship which way she shall go Condensation lat a making thick Condereum the ancient name of a Town in the Bishoprick of Durham where in old time the left wing of the Astures kept their station it is now called Chester upon the Street Conders are those men that stand upon the high places near the Sea-Coast at the time of Herring-fishing to make signes with bough's in their hands unto the fishers which way the Herrings passe which they easily discern by the blue colour which they make in the wateâ— Condescention lat a yielding unto or complying with Condict lat an appointment or composition Condigne lat worthy according to merit Condement lat seasoning A Condisciple lat a School-fellow or fellow Student Condited lat seasoned Condition lat nature disposition also estate or fortune In Common-law it signifies a rate manner or Law annexed to mens Acts staying or suspending the same and making them uncertain whether they shall take effect or no. Condolence lat a grieving with another Condonation lat a pardoning or forgiving Conducible lat profitable also to be hired Conduct French a guiding also a management of any affair Artamenes Conductour lat a leader or guider Condylome Greek an excrescence of flesh Cone a Geometrical figure circularly flat at the bottome and sharpning by degrees till it end in a point at the top also a Pine Apple Confabulation lat a discoursing or talking together Confarâ—eation lat a certain Ceremony with a Cake anciently used at marriages Confâ—ction lat a finishing a mingling of divers things together a making of Conserves A Confident lat one that is imploy'd in matters of secresie and trust Configulation lat a making of earthen ware Configuration lat a likenesse or resemblance of figures Confines French Marches or Borders of a Countrey Confirmation lat a making sure also a Law Term signifying a strengthning of an estate formerly had and yet voidable though not presently void Confiscation lat a Law Term a bring-away a mans goods as forfeited to the publick Treasury from Fiscus a Pannyer or Hamper a place where the Kings Treasure useth to be kept Conflagration lat a great consuming or destroying with fire Confluence lat a meeting of divers waters in one also a great concourse of people Confluxibility lat an aptnesse to flow together or to be mingled one with another Confoederate lat joyn'd together in a league by Oath Conformable lat agreeable suitable Confront French to bring face to face also to compare together Conge French leave Conge d'Estire signifies in the Common-law the Kings permission to a Dean or Chapter to chuse a Bishop or to an Abbey to chuse their Abbot Congenerous lat of the same sort of the same stock Congeniality lat a resemblance of Genius and fancie Congelation lat a freesing or congealing Congersbury a Town in Somerset-shire so named from one Congar who liv'd
Coralline a kinde of plant called Sea-mosse or Coral-mosse Coralyse chaffe or drosse of Corn. Corban an Hebrew word signifying a a gift dedicated to God Corbel or Corbet a Term in Architecture signifying a shouldering piece in Timberwork a jutting out like a bragget Corbets the name of a very ancient family in Shropshire who about the coming in of the Normans held divers Lordships by the service of Roger Mountgomery Corciousnesse old word corpulency Corck or Orchall a kinde of blue colour used in painting Cordage the tackle of a ship a word used in Navigation also stuffe to make ropes on Cordelier a Gray Fryer of the Order of St. Francis so called because he wears a cord full of knots about his middle Cordial latin comfortable to the heart Cordon an old English word signifying reward in like manner also the French word Guerdon is used by us Cordovan leather leather made of Goat-skins so called from Corduba a Citie of Andaluzia in Spain where the best sort of that kinde of leather is made Cordwainer or Cordiner French a shooe-maker Corinaeus one of the companions of Brutus whence Cornwall is said to have taken its denomination being in old time called Corinaea it is fabulously reported of him that he fought with a Gyant called Gogmagog and threw him down a steep Rock Corinth a Citie of Achaia in Greece in ancient time called Ephyre which after it had been destroyed was restored by Corinthus the son of Marathon or as some say of Pelops and by him called Corinth Corinthian order a Term in Architecture signifying an adornment of Pillars after the Corinthian manner there being five orders of pillars in Architecture Dorick Ionick Tuscan Corinthian and Composite Coritani a people anciently inhabiting that part of this Island which containeth Northamptonshire Leicestershire Rutlandshire Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Cork a County of Ireland in old time reputed a Kingdom the people whereof were anciently called Vodiae Coriondi Cormorant a Sea Raven Metaphorically taken for a glutton Cornage is in Common-law a certain Tenure whereby in the North men used to hold their Lands which was to blow a horn when any invasion of a Northern enemy was perceived Cornalin a kinde of precious stone which some think to be the same with Corneol Cornavii the name of a certain people who in ancient times possessed that part of this Island containing those Counties which are at present called Warwick-shire Worcestershire Stafford-shire Shrop-shire Cheshire Corn-flowr a kinde of flowr called blue-bottle Cornelian the same as Corneol a kinde of precious stone also Cornelian Law was a Law made by Cornelius Sylla that any who would follow him in should be capable of Office before they had attained their full years Cornelius lat a proper name of men from Cornu a horn Cornel an old word signifying a corner also the fore-part of a house Corneol a kinde of precious stone apt to be ingraven and therefore much used for the making of seals It is also called a Sardy or Onyx Corneous lat of a horny substance Cornet French a kinde of black Taffata which Doctors of Physick or Law used to wear on the collar of their robes as an Ensign or badge of their degree also the Ensign of a Troup of horse so called because it was used to be made of that kinde of Taffata Cornice a Term in Architecture signifying the crests or flourishing work at the upper end of a pillar it is also called a frize Cornigerous lat wearing horns an Epithet of Bacchus Cornil-tree a Tree called a Horn-tree because its branches are hard like a horn Cornimuse lat a kinde of musical ininstrument which some take for a kind of Bag-pipe Cornix see Cornalin and Corneol Cornucopy a horn which Jupiter gave to Amalthea whereby she injoyed plenty of all things it is Metaphorically taken for plenty Cornuted lat horned Corody from the Latin word Corrodo it signifieth in Common-law a summe of money or allowance of meat and drink toward the maintenance of any of the Kings servants out of an Abby or religious house whereof the King is the founder Corodio habendo a Writ for the exacting a Corody out of an Abby or religious house Corollary an advantage above the ordinary measure also a gift bestowed on the people at publick feasts Corona by the Greeks called Halo that is to say a clear Circle appearing in a Cloud about the Sun or any other bright Star but especially about the Moon also a coelestial constellation upon the shoulder of Bootes Coronal Suture this is by Chirurgons called the formost seam of the skull passing from one bone of the Temples to the other Coronation lat a Crowning Coroner an ancient Officer belonging to the Crown and Common-wealth of England his Office is to enquire of every man that is slain or cometh to an untimely end and what Corn Cattel or freehold the Felon had at the time of the fact committed and to seize them to the use of the King or State there are four of these Officers in every County Coronet a little Crown or Chaplet Corporal lat belonging to the body also a Commander or band of ten Souldiers also the fine linnen wherein the Sacrament is put Corporation lat in the Civil Law signifieth a body politick authorised by the Kings Charter to have a Common Seal one or more head Officers and Members able by their common consent to grant or receive in Law any thing within the compasse of their Charter Corporature lat the form or constitution of the body Corporeal lat of a bodily substance Corporeity or Corporeature lat Philosophick Term Corporeature bodily substance Corps Fr. a carcasse or dead body Corps du guard French a Term in Military Discipline signifying a Company of Souldiers set to watch Corpulency lat fulnesse of body Corpus Christi a Colledge in Oxford built by Richard Fox Bishop of Winchester Corpus cum causa a Writ issuing out of Chancery to remove both the body and the record touching the cause of any man lying in execution upon a judgement for debt into the Kings Bench. Corr a certain measure containing two quarts Corrade lat to scrape together to extort Correction lat an amending also a chastising Correctour of the Staple a Clerk belonging to the Staple that recordeth the bargains of Merchants there made Correlatives lat a Term in Logick signifying things that have mutual relation one to another as Master and servant father and son c. Correption lat a snatching suddenly away Correspondency lat a holding mutual Commerce and familiarity an answerablenesse or proportion of one thing to another Corridor a Term in fortification otherwise called Cortina or Curtain Corrigible lat easie to be corrected or made better by correction Corrival a competitour one that makes suit in the same businesse Corroboration lat a strengthning or making firm To Corrode lat to gnaw to fret Corrosive lat having a gnawing or fretting quality it is spoken of
those things which are used in physick to gnaw or eat into any part of the body Corrugation lat a contracting together a drawing into wrinkles Corruption lat a tainting or depraving Corruption of the blood signifyeth in law an infection of the blood growing to the estate and issue of a man tainted with treason whereby he looseth all to the Prince and both he and his heirs are made ignoble Corsary French a Courrier Corse praesent law-term the body of a beast or some such like offering given to the Priest out of a dead mans goods It is also called a Mortuary Corslet Ital. the same as Cuirasse in French armour for the back and brest Corsure or Courser old word a Broaker Corstopitum the ancient name of a Town in Northumberland mentioned by Antonine Some think it to be the same with Ptolemies Curiae Ottadinorum now called Corbridge Corticated lat covered with a bark or rind Corven old word carved Corvine lat belonging to a Crow or Raven Corviser see Cordwainer Coruscation lat lightning a flashing or glimmering of light Corybantes the Priests of Cybele who used to celebrate the Feasts of Cybele with dancing and ringing of Cymbals they were thought to be the same with the Curetes and Idaei Dactyli Coscinomancy Greek a divination by a seive Cosenage a Writ that lieth where the father of the Great grandfather is seized in his demesu as of fee at the day of his death of certain lands and tenements and he dying a stranger entereth and intrudeth Then shall his heir have this Writ of Cosenage Cosh or Cotterel old word a Cottage Cosham a Town in Wiltshire in ancient times the Mansion house of King Ethelred Cosier old word a Botcher called also a Sowter Cosmical Greek belonging to the World Cosmical rising of a Star is a term used in Astronomy signifying a Star rising at the same time with the Sun Cosmography Greek a description of the World with the Climates and Circles marked upon the Globe and in Maps Cosmometry Greek a measuring of the World by degrees and minutes being a part of Geography or Cosmography Cost a term in Blazon being the fourth part of the Bend or half the Gartier Costive from the Latin word Constipatus having the belly bound Costmary an herb called Balsamine or Alecoast Costrel old word a wine-pot Cote a kind of refuse or clotted wool also a cottage or sheepfold Coteswold old word a company of sheepcotes and sheep feeding on hills A Cottager signifieth in Law he that dwelleth in a Cottage or house without land or at most having but 4 acers belonging to it Cotterel see Cosh Cotton a kind of stuff otherwise called Frize or Bombasin Couchant French lying or squatting close to the ground a word often used in Heraldry to expresse that posture Covenable or Convenable old word suitable or convenient Covenant French a bargain pact or agreement also Covenant in Law is that which the Law intendeth to be made though in words it be not exprest also the name of a Writ that lyeth for the breach of any Covent see Câ—nvent Coventry a famous City in Warwickshire so called from a Covent of Monks that was anciently there The first Lord of this City is said to be one Leofric who imposing heavy taxes upon the Citizens remitted them at last at the earnest intercession of his wife Godiva upon condition she would ride naked thorough the chief street of the City which she performed but so covered with her long hair that no body could discern her Covercle or Coverkill old word a lid or cover Covert French an ombrage or shady place for Deer or other beasts Coverture in Common law is the condition of a married woman who by the Laws of England is under Covertbaron and so disabled to make any bargain without her husbands consent Coughton a place in Warwickshire the principle Mansion of the Throgmortons a very ancient Family Covie French a term in fouling signifying a nest or brood of Partridges Covin fraud from the Latin word Convenire it signifieth in Common law a deceitful agreement between two or more to the prejudice of another Coulant French flowing or gliding along Couldray French a hazel grove Coule a vessel to carry water in also a roab which Fryers use to wear called in Latin Cucullus Coulter Lat. a plough-sheare Councel with a c. lat Concilium an assembly of Counsellours Count French an Earle also a Law Term coming from the Latin word Computatio and signifies the Original declaration in a processe chiefly in real actions Countercomponed a Term in Armory as a bordure countercomponed is a bordure compounded of two colours counterly placed Counteurs or Conteurs are those which a man setteth to speak for him in Court as Advocates whereas Plaideurs speak as Counsellours at law for one who is present himself Countenance French the face or visage also estimation or credit also a Term in Law signifying the favour that is shew'd to poor men that will swear they have nothing whereof they may make fine Counter a Trades-mans chest where he puts his cash or money also a prison in London where men are put for debt from the French word Compter or from the Dutch word Cantor a secluded place also Counters are certain little things to cast account with Counterfeit French to feign Countermaund French a revocation of a former command Countermure a word in fortification a Wall or Bank opposite to the Town Wall Counterpain one of the Copies of a pair of deeds or indentures so that one party may keep one part and the other the other Counterplea signifieth in Common-law that which the demandant alleadgeth against a Tenant in courtesie or in dowr who prayeth in aid of the King or him who hath the reversion for his better defence Counterpoint opposition also a Term in Musick being a composing of parts together by setting points one against another also a Term in Needle-work called back-stitch or quilt-stitch Counter-round a Term in Military Discipline signifying a certain number of Officers going to visit the Rounds or the Sentinels Counter-scarf a Term in fortification that side of the moat which is opposite to the Fortresse Counter-tail or Counter-tally one of the two tallies or pieces of wood whereon any thing is scored whereof one party keeps one piece and the other the other piece Countervail French to be of equal price County or Shire a certain portion or circuit of the Realm into which the whole land is divided County-court a Court held every moneth by the Sheriffe or his Deputy the under Sheriffe Coup old word a piece cut off or cut out Coupant French cutting or lopping Couple-close a Term in Blazon being the fourth part of a Cheveron Courfine old word fine heart Courser French a horse of service Court the house where a King hath his present residence also a place where justice is judicially ministred from the Latin curia or from the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i.
Bull of the Pope granting the sign the badge of the Crosse in an expedition of Christians against Infidels Croises Pilgrims also Knights of the Order of St. John in Jerusalem created for the defence of Pilgrims they were both so called from the sign of the Crosse which they used to wear on their garments Crome or Corm old word a crow of iron from the Dutch word Kromb crooked Crool old word to mutter Crosier a Bishops staff from the old word Croce a Shepherds crook or for that it bears the figure of a Crosse. Crosstaff a Mathematical Instrument wherewith the Altitude of any thing is taken Crostrees those crosse pieces of timber which are set on the head of the mast of a Ship Crotchet a measure in musick being half a Minim and a Minim is once down or up it signifieth also a humour or whimsy Crotells or Croteying term in hunting the ordure of a Hare Crouch old word Crosse whence to Crouch i. e. to blesse Crow is a celestial constellation and sits upon Hydra's taile she hath her Mansion in the austeral parts Crowland a Town in Lincolnshire which is reported to have been heretofore mightily haunted with spirits until such time as devout Guthlac lived there a Hermites life to whose memory Aethelbald King of the Mercians built a famous Monastery Crown of the several sorts of Crowns as Triumphal Civic Gramineal Mural and the like See Aulus Gellius cap. 8. Crown is also metaphorically taken for glory honour dignity Clark of the Crown in Chancery an Officer that attends the Lord Chancellour for special matters of State as Commissions of Lieutenancies Justices or such like with their writs of association and dedimus potestatem for taking of oaths also all general pardons writs of Parliament writs of special executions c. Clark of the Crown-office in the Kings Bench is he who frames reads and records all Indictments against Traitours Felons and all other offenders there arraigned Collensâ—earth â—earth a kind of colour used in painting Cruciate lat to afflict to torment Crucifie lat to fasten or naile to a Crosse. A Crucifix an Image which represents the crucifying of Christ. Cruditie lat rawnesse ill digestion of the stomack Cruet or Crewet a viol or narrow-mouth'd glasse to keep oil or the like in Cruife a word used in the practick of Scotland for a hogs-stye it is also called Creffera Crurall lat belonging to the thighs Crusible a pot wherein Chymists melt their mettals Crussell old word grisle Crustaceous lat crusted or covered with a hard shell Crutchet Fryars the same as crouched or crossed Fryars Cruzada see Croisada Cruzado a Portugal Crown of Gold Cryptology Greek a speaking in secret a whispering Crystall a very bright and transparent kind of Mineral which lookes like Ice or the clearest sort of glasse Crystalline Humour a white splendid and shining humour nor flat nor round seated in the center of the eye and is the first instrument of sight C U Cubbridge head a division made across the forecastle and half-deck with boords which in other places is called the Bulk-head Cube a Geometrical figure being a solid body every way comprehending six equal sides Cubebes a certain kind of Indian fruit Cubicular lat belonging to a Bed-chamber Cubite a kinde of measure reaching from the elbow to the end of the little finger Cuchaneale a little worm bred in the fruit of the Holy-oke of which is made a certain costly grain wherewith they dye Skarlet or Crimson colour Some say it comes from the Latin word coccinus Skarlet Cuâ—ullated lat having on a Monks coule Cucurbite lat a Gourd also a Cuping-glasse being a deep hollow glasse which Physitians apply to the body to draw out blood Cucuye a strange kind of bird in Hispaniola having eyes under the wings which in the night time shine very bright Cudweed a certain herb whose leaves are so soft that they are used for cotton it is also called Cotton-weed Cue an item given to Stage-players when any of them are to begin to speak Cuerpo Spanish a body also a corporation to walk in cuerpo is to go without a cloak Cui ante devortium a writ that a woman divorced from her husband hath power to recover her lands from him to whom her husband did alienate them during the marriage Cui in vita a writ of entry that a widow hath against him to whom her husband did alienate her lands in his life time Cuinage the making up of Tin into such a fashion as makes it fit for carriage Cuirassier French he that is armed with a Cuirase or Corslet which is a kind of armour for the brest and back Culdeis quasi â—ultores Dei a sort of religious people that were anciently in Scotland and Ireland Culerage French lechery also an herb called Water-pepper or Arse-smart Culinary lat belonging to the kitchin Cullers in Latin â—ves rejiculae sheep that are chosen out and separated from those that are good for meat Cullion-head the same as Bastion a Skonce or Block-house Cullis from Colare to strain the juice of boiled meat strained thorough a strainer Cullot from Cullus the taile a cushion to ride post with Culm from Culmen the top smoak or soot Culminate lat to get up to the top Culrach or Colrach signifieth in the practick of Scotland a pledge or cautioner which is left for the repledgeing of a man from one Court to another Culpable lat guilty faulty peccant Cultivation lat a manuring or tilling Culture lat the same Culver old word a pigeon or dove Culverine quasi Colubrine a piece of Ordnance so called Culvertaile a term in Architecture a fastning of boards with artificial joynts Cumble French full heaped measure Cumae a City by the Sea side in Italy near Puzzoli Cumfrey a kind of herb otherwise called Consound Cumulation lat a heaping up together Cunctation lat prolonging of time delaying Cuneglasus the name of a cruel Tyrant who succeeded Vortiporus in his government of the Britaine 's of Wales and Cornwale Cunicle lat a Mine or Hole under ground Cunobelinus an ancient King of the Trinobantes a people of the Eastern parts of Brittain he succeeded Mandubratius in the kingdom Cantey signifieth the same as the ordinary Jury or trial by the Country Cupidity lat covetous or lustful desire Cupping-glasse see Cucurbite Cupulo lat a term in Architecture a high arch in a building Câ—rebulli tann'd leather a word used by Chaâ—cer Curfew a law made by William the Conqueror that every one should put out their fire and light at the ringing of the eight a clock-bell which was called Couvrir le feu i. e. cover the fire Curia Ottadinorum an ancient Town of Northumberland See Corstopitum Curialitas Scotiae is equivalent to that which we call Curtesie of England Curlew a kind of foule so called Curranto French a running French Dance also a musical Aire of a more than ordinary swift time Curricurre a kind of East Indian Barge
wax and fell into the sea Daemoniack Greek possessed with a Devil or evil spirit Doemonologie Greek a discourse of Angels Spirits or Devils Daff old word a Coward or a Dastard Daffadill a kinde of flowr otherwise called Narcissus A Dagg a Pistoll so called from the Dacians who first used them Dagswain a rough or course mantle D' alanson the name of an ancient and Noble Family in Lincolnshire commonly called by contraction Dallison Dalmatian Dap a flour otherwise called a Tulip because it was brought from Tulippa a Promontory of Dalmatia which is a part of Illyricum a Countrey of Greece Dalmatick a kinde of vestment worn by the Priests so called also from Dalmatia where it was first made Dalrendini the ancient name of a certain people of Scotland so called from Renda an Irish Captain who conquered those parts Damascus the chief Citie of Syria whence we have our best sort of Pruines which are called Damask Pruines or Damasines Dammage a Term in Common-law any hurt or hinderanâ—e that a man taketh in his estate also a part of that the Jurors are to enquire of passing for the Plaintiffe in a civil action Dammage fesant in Common-law is when a strangers beasts are in another mans ground and there feed without Licence of the Tenant spoiling the Grasse or Corn in which case the Tenant may impound them Dammask a kinde of fine stuffe first made in the Citie of Damascus Damnation lat a condemning or giving sentence Damocrita a Roman Matron whose husband Alcippus being banish't and she forbid to follow him and her daughters prohibited marriage that his race might be extinct she in revenge when the chief women of the Citie were met in a house to sacrifice set fire on the house and when she saw people run to their aid she first killed her daughters then her self Danae the daughter of Acrisius King of Argos see Acrisius Danaus the son of Belus and brother of Aegyptus he was King of Argos and from him the Greeks were called Danai Dancett is much like indented but differs from it in regard the lines are deeper and wider Dandelion a kind of plant vulgarly called Pissebeds Dandruff a kind of scruff or small scales sticking to the skin of the head which look like brann Daneguilt from Dane and gelt which signifies money It was a tribute anciently laid upon our Ancestors by the Danes of 12 pence for every hide of land thorough the Realm Dangwallet Excessive quasi making the wallet to dangle down Dania a Country of Europe almost invironed with the northern Ocean bordering upon Saxony and is now called Denmark Daniel Hebr. judgement of God Danisme Greek Usury Dank moist from the Dutch word Dampight Danmonii the ancient name of a people in old time inhabiting that part of this Island now called Cornwal and Devonshire Dantiscum a famous Mart Town in Poland called Dantzâ—â—k Danwort a kind of plant called dwarf-elder in French Hieble from Hybla a mountain of Sicily where it chiefely grows Danubius or Ister the greatest River in Europe which rising from the mountain Arnoba runneth through many Countries It is now called the Danow Daphne the daughter of Peneus she flying from Apollo who became in love with her for her beauty was turned into a Laurel-tree Daphnomancy Greek a divination by Laurels Dapper fine neat spruice from an old Latin word Toper i. e. swift or the Duch word Dapfer stout agil or else from Dapifer which signifies in Latin a sewer or he that serves up the first dish at a Feast Darby the chief Town of Darbyshire so called by contraction form Derwentby because it standeth upon the River Derwent the Town was won in old time by Ethelfleda that victorious Lady of the Mercians from the Danes of whom she made a very great slaughter Darcy's or Adrecy's the name of an ancient Family of Barons in Lincolnshire descended from Norman de Adrecy or Darcy de Nocton who lived in great favour and esteem with Henry the third Dardanus the son of Jupiter and Electra who having killed his brother Jasius fled to Samothrace afterwards he went into Asia where he built Dardanum or Troy Darick a kind of ancient coin bearing the value of two shillings which had upon it the Image of Darius Darius a King of Persia there were several of that name whereof the last was Darius Codomannus who was overcome by Alexander the Great Darnel cockle-weed from the Dutch word Deren to hurt Darrein from the French word Dernier i. e. last as Darrein presentment last presentment Darreighn old word an attempt Dartos one of the membranes that involve the stones Darford or Darenford a Town in Kent so called from the River Daren where K. Edward the third built a Nunnery which was afterward converted into a Royal Palace Datary an office in Rome for the collation of Ecclesiastical Benefices Date the fruit of Palm-tree also the day of the moneth or year wherein any Letter is written Datism Greek an often rehearsal of the same thing by a heaping of synonyma's together from Datis a Satrape of Greece the Dative Case the third of the 6 Cases in Grammar used in actions of giving or attributing Davenport or by contraction Damport a Town in Cheshire which gave name to an ancient Family so called David Hebr. beloved Daunsette a term in Heraldry being almost the same with a line indented but onely it is deeper and wider Dantry the name of a very ancient Famiâ—y in Sussex stiled in Latin Records de Alta ripa Day signifieth in law a day in bank before ordinary Judges wherein the party should appear and plead as for the Astronomical and Political distinction of dayes and the parts thereof see Macrobius and Censorinus D E Dea bona or Good Goddesse a name attributed by the old Heathen to the Earth whom they worshipped as a Goddesse she was also called Ops Fatua and Fauna the Poets feign that being drunk with a wine made of Myrtle-berries called Myrtidanum she was whipt to death by her husband Faunus with Myrtle twiges Dea viri-placa a certain Goddesse a-among the ancient Romans in whose Chappel man and wife after they had fallen out were reconciled again Deacon from the Greek Diaconus a minister or servant is an officer of the Church that is appointed to distribute alms to the poor Deadpledge land or moveables pawned for money which is to be the Creditours for ever if the money be not repaid at the time agreed on it is also called Mortgage Deadwater the eddy water at the stern of a ship Dean an Ecclesiastical Magistrate that hath power over ten Canons and those which have a jurisdiction assigned them by the Bishop over other Ministers and Parishes near adjoyning are called Deans rurall Deauration lat a gilding over Debaucherie or Desboâ—cherie French riot disorderly revelling Debellation lat a overcoming in war or duell De bene esse a term used in Common law as when a Defendants deposition is onely allowed
out from any Dignity or Office Degree French a step or stair or by Metaphor any state or condition which is as it were an ascending or descending from one step to another in Astronomy it is the 30th part of any of the twelve signs in physick and chymistry it is the intensnesse or remisnesse of the hot or cold quality of any thing Dehortation lat a disswading Deianira the daughter of Oeneus King of Etolia she was first espoused to Acheâ—â—us afterwards to Hercules and being to passe over the River Evenus Nessus the Centaure offered his service to carry her over but as soon as he was on the farther side he attempted to ravish her whereupon Hercules shot at him with a poysoned arrow Nessus perceiving he had received his deaths wound he to be revenged presented Deianira with a shirt dipt in his own bloud telling her that if her husband wore it it would draw his affections from all other women which she believing gave it to Hercules but the shirt sticking to his body so burnt his flesh that to avoide the torment he threw himself into a flaming pyle and Deianira for grief slew her self Dejeration lat a taking a solemn oath Deifie lat to make a God of one Deiphoâ—us the son of Priamus and Hecuba who caused Paris to be slain by treachery and married his wife Helena Deipnosophists Greek a company of wise-men discoursing at supper Deis old word a seat Deity lat Divinity or Godhead Delamere a Forrest in Cheshire whereof the Dawns of Vskinton were by the gift of Ranulph the first Earle of Chester made Forresters by Hereditary succession in this Forrest Aedelfleda the Mercian Lady built a Town called Eadelbury i. e. the happy Town which now being nothing but a heap of rubbish is called the Chamber in the Forrest Delatour lat an accuser or informer A Delegate lat he that executes judgement in the place of a Civil or Ecclesiastical Judge Deletion lat a blotting out Delgovitia the name of an ancient Town in York-shire which stood as some think in that place where now Wighton is Delibation lat a sacrificing also a tasting Deliberation lat a consulting or debating Delict lat an offence or crime Delineation lat a drawing the first draught of a Picture A Delinquent lat one that hath committed an offence or crime Deliration lat a doating or being besides ones senses Delos an Island in the Aegean Sea the chiefest of the Cyclades where Apollo and Diana were born whence they were called the Delian Twins Delph is an abatement placed in the middle of an Escocheon proper to him that revoketh his own challenge and eateth his own words Delphos a Town of Phocis in Greece famous for the Temple and Oracle of Apollo Deltoton Greek a constellation of stars resembling the figure of a Greek delta Delusion lat a deceiving or beguiling Deluge French an inundation or overflowing of waters Demand in Common-law is opposite to plaint for in pursuit of civil actions if they be real actions the pursuer is called demandant if personal plaintiffe Demeasne or Demain French by the Civilians called Dominicum is that land which a man holdeth originally of himself whereas feodum are those which he holdeth by the benefit of a Superiour Demetrius the name of several famous Kings in Asia who succeeded Alexander the word signifieth belonging to Ceres who in Greek is called Demeter Demi lat joyned with another word signifieth half as Demi-God c. Demin old word a Judge Demise lat to farm or let Demission lat a casting down or abasement Democracy Greek a Government wherein the Magistrates are chosen from among the people and by the people Democritus a famous Philosopher born at Abdera he thought the world to be composed of Atomes and that he might the better contemplate upon natural causes and not be taken off with any outward objects he put out his eyes with a burning bason his father was a man of so great riches that he feasted Xerxes and all his Army Demolition lat a casting down or ruinating †Demonachation French an expelling from the Monkish order also a forsaking of the same Demoniack see Daemoniack Demonstration lat a shewing or making plain Demophâ—n the son of Theseus and Phaedra he was driven by Tempest upon the shore of Thrace and married Phillis the daughter of Lycurgus but Theseus dying he took the government of Athens upon him and forgetting Phillis she for grief hanged her self upon an Almond-tree Demosthenes a famous Oratour among the Greeks who was banish't by Philip of Macedon and at last poysoned himself to avoid the fury of Antipater Demur signifieth in Common-law a kinde of pause upon any point of difficulty Denariata terrae the fourth part of an Acre of Land it is also called farding-deal or a farundel of Land Denary lat the number of 10. also the same as Deneer Denbigh the chief Town of Denbighshire called by the Britains Cled Fryn-yn Rosse i. e. a rough Hill in Rosse for so that part of Wales was anciently named Deneer a kinde of Coper Coyn which values about the tenth part of a penny Denelage the Law of the Danes by which a third part of England was governed before the Conquest Denis a proper name contracted from Dionysius which some fetch from Dios nous i. e. Divine minde the chief of this name was St. Denis the great Saint of France it is also a womans name contracted from Diana Deneck Arab. the tayl of the Swan Deneck elected Arab. the tayl of the Lion Deneck Alihedi Arab. the bowing of the back or doubling of the tayl of the Goat Denizon quasi Danes son or from the French word donaison an endowing and signifieth in Common-law an Alien that is Infranchised by the Princes Charter whereby he is made capable of any Office or of purchasing Land but it cometh short of Naturalization because a stranger naturalised may inherit by descent Dennington a Castle in Bark-shire built by Sir Richard de Aberbury it was once the Residence of the Poet Chaucer afterwards of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk Denomination lat a giving a name from any occasion Dense thick opposed to rare by the Philosopher and that body is said to be dense where the substance is more and the quantity lesse Density lat thicknesse Dent a Term in Blazon as a bordure dent or indented is when the line of which the border is made is indented in and out like the teeth of a saw Dentifrice lat a certain powder made up into a consistence wherewith to rub the teeth Dentisscalp lat a tooth-picker or tooth-scraper Dentition lat a putting forth or breeding of teeth Denudation lat a making bare or naked Denuntiation lat a proclaiming or denouncing Deâ—dand a thing devoted and consecrated to the service of God to expiate some eminent hurt or mischief it hath done De Deoneranda pro rato portionis a Writ that lieth where a man is distrained for Rent that ought
being told they should throw the bones of their first mother behind them they took stones out of the earth and cast them behind them Those which Deucalion cast became men and those whic Pyrrha cast became women Devest lat signifieth in Common Law to deprive of a possession Devils-bit a kind of plant whose root looks as if it were and is fain'd to have been bitten by the Devil out of envy because of the many excellent virtues and properties it hath wherewith mankinde is benefitted Developed French unfolded Deviation lat a turning aside out of the way Devirgination lat a deflouring or depriving of Virginity Devise in Common-law is where a man in his will bequeaths his goods or his lands to another after his decease and he to whom the lands or goods are bequeathed is called the devisee devise also signifieth a Motto or conceit in a Coat of Arms or Picture and is also called an Imprese Deumo an Idol adored by the East Indians of Calicut Devoir French duty Devoirs of Caleis were the customs due to the King for Merchandize brought to or carried thence when our staple was there Devolution lat a rolling down a falling from one to another Devote lat vowed or consecrate to God Devotion lat a vowing or consecrating also piety religiousnesse Deusan any kind of hard fruit that lasteth long so called from durare to last Deuteronomy Greek a Book written by Moses signifying the second Law being the fifth Book in the Holy Scriptures Dew is generated of a most thin cold vapour onely exhal'd so high by the Sun as to keep it up in the air but when he withdrawes himself from our Hemisphear it falleth down again in round drops and is by the coldnesse of the air congealed resolved into water Dewlap called in Latin paleare the skin which hangeth down under the throat of an oxe Dexterity lat nimblenesse readiness agility Dexter aspect is contrary to the succession of the Signs Dexter point a term in Heraldry being that place in an Escutchâ—on that hath its beginning near the right corner in the chief thereof D I Diabetical Greek a term in Physick signifying troubled with the Diabetes which is a disease wherein a mans water runneth from him without any stay Diabolical Greek devillish Diacatholicon a certain Medicine or physical Composition Diachylon a Plaister composed of juices whose office is to soften and concoct Diaconal Greek belonging to a Servant Minister or Deacon Diademe Greek a wreathed hatband also a Kings Crown Diaeresis Greek a figure whereby one syllable is divided into two Diagnostic Greek thoroughly knowing or discerning in Physick Diagnostic signs of a disease are those signs which at present are apparent Diagonal Greek a term in Geometry signifying a line in a quadrangle which passeth from one corner to another Diagram Greek a Geometrical figure also a certain form described in demonstrative sciences also a proportion of measures in Musick distinguished by Notes Diagraphical Greek belonging to to the art of painting or graving Dialect Greek a propriety of speech or difference of pronunciation peculiar to each several Countrey as in Greece heretofore there were the Attick Dorick Ionick and Aeolick Dialects or Idiom's it is also the art of Logick Diallel lines Greek lines running crosse and cutting one another Dialogisme Greek a figure wherein a man reasoneth and discourseth with himself as it were with another Dialogue Greek a written discourse wherein two parties are brought in talking together Diameter Greek a Geometrical word signifying a streight line drawn through the middle or Center of any figure Diamond a sort of precious stone called also Adamant so hard that it is not to be softned by any thing but Goats bloud it cometh from the Greek word Adamas untamable Diana the daughter of Jupiter and Latona brought forth at one birth with Apollo she that she might keep her Virginity fled into the Woods and addicted her self wholly to hunting whereupon she was called the Goddesse of the Woods Diapasme Greek a Pomander or perfume made of dry powders which is used upon several occasions Diapason Greek an eight or the most perfect concord in Musick Diaper a kinde of linnen cloath which is wrought with flourishes and divers sorts of figures Diaperd a bordure in Heraldry is properly said to be Diapred where it is fretted all over and hath something quick or dead appearing within the frets Diapering in painting is an overrunning your work after it is quite finish't with branches or other work Diaphanous Greek transparent or that may be seen through or pierced through by the Sun beams Diaphony Greek a harsh sound a sound which maketh a discord Diaphoretick Greek easily piercing through a word used in physick and signifies a Medicine that discusses any humour by concoction or transpiration Diaphragme Greek a fence or hedge in Anatomy it signifieth a skin or muscle which passeth overthwart the body seperating the breast or middle region from the stomack or lower region Diarrhaea Greek a flux of the belly without any inflammation of the Entrailes Diastole Greek a figure whereby a syllable short by nature is made long also in physick it is taken for that motion of the pulses which dilates the heart and the arteries being contrary to Systole which contracts them Diarie a Diurnal or Day-book wherein the passages of every day are written Diatesseron Greek one of the chief Chords in Musick called a fourth also a plaister that consists but of foure ingredients Diatribe Greek a place where Oratoâ—ns or Disputations are held Dibble a two forked instrument wherewith they set Herbs in a Garden Dicacity lat a taunting or mocking Dicearch Greek a just Governour or Prince Dication or Dedication lat a promising devoting or consecrating Dichotomy Greek a cutting in two pieces a dividing a speech or discourse into two parts Dicker a quantity of leather containing ten Hides Dictate lat to tell any one what they are to write Dickins a contraction from Devilkins or little Devils Dictator lat a great Commander among the Romans who had the chief authority for the time being both in war and peace he was never chosen but upon some great occasion and his command was to last but half a year Dictionary lat called in Greek a Lexicon a Book wherein hard words and names are mentioned and unfolded Dictum the ancient name of a City in Caernarvonshire now called Diganway Dictynna a name attributed to Diana who flying from Minos she cast her self into certain nets which are called Dictya Didapper a kind of bird so called from the Greek word Diadyptein to duck under water Dido the daughter of Belus King of the Tyrians she was married to Sichaeus Priest of Hercules whom Pygmalion slew that he might obtain his riches but she gathering all the wealth she could together fled into Africa and there built a City which was first called Byrsa afterwards Carthage and refusing to marry Iarbas King of Getulia because he went about to
carelesse Discipline lat a teaching or instructing Disciplinants an Order of Religious men that scourge themselves Disclamer in Common Law is an expresse denial or refusal in standing out against any action Discoloure lat of divers colours Discomfiture French a total routing or vanquishing an enemy Disconsolate lat comfortlesse Discontinuance or Discontinuity lat an interruption or breaking off also in Common Law discontinuance of possession is this that a man may not enter upon his own land being alienated but must bring his Writ and seek to recover possession by Law Discordance lat a disagreement jarring or being out of tune for in Musick those Notes are called discords which make harsh and unpleasing sounds as seconds fourths sevenths c. Discrepance lat a differing or varying one from another Discretion lat a separating or distinguishing also wisdom prudence because it teacheth us how to make a right distinction of things Discrimination lat a putting a difference between one thing and another Discumbence lat a sitting or lying down to eat it being a custom among the Ancients to lie down upon the ground and eat Discure to discover a word used by Chaucer Discursion lat a running to and fro Discussion lat a shaking off or into pieces also a searching narrowly into a businesse To Disembogue Spanish to come out of the mouth of a River or Haven Disfranchize to exclude out of the number of Citizens or free-Denisons Disgrading a depriving a Clergy-man of his orders who being delivered to his ordinary cannot purge himself of the crime whereof he was convicted by the Jury Disgregation lat a scattering or separating Disguise French to put into another guise or form Disgust lat to distaste Disherit or Disinherit French to put out of possession Disjunction lat a severing or disjoyning Dislocation lat a putting out of its right place Dislodge a term in hunting applyed to a Buck when you first raise him Disloyalty French unfaithfulnesse perfidiousnesse Dismantle French to take off a cloak or mantle but by metaphor it is taken for to beat down the walls of a Fortresse Dismâ—s French tithes or the tenth part of all the fruits being consecrate to God and consequently to be paid unto those who take upon them holy Orders Dismission lat a sending away Dispansion lat a spreading both wayes Disparagement Ital. a disgracing or undervalueing In Common Law it is used for the marrying of an Heir or Heiresse under their degree or against decency Some derive it from the Latin words dispar and ago it being as it were a doing that which is disagreable Disparates lat a term in Logick signifying things which are different from one another but not contrary Disparity lat unevennesse or diversity Disparpled or Disperpled loosely scattered or shooting it self into divers parts a term used in Heraldry Dispaupered signifieth in Common Law deprived of the priviledge of forma pauperis Dispend lat to spend or lay out money Dispensation lat a distributing or dealing also a performing the office of a Dispenser or Steward Dispersion lat a scattering into several parts Dispert to finde out the difference of the diameters of mettals between the breetch and the mouth of a piece of Ordnance Dispicience lat a looking diligently a considering Displicence lat a displeasing Displosion lat a bursting in two also the shooting off a gun Dispoliation lat a spoiling rifling or robbing Dispone old word to dispose Disposition lat a placing or disposing of things also the natural inclination of the mind also the constitution of the body Dispossession lat a depriving any one of their possession Disproportion lat inequality Dispurveyed French bare indigent unprovided Disputation lat a disputing or contesting in words about any doubtful subject Disquamation lat a taking off the scales or bark of any thing Disquisition lat a narrow search after any thing Disrationare in French disrener to prove any thing by Battel Writ or Assize Dissasina French dispossession see Sasina Dissection lat a cutting asunder or in pieces Disseisin in Common law is an unlawful dispossessing of a man of his lands or goods Dissemination lat a sowing or scattering up and down Dissentaneous lat discording disagreeing Disseâ—tory old word a kind of Still Disservice a disclaiming any ones service a doing an ill office Dissidence lat a disagreeing or falling out Dissilience lat a leaping or bounding up and down a falling asunder Dissimilar lat unlike in Anatomy the dissimilar parts of the body are those which are compounded of several similar parts as a hand being compounded of flesh nerves and bones is called a dissimilar or organic part Dissimulation lat a counterfeiting or dissembling Dissheveled see Dischevelled Dissipation lat a scatering or dispersing Dissociation lat a separating or putting asunder Dissolution lat a dissolving a melting or destroying also dissolutenesse debauchery or licenciousnesse of life also contrary to Annexation Dissonance lat a difference in sound also a disagreement Dissuasion lat a perswading against any thing Dissyllable Greek a word consisting of two syllables Distance lat a being afar off Painting in Distemper or size is a kind of painting which hath been ancientlier in use than that which is in oil'd colours Distention lat a drawing out or stretching to the full length Distick Greek a couple of Verses ending in the same rhyme or measure Distillation lat a dropping down or distilling in a Limbeck Distinction lat a putting a difference between one thing another A Logical distinction is when a word having several significations may be taken either way Distortion lat a pulling awry or wringing several wayes Distraction lat a drawing several wayes also perplexity or madnesse Distresse or distraining in Latin Distriction is a streightning wringing or affliction In Common Law it signifieth a compulsion to appear in Court or to pay a debt or duty denied Distribution lat a dividing amongst many Distributive is an epithite to justice whereby is signified the justice of an Arbitrator who being trusted and performing his trust is said to give every man his own Districation a ridding out of trouble from the latin words dis a preposition and Tricae small threads about chickens legs which hinder them from going but metaphorically any kind of incumbrance Districtus the circuit or territory within which a man may be compelled to appear Distringas a Writ directed to the Sheriff to distrain one for a debt to the King or for his appearance at a day Disturbance or Disturbation lat a causing trouble or unquietness Disunited lat disjoyned or severed Dithyramb Greek a kind of Hymne antiently sung in honour of Bacchus also any kind of lusty or jovial Song Dition lat a Dominion Jurisdiction or Territory Dittany or Ditander in Latin Dictamnum an herb growing abundantly in Dicte a Promontory of Creet in English it is called Garden-pepper Ditty a Song which hath the words composed to a tune Divan a great solemn Council or Court of Justice among the
Turks and Persians Divarication lat a striding wide Diventilation lat a winnowing or tossing to and fro Diverberation lat a violent beating Diversified lat varied Diversity lat variety Diverticle lat a by-way also a device or shift Divertisment French recreation or pastime Dividend in Arithmetick is the number which is to be divided also the share which is equally divided among the Fellows of a Colledge Also Dividends in the Exchequer seem to be one part of an Indenture Dividual lat easie or apt to be divided Divinaile old word a riddle Divination lat a presageing of things to come Divine lat heavenly also it is taken substantively for a professour of Theology whom Chaucer calls a divinistre Divisibility Philosophic it signifies a capacity in a thing to be divided Division lat a dividing or cutting into two parts Divitiacus a King of the Gaules who as some say was King of the Brittains Divorce in Common law is a separation between two married together not onely from bed and board but from the bond of wedlock Divour see Dyvour Diuretical Greek that which provokes urine Diurnal lat belonging to the day It is also used substantively for a Pamphlet wherein the passages of every day are recorded Diuturnity lat lastingnesse or long continuance Divulgation lat a making known abroad Divulsion lat a pulling violently asunder Dizain French the number ten also a kinde of French Coyn of about the value of a penny also a song consisting of twelve Stanza's D O Dobeler a great dish or platter Dobuni ancient people of the Brittains who inhabited those parts which are now called Oxfordshire and Glostershire Doced or Douced a Musical instrument otherwise called a Dulcimer Docility Docibility lat aptnesse to learn that which is taught Docke a place where ships are built or laid up from the Greek word Cocheion a receptacle also a kinde of Herb called in Latin Lapathum Docket a Brief in writing Doctoral lat belonging to a Doctor i. e. Teacher or one that hath taken the highest degree in Divinity Physick or Civil Law Document lat a teaching or instructing Dodded old word in Latin Decornutus unhorned also lopped as a Tree having the branches cut off Dodder a certain weed winding about Herbs Dodecaedrie Greek a Geometrical figure of 12 sides Dodecagon Greek a Geometrical figure of 12 Angles Dodecatemorie Greek an Astronomical Term being one of the 12 parts into which the Zodiack is divided Dodkin a kinde of small piece of money which some think to be of the same value as our farthing Dodona a Citie of Chaonia a Countrey of Greece near to which there was a Temple and Oracle of Jupiter within a Wood sacred to the same Deity of which Wood it was fain'd that the Trees were vocal and returned the answers of the Oracle also the name of a Fountain whose water had a property both to quench and kindle fire Dotrantal lat of the weight or measure of nine ounces Dog-dayes see Canicular dayes Dogdraw a Term used in Forrest law is when any man is found drawing after a Deer by the scent of a hound which he leadeth in his hand being one of the four circumstances wherein a Forrester may arrest the body of an offender against Vert or Venison in the Forrest the other three being Stablestand Back berond and Bloudy-hand Doge of Venice is the supream Magistrate or Duke of Venice Dogger a kinde of ship Dogmatist Greek one that bringeth in any new Sect or opinion Dolation lat a making smooth or plain Dole lat deceit fraud also grief also a distributing or dealing of Almes or gifts Dollar a Dutch Coyn of the value of four shillings Dolling old word warming Dolorous lat painfull or sorrowfull Dolphin a kinde of fish so called as some say from the Delphi who were the first finders of it also the title of the eldest son of the King of France from Daulphin a Province of France also a constellation beautified with nine bright stars according to the number of the Muses Dolt a sot or blockhead from the Dutch word Doll Dolven buried from the old word Delve to dig Dolyman a kinde of Turkish Garment Domable lat tameable Dome Ital. a Town-house or chief meeting place of a Citie Domestick lat tame belonging to a family or houshold Domicil lat a dwelling-house or place of habitation Domination lat a ruling or lording over others dominations are also one of the nine orders of Angels Dominical letter the red Letter in the Calender wherewith Sunday or the Lords day is mark't Dominicans an Order of Fryars instituted by St. Dominick a Spaniard about the year 1206. Domino a kinde of hood worn by Canons also a mourning vail for women Domition or Domiture lat a taming Domo reparanda a Writ that lieth against one whose house going to decay may indanger his Neighbours house by falling Donary lat a gift or present Donatists a Sect of Hereticks whereof the more rigid sort are called Circumcellians they held the son to be lesse then the father and the holy Ghost lesse then the son and affirm'd the true Church to be onely in Africa they were instituted by Donatus Bishop of Carthage in the year 358. the more moderate sort were called Rogatists Donative lat apt to give it is substantively taken for a benefice meerly given by a Patron to any man also a Princes gift A Dondon old word a short fat woman Donee in Common-law is he to whom Lands are given as Donour is he who giveth them Donegal see Tyrconel Dooms-day-book a book made in the time of Edward the Confessour some say of William the Conquerour wherein all the ancient demeans of England were registred with the names of all those that possessed them Dooms-man a Judge from the Saxon word Doom a Judgement or sentence Dorcas the proper name of a woman the word signifieth a Deer Dorado Span. guilded over Dorchester the chief Town in Dorcetshire it was in old time called Durnovaria i. e. the River passage it was miserably harrass't by Sueno the Dane and afterwards by Hush the Norman but flourish't again in King Edwards dayes there is also another Town of this name in Oxfordshire by Leland called Hydropolis Dour signifying in the ancient Brittish tongue water Dorick dialect see Dialect Dorick Musick a kinde of grave and solemne Musick also Dorick work in Architecture see Corinthian Doris the daughter of Oceanus and Thetis she being married to Nereus brought forth a great number of Sea-nymphs called Nereides Dormant in Heraldry signifieth lying in a sleeping posture also in Law a writing Dormant is that which hath a blank to put in the name of any one also a Dormant-tree is a great beam which lieth crosse the house which some call a Summer Dormers window's made in the roof of a house Dorothy a womans name signifying in Greek the gift of God Dorp or Thorp a Countrey Town or Village Dorrie a kinde of fish so called because the sides
of it shine like Gold it is called in Latin Faber Dorter or Dormitorie a place where many sleep together also a place where people are buried Dose Greek a Term in Physick being the quantity of a potion or Medecine which is prescribed by a Physitian to his patient A Dosel or Dorsel from the Latin word dorsum a rich Canopie under which Princes sit also the Curtain of a Chaire of State Doted lat endowed having a joynture Dotkin or Dodkin the eighth part of a stiver or French shilling Dottrel a kinde of bird so called Double plea is that wherein the Defendant alleadgeth two several matters in bar of the action Doubles in Greek diplomata Letters Patents Doubleth a Term in hunting when a Hare keeps in plain fields and chaseth about to deceive the hounds it is said she doubleth Doublet a precious stone consisting of two pieces joyned together Doublings a Term used in Heraldry for the linings of Roabs Mantles of state or other Garments Dovane French Custome or Impost Dover see Dubris Dovetail a joynt used by Carpenters denominated from that kinde of figure Dousabel French sweet and fair a womans name answering to the Greek Glycerium Douset or Doulcet a kinde of Custard from the Latin word dulcis Dowager a title applied to the widows of Princes and great persons Downes hilly plains also a part of the Sea lying near the sands from the Saxon word Dune a hill the same word signifying in Dutch a sand-bank Dowry in Common-law signifieth that which a wife hath with her husband in marriage it is also taken for that portion which she bringeth with her which is called in Latin Maritagium or Dos the former is called Donatio Dowsets the stones of a Stag so termed in hunting also the same as Dousets Dowtremere fair wearing a word used by Chaucer Doxie a she Beggar or Trull Doxology Greek a Verse or Song of praise anciently instituted in the Church which was to be recited in Divine-service after the Prayers and Psalmes D R Drabler in Navigation is a piece added to the bonnet when there is need of more sail Draco's Laws certain rigid and severe Laws made anciently in Athens by one Draco whence all severe punishments for trivial offences are called Draco's Laws Dragant or Tragaâ—ant a certain gum distilling from an herb of the same name in English called Goates-thorn Dragons Head called in the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a node or place in the Eccliptick line which the Moon cutteth and ascendes from the aust'ral part of the node into the Septentrional it hath no aspect to any Planet but it may be aspected by them its motion is according to the motion of the Sun Dragons taile called in Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is a node opposite to the Dragons Head in the Eccliptick line which the Mâ—on cutteth and descends from the Septentrional part of the node unto the Aust'ral Dragons-wort a certain herb otherwise called Serpentary or vipers Bugloss Dragonstone a certain pretious Stone called in Greek Draconitis Drags pieces of wood so joyned together as floating upon the water they may bear a burload of wood or other wares down the River Draiton a Town in Shropshire near which a very bloody field was fought between the two Houses of York and Lancaster Dram or Drachme Greek the eighth part of an ounce Dramatic Greek a sort of Poetry wherein are lively representations of things acted by persons upon a Stage as Comedies and Tragedies Drap de Berry a kind of thick cloth made in the Country of Berry in France Drapery a term in painting being a work wherein cloths are represented See Cilerie Draught a first Copy from the Latin word tractus Drawelatchets a sort of nightly theeves so termed in divers Statutes they are also called Robertsmen Drawing a term used by Painters signifying an exact observance of the distances and proportions of that which you would imitate or phancy It comprehendeth Pictures by the life Stories Opticks Landskips c. It is by some called Designing Dreint old word drowned Dretch old word to dream to tarry Dry exchange a term which is given to Usury Dâ—iffeild a Town in Yorkshire famous for the Tomb of the learned Alfred King of Northumberland and for the Mounts which he raised about it Drift of the Forrest a driving of cattel or a view of what cattel are in the Forrest also a boat is said to go adrift when it hath no body to row or steer it Drift is also taken for counsell or policy from the Dutch word drâ—iven i. e. to act Drill a Stone-cutters toole wherewith he bores holes in Marble also a Baboon Drogoman or Truchman in Greek Dragomenos a word used by the Turks for an Interpreter Droit signifieth in common Law a double right the right of possession and the right of the Lord. Drolery French a merry facetious way of speaking or writing Dromedary a kind of Camel with two bunches on its back it is called in Greek Dromas for its swiftness Dronklew old word given to drink Dropacist a puller off of hair Drouy old word troubled Dru Sax. subtile a proper name called in Latin Drogo or Drugo Drugge a Medicin from the Dutch word Droogh i. e. dry because all Medicins vehemently dry the body Druides certain learned men or Priests anciently in great esteem among the Galls they were so called from the Greek word Drys a wood because they loved to inhabite among the woods Drury old word sobriety modesty Drusilla the poper name of divers famous women Dryads certain Nimphs called Nimphs of the wood from the Greek word Drys an Oak D U Duall lat of or belonging to two To Dub a Knight to confer the Order of Knighthood upon any one from the French word a douber to arm compleat Dubious lat uncertain doubtful Dublin the chief City of Ireland situate in the Province of Leimster it was antiently called Bala cleigh i. a Town upon Hurdles Some say it was built by Harold King of Norway when he conquered Ireland from whom descended in a direct line Griffith ap Conan borne at Dublin in the reign of Tyrlough This City was bravely defended by the English against Asculph Prince of the Dublinians and Gottred King of the Isles and in the time of King Henry the second was given to a Colony of Bristowmen Dubris the ancient name of a Port-Town in Kent now called Dover having a very fair and strong Castle built as some say by Julius Caesar and afterwards fortified by King Arviragus against the Romans Ducal lat belonging to a Duke Duces tecum a Writ summoning one to appear in Chancery and to bring with him some evidence which that Court would view Ducket a certain golden coin valueing about 6 shillings first coined in Rome in the year of the City 547. having the Image or arms of a Duke or supream Magistrate stampt upon it Ductile lat easie to be drawn out and beaten into a thin plate a word most commonly
applied to mettals Duction lat a leading Duell lat a single Combat between two from duo i. two and bellum i. war Duellona see Bellona Duilius a great Commander among the Romans who overcame the Carthaginians in a great Sea-fight and was the first that triumphed after a naval Victory Dulâ—arnon a proportion found out by Pythagoras for which happy invention he sacrified an Oxe to the gods in thankfulness which sacrifice he called Dulcarnon Dulcimer a kind of Musical Instrument otherwise called a Sambuc Dulcisonant lat sweetly sounding Dulcitude lat sweetness Dulcâ—ration lat a making sweet Dulocrasy Greek a government where slaves and servants domineer Dumosity lat fulness of bryers and brambles To Dun a word vulgarly used signifying to come often to importune the payment of any debt Dunbar a Town of Lothien or Lauden in Scotland where of late years a total defeat was given to the Scotch army under the command of Lesly by Crumwell General of the English Forces Dundee a Town of Angus a Province of Scotland called in Latin Taodunum by others Alectum Duni pacis See knots of peace Dunstan Sax. Most high Duodecimo a book is said to be in Duodecimo when it is of twelve leaves in a sheet Duplicity lat a being double or twofold Duplicate a second letter patent granted by the Lord Chancelour in a case wherein he had formerly done the same and was therefore thought void Duplication lat a doubling also a word used in Law signifying an allegation brought in to weaken the reply of the pleader Dura mater lat a term in Anatomy signifying the outward skin that infolds the brain Duration lat a long continuing or lasting Dures in Common Law is a plea used by way of exception by him who being cast into prison or hardly used by any is constrained to seal a bond to him during his restraint Durham the chief City of the Bishoprick of Durham built by Bishop Aldwin with the help of Vthred Earle of Northumberland Here the Monks of Lindis-farm sheltred themselves when they fled with the body of St. Cuthbert from the fury of the Danes It was anciently called Dunholm and Dunelmum Durham Colledge see Bernard Colledge Durity lat hardness Durnovaria see Dorchester Durotriges an ancient people among the Brittains inhabiting that part which is now called Dorcetshire Duskie obscure dark from the Greek word dascios shady Dutchie Court a Court wherein all matters belonging to the Dutchy of Lancaster are decided by the decree of the Chancelour of that Court. Duumvirate a certain Magistracy anciently in Rome Dwale a kind of herb called sleeping night-shade Dwyned old word consumed D Y Dyna a kind of East India coin valueing about 30 shillings Dynastie Greek Supream Government or Authority Dyrrachium a City of Macedon lying upon the Adriatick Sea now called Durazzo Dyscracy Greek a distemper of the body proceeding from an unequal mixture of the first qualities Dysentery Greek a disease called the Bloody-Flux Dyspathy Greek evil passion or affection Dyspepsie Greek ill digestion of the meat in the stomack E EAd or Eadith Sax. a proper name of women signifying happinesse It is writen in Latin Auda and by some Idonea Eaglestone a certain pretious Stone found in the nests of Eagles in Greek called Aetites Eadelman or Adelman a Saxon word signifying a Noble man Eadgar Sax. happy power Eadulph Sax. happy help Eadwin Sax. happy Victor Ealderman or Alderman the same as Eadelman Ealred Sax. all counsell a proper name Ean to bring forth young from the Greek word Odinein To Ear the ground to till or plough the ground from the Latin word Arare Earing a part of the bolt-rope which aâ— all four quarters of the sail is left open Earle Sax. a Noble man from Ehre i. Honour and Edel i. Noble Easell is a word used in painting being that frame upon which the Artist placeth his cloth either higher or lower as he pleaseth Easement in Common law is a service which one neighbour hath of another by charter or prescription as a passage thorough his ground or the like The Civilians call it servitus praedii Easter the time of the celebration of Christs Resurrection contracted from the Dutch word Aufferstand i. e. Resurrection or from Eoster an ancient Goddesse of the Saxons whose Feast they kept about the same time namely about April which was thence called Eoster-monath It is also called Pasca from the Hebrew word Pasach to passe over because about this time the Jews celebrated the Feast of the Passeover Easterlings people inhabiting the East part of Germany also Easterling money is that which we call Sterling or Currant money from a certain coin which Richard the first caused to be coined in those parts being held in great request for its purity Eastmeath a County of Ireland in the Province of Meath it is divided into 18. Baronies E B Eben-tree a certain tree which grows in India and Aethiopia it hath neither leaves nor fruit and the wood of it is black and very hard serving for many uses Ebionites a certain Sect of Hereticks who denied the Divinity of Christ and rejected all the Gospels but St. Mathews they were instituted by one Ebion in the year 71. Ebissa a certain Captain of the Saxons who with Octha came to aid Hengist against the Brittains Eboracum the second City of England commonly called York Ptolomy calleth it Brigantium from the Brigants an ancient people of that Country but it was called Eboracum or Eburacum from Ebrank a certain King of the Brittains or as others say from the River Vre Ebrack the Hebrew tongue a word used by Chaucer Ebriety or Ebriosity lat drunkennesse Ebulo the same as Ybel Ebullition lat a bubling or boyling up Eburnean lat made of Ivory Eccentrick Orb in Astronomy is that which moves at unequal distance from the Center Ecclesiastical Greek belonging to the Church Echen old word they increase also they help Echidne a Queen of Scythia who by Hercules had three Children at a birth whereof one of them named Scytha who onely was able to bend his fathers bow succeeded in the Kingdom and from him it was named Scythia Echo a Nymph that lived near the River Cephisus she dying for the love of Narcissus was fain'd by the Poets to be changed into that voice which is reflected back in Caves and hollow places Eclipse Greek a want or defect an Eclipse of the Sun is a depriving us of its light by the interposition of the Moons body between that and us whereas the Eclipse of the Moon is caused by the interposition of the earth Ecliptick line a line running through the midst of the Zodiack and 12 signes it is so called because the Eclipses happen under that line Eclogue or Eglogue as pastoral Poem or speech between two Sheapherds Ecstasie Greek a figure wherein a syllable is made long contrary to its proper nature also a trance or sudden rapture of spirit Ectype Greek a thing drawn from
another Copy E D Edacity lat a greedy eating or devouring Eddie the turning round in a stream Edelfleda or Elfleda the wife of Ethelred King of the Mercians who after her husbands death governed that Kingdom for eight years with great prudence and moderation Edentate lat to make toothlesse Edgehill a Hill in Warwick-shire where the first pitch't field was fought between the forces of King Charles the first and the Parliament of England Edict lat a Proclamation or publick Ordinance Edification lat building also it is Metaphorically taken for instruction Edifice lat a house or building Edil or Eadile lat an Officer in Rome who was appointed to oversee the building of Temples and private houses Edinton called in old time Eathandune a Town in Wiltshire where King Alfred overthrew the Danes in a memorable battle here also William de Edinton Bishop of Winchester erected a Colledge for an Order of men called bon hommes i. e. good men Edition lat a setting forth of any thing but commonly it is taken for the impression of a book Edmund the proper name of a man signifying in the Saxon tongue happy peace St. Edmundsbury a Town in Suffolk anciently called Bederick's gueord i. e. the Court or Mansion-house of Bederick and seems to have been the same Town with that which Antonine calleth Villa Faustini It derived its present name from King Edmund who was cruelly put to death by the Danes and his body translated hither a stately Church being also erected to his memory which being demolished by Suenus the Dane was built anew by his son Canutus to expiate his fathers sacriledge Education lat a bringing up or instructing Edward a proper name signifying in the Saxon tongue happy keeper E F Effable lat to be express't or uttered Effâ—ct Lat. the doing or finishing of a thing Efficacie lat vertue ability also force urgency in speech Efficient lat causing to come to passe it is a word chiefly applied to one of the four causes treated of in Logick Effiction lat a forming or expressing a thing Effigies lat the form or representation of any thing Efflagitation lat an earnest requesting or importuning Efflâ—rescence lat a sprouting or budding forth Effluence Effluvium or Efflux lat a flowing forth Effoemination lat a making soft nice or womanish Efforts French violent Assays strong impressions Effroenation lat unbridlednesse or rashnesse Effronterie see Affrontednesse Effusion lat a powring out or wasting Eft old word again Eftsoones old word quickly E G. Egbert a proper name signifying in the Saxon tongue ever bright and famous Egestion lat a voiding or conveying forth Eggement old word procurement Eglantine a certain herb so called from the Dutch Eghel i. e. a Hedge-hog because it is full of prickles It is also call'd sweet Bryar Eglogue see Eclogue Egregious lat excellent Egremont a Castle in Cumberland which William de Mesâ—hines held by Knights service of King Henry the first Egression or Egresse lat a going forth Egrimony see Aegrimony E J Ejaculation lat a casting forth also by Metaphor a spiritual trance Ejection lat a casting out The Eight anciently called Alney i. e. the Island a place in Glocestershire where a single Combat was fought between Edmund King of the English and Canutus King of the Danes to decide their right to the Kingdom Eirenarchie Greek the Office of Constable or Justice of Peace Ejulation lat a yelling or pittifull crying out Ejuration lat a renouncing a yielding up ones place E L. Ela the highest note in the scale of Musick or Gam ut Elaborate lat done with exactnesse and pains An Elaboratory or Labratory lat a place to work in properly a Chymists work-house or shop Elapidation lat a taking away stones Elapsion lat a slipping out Elated lat lifted up exalted proud Eld old word age Eldership Ele old word help Eleanor a proper name of women deduced from Helena Elecampane in Latin Enula Campana a certain Herb called Horseheal Election lat a choosing or setting apart Elections are times elected for the doing any manner of work by the secret operations of the Heavens by the nature of the signes planets and aspects of the Moon Electors certain Princes belonging to the Roman Empire Electrum a kinde of precious Gum called Amber distilling from Poplar Trees into which the Poets fain the sisters of Phaeton to have been turned Electuarie a certain confection or Medicinable composition made of the most select drugs Eleemosynary Greek an Almner or giver of Almes Elegancy lat gallantnesse in speech or apparel Elegie Greek a kinde of mournfull verse or Funeral song Elegit a Writ for the recovery of goods or lands toward the payment of any debt Elements those pure unmix't bodies which are principles of all things an Element is defin'd by the Philosophers to be a body not composed of any former bodies and of which all former bodies are composed also the rudiments of any Art also the single letters of the Alphabet Elench Greek a subtile or argumentary reproof Elenge old word strange Elephancie or Elephantiacy Greek a kinde of disease called a leprosie Elevation lat an exalting or lifting up Eleyson see Kyre Eleyson Elf a fairy it seems to be corrupted from the Greek word Ephialtes Elguze the left shoulder of Orion Elibation see Delibation Elicitation lat a drawing out an enticing Eligible lat apt to be elected or chosen Elimation lat a filing off Elimination lat a throwing over the threshold a casting out of doors Eliquament lat a fat juyce which is squeezed out of any kinde of flesh Elizabeth Hebr. quiet rest of the Lord a proper name of women Elision lat a hitting against Elixation lat a seething Elixir in Arab. signifieth strength it is commonly taken for the quintessence of any thing the Philosophers stone Elizabeth the proper name of a woman from the Hebrew words Eli and Shavang i. e. the Oath of God Elk a kinde of strong swift beast derived from the Greek word Alce i. e. strength Ellis a proper name corruptly for Elias Hebr. Lord God Elmet a certain Territory or little Region about Leeds in York-shire anciently so called which Eadwin the son of Ealla King of Northumberland Conquered from Cereticus the Brittish King in the year 620. Elocution lat proper speech handsome utterance Elogie lat a Testimony given in commendation of any one Eloinment French or Elongation lat a removing a great way off Elopement in Law is when a married woman leaves her husband and dwells with an Adulterer Eloquence lat neatnesse power and perswasivenesse in speech Elucidation lat a making bright clear or plain Elvish old word froward Elutheria Greek certain feasts celebrated by the ancient Heathens Elysian fields certain pleasant places into which the Heathens held that the Souls of men passed after death E M Emaceration lat a making lean Emaciating the same Emaculation lat a taking away of spots Emanation lat a flowing from Emancipation lat hath the same
reference to Children as Manumission to servants according to the Civil Law namely a legal setting them free from the power of their fathers before the Magistrate Emanuel Hebr. God with us Emanuensis lat he that writes or doth businesse for another man a Secretary Emargination lat a term in Chirurgery signifying a clensing wounds or soares of the scruf that lieth about the brims Emasculation lat a taking away the force of manhood Embargo Span. a stop or arrest upon ships Emberweek in Latin Cineralia the week before Lent wherein by the ancient institution of the Church people were to fast and the Bishop used to sprinkle ashes upon their heads saying Remember O man that thou art ashes and to ashes shalt thou return Imber signifying in the Saxon tongue ashes whence our word embers cometh some say ember week is derived from the Greek word Hemerai i. dayes Embellish French to deck or beautifie Embezel to steal from the Italian word Invaligiare i. to put in a sack Emblem Greek a curious inlaying in wood or other material also an expressing a moral sentence by way of device or picture Emblements in Common-law signifie the profits of Land which hath been sowed Embolism Greek a casting in it is commonly used for the casting in of the day which is added to Leap year Embolned old word swelled Embossement or Emboucheur French a putting into the mouth Embost a Term in hunting when a Deer is so hard chac't that she foams at the mouth it comes from the Spanish word Dosembocar and is metaphorically taken for any kinde of wearinesse Embracer in Common-law is he that when a matter is in trial comes for reward to the bar being no Lawyer and speaks in favour of one of the parties Embrocation Ital. a bathing any part of the body in a liquor falling from aloft Embryon Greek the imperfect feature of a Childe unshap't in the mothers womb Embushment see Embossement Embuscade an Ambushment or secrete lying in wait Eme old word an Aunt Emendation lat a correcting or mending Emerald Span. a certain pretious stone of a green colour called in Latin Smaragdus Emergent lat rising up above water appearing from underneath any thing An Emergent occasion is taken for a business of great consequence Emetical Greek a term in Medicine belonging to those things which purge the body by vomit Emication lat a shining out Emigration lat a passing out of any place Emildon a Town in Northumberland where J. Duns called Scotus was born who for his obscure way of writing was stiled the subtile Doctor Eminence lat an excelling an appearing above others Emissary lat one sent abroad to spie or give intelligence Emission a throwing or sending out Emme the proper name of a woman some will have it to be the same with Amie others contract it from Elgiva which signifieth Helpgiver Emmot a little insect called a Pismire Emollient lat softning molifying or asswaging Emolument lat profit or benefit Emotion lat a moving out a stirring up also trouble of mind Cleop. Empaire French to diminish to make worse from the praeposition in and pire worse Empannel from the French word panne or panneaâ— i. a skin signifies to enter the names of the Jury into a parchment or roll which are summond to appear for the publick service Emparlance French in the Common Law is a petition in Court of a day of respite It is called in the Civil Law petitio induciarum Emphatical Greek uttered with a grace or emphasis which is a significant or intent expression of ones mind Emphyteutick Greek set out to be improved let out to farm Empirick Greek a Physitian which cures by receipts taken upon trust Emplastration lat an applying a plaister a dawbing also a graffing Emporetical Greek belonging to an Emporium i. e. a Mart Town or place for Faires and Markets Emprimed a term in hunting signifying a Harts forsaking the herd Emption lat a buying Empyraeal Greek fiery Empyraeal Heaven the highest Heaven or Seat of the Blessed Emucid lat mouldy Emulation lat envy or striving to exceed Emulgent lat stroaking Emulgent vein one of the branches of that hollow vein which goes to the reines and by which the reines do separate the urine from the blood and attract it Emulsion lat a stroaking also in physick it is a kind of Medicine made into a certain cream Emunctories lat certain kernelly places in the body by which the principal parts void their excrements or superfluities E N Enach in the practick of Scotland is a satisfaction for any crime or fault Enaluron a term in Heraldry is when a bordure is charged with any kinds of Birds Enamell to vary with little spots from the French word Maille a spot Enargy Greek cleernesse or evidence Encaustick Greek varnished or wrought with fire Enchace French to set in Gold Enchant French to conjure or invoke the Devil with certain strange words or verses Encheson a Law French word signifying the cause why any thing is done Encheiridion lat a small Book that one may clasp in ones hand Enclitick Greek enclining An Enclitick conjunction in Grammar is that which casts back the accent to the foregoing syllable Encombrance French a hindrance Encomiastick Greek belonging to an Encomium or speech made in praise of another Encrochment in Common Law is a pressing too far upon ones neighbours ground Encyclopaedie see Cyclopaedie Endammage French to hurt to damnifie Enditement in Common Law is a Bill of accusation for some offence exhibited against any one and by a Jury presented unto an Officer or Court that hath power to punish in the Civil Law it is called Accusation Endive a kind of herb so called Endorse a term in Heraldry being the fourth part of a Pallet see Pallet Endorsed see Indorsed Endowment in Law signifieth the bestowing or assuring of a dowr also a sending maintenance to a Vicar when the benefice is appropriated Endromick a long Irish Robe Endymion a certain Shepherd whom the Poets feign to have fallen in love with the Moon and that being cast into a perpetual sleep upon the top of Latmus Hill she every night stoopt down to steal a kiss from him Eneya in the practick of Scotland is the principal part of the Heritage which goes to the eldest son called in French l'aisne Energy Greek force or efficacy Enervation lat a weakning Enfeildchace a place in Middlesex where yet are to be seen the ruines of an old house the dwelling place heretofore of the Magnavills Earles of Essex from whom this Chace descended to the Bohuns Earles of Hereford and Essex Enfranchisment French the incorporating of any man into a society or body politick Engastrimuch Greek on that speakes out of the belly Engelbert Germ. bright Angel a proper name Englecery is taken contradistinct to Francigena which word used to comprehend every alien that was murdered upon which there was a mulct laid upon the Country where it was done unlesse Englecery was proved that is to
say that it was an English man who was slain Engonasin Greek the name of one of the heavenly constellations by which figur was represented Hercules kneeling In Latin it is called Ingeniculum or Nixus Engâ—scope Greek a certain Instrument whereby the proportion of the smallest things may be discerned Enhauncement French a raising the price of any thing Enigmatical see Aenigmatical Eniff Alpherary Ar. the yawning of Pegasus Enoch's pillars two pillars erected by Enoch the son of Seth the one of brick the other of stone whereupon were ingraven the whole Art of Astronomy Enneade Greek the number nine Enneagon Greek a Geometrical figure of nine Angles Enodation lat an unknotting a making plain Enormity from the Latin word Norma a rule and the praeposition E. It signifies irregularity unmeasurablenesse Enquest in Common law is the trial of causes both civil and criminal by the Jury Ensconce to entrench from the Dutch word Schantse a military Fortresse Ensiferous lat carrying a sword sword-bearing Ensign French an Escutcheon wherein are painted the Trophies of Honour or Armory of a Family also a military Banner Enstall from the Greek word Enstellein i. to adorn signifies to put upon a Throne to endow with a Robe of honour Entaile in Common law signifieth fee taile fee entailed or abridged Entangle quasi inter angulos ducere to ensnare to embroile Enteched old word defiled Entelechie Greek an inward soul or power to move and act Entendment French signifieth in Law the true meaning or sense of a word or sentence Enterfeire French to hit one against another to clash or skirmish Enterplead in Common Law is the discurssing of a point accidentally hapning before the principal cause have an end In the Civil Law it is called cognitio praejudicialis Enthusiasts see Enthysiasts Enthymem Greek an imperfect Syllogism wherein the Major or Minor proposition is to be understood Enthysiasts Greek a certain Sect of people which pretended to the Spirit and Revelations Entire entrance signifieth in Common law a sole possession in one man whereas several tenancy is a joynt or common possession Entire pertransient is in Heraldry a line which crosseth the middle of the shield and runs diametrically the longest way of her position Entire perngents are lines that run the longest way of the sheilds position without touching the Center Entity lat the having a being Entoire a term in Blazon when a bordure is charged with sorts of inanimate things except leaves fruits and flowers Entoxication a poisoning from the Hebrew word Toch i. poison Entrals bowels from the Greek word Entera Entreague Span. a making good again It is also taken for a Story which after many intangled passages is brought to a calme end Entreate old word to handle Entry in Common Law signifieth a taking possession of Lands or Tenements Entriked old word deceived Entrusion in Common Law signifieth a violent entrance into Lands or Tenements void of possession by him that hath no right unto them Entrusion de gard a Writ that lieth where the infant within age entreth into his Lands and holdeth his Lord out Entweyssel a fair house in Lancashire which gave name and habitation to an ancient so called Enucleation lat a taking out the kernel also the expounding of any difficult matter Envelope Span. to infold or inwrap Environ to compasse about from the French word Environ i. about Enumeration lat a numbering or counting Enunciation lat an uttering or pronouncing in Logick it is taken for a proposition which simply affirms or denies E P Epact the number by which the year of the Sun or solar year exceeds the year of the Moon or lunar year being the number 11. Epaminondas a great Captain of the Thebans who much weakned the strength of the Lacedaemonians by many great victories which he gained over them he died of a wound which he received at the battel of Mantinea Epanalepsis Greek a Rhetorical figure wherein the same word is oft times repeated Epatrides Greek certain Noble men among the Athenians Eparch Greek the chief Governour of a Province Epenthesis Greek a certain figure wherein a letter or syllable is put between any word Epha an Hebrew measure containing 9 Gallons Epheby Greek a young man between the age of 14. and 25. Ephemerides Greek Journals or Books wherein daily actions are registered also Astronomical calculations Ephesus the chief City of Ionia in Asia the Lesse famous for the Magnificent Temple of Diana built by one Ephesus the son of Caister who gave name to the City Ephialtes Greek a kind of disease called the Nightmare or Elf. Ephippiated Greek saddled Ephod a kind of brest-plate or priestly garment worn by the ancient Priests of the Jews Ephori Greek certain Magistrates among the ancient Lacedaemonians Epicedie Greek a certain mournful Song which used to be sung before the corps at a Funeral Epicoene lat one of both Sexes a word of the Epicoene Gender in Grammar is a word declined with both Genders Masculine and Faeminine Epicurean of the Sect of Epicurus a famous Philosopheer who held pleasure and absence of pain to be the chiefest good Epicycle Greek a term used in Astronomy signifying a lesser orb whose center is in the circumference of a greater whereby the irregular motion of some Planet is solved Epick poesie Greek is that which is written in Heroick Verse and is taken contradistinct to lyric Epidemical Greek Epidemie or Epidemical disease a disease universally catching Epigastrick Greek belonging to the Epigastrium or outward part of the belly which reacheth from the stomack to the navel Epiglottis Greek the weasel of the throat the little tongue which closeth the larinx Epigrams Greek short Poems upon several kinds of subjects Epigraph Greek an Inscription Epileptic Greek troubled with a certain disease called the Epilepsie which is a convulsion of the whole body whereby the sense and understanding is very much depraved Epilogue Greek a conclusion also a speech made at the end of a Play Epiphany Greek an appearing bright or shining also the Feast celebrated on the 12 day from Christs Nativity which was the day whereon the Star appeared in the East which conducted the Wise men Episcopal Greek belonging to a Bishop or Overseer Epistolary belonging to a Letter or Epistle which comes from the Greek word Epistellein to send Epistyle Greek a term of Architecture signifying the Chapiter of a pillar or Architrave Epitaph Greek that which is inscribed upon a Tomb or Sepulchre Epitasis Greek the buisie part of a Comedy before things are brought to their full state and vigour Epithalamy Greek a Nuptial Song or Poem which useth to be recited at Weddings in praise of the Bride and Bridegroom Epithemetical Greek belonging to an Epithem or liquid Medicine outwardly applyed to the body by a piece of Cotton or Scarlet Epithet Greek a word expressing the nature or quality of another word to which it is joyned Epitoge Greek a garment worn loose over another Epitome Greek a making short
or abridging Epoch Greek a certain retention of time in a Chronology taken from the beginning of some Empire Epode Greek a kind of lyric Poesie wherein the first Verse is longer than the second Epulary lat belonging to a Banquet E Q Equator see Aequator Equestrian lat belonging to Horseman Cavalier or Knight who is called in Latin Eques Auratus Equilateral lat See Aequilateral Equinoctial line see Aequator Equipage French a furnishing or setting forth Equiparates or Aequiparates lat things compared or made equal a term in Logick Equipollence or Aequipollence lat a being of equal force or value Equipped French set forth or accoutred Equivalent or Aequivalent lat being of equal worth or value Equivocal or Aequivocal lat a Logical term having a double signification or whose sense and meaning may be taken either way Equorean lat belonging to the Sea Equus a Constellation in Heaven E R Eradication lat a destroying or pulling up by the roots Erased lat scraped or torn out in Heraldry the member of any beast which seems torn from the body is called Erased Erasmuss Greek Amiable A proper name Erastians a sort of Hereticks founded by one Erastus a Physitian Erato the name of one of the 9 Muses Erchembald Germ. a bold or speedy learner A proper name answerable to the Greek Dasypodius Erebus an infernal Deity whom the Poets feign to be the father of night It is metaphorically taken for Hell Erection lat a raising or making to stand up-right Eremitical Greek belonging to a desart or leading a Hermites life Ereption lat a snatching or taking away by violence Erichthonius a King of the Athenians and the son of Vulcan who desirous to lie with Minerva and she resisting him he spilt his seed upon the earth in the contest out of which sprung Erichthonius with Dragons feet which deformity to hide he invented the use of the Chariot Eridanus a River in Italy otherwise called Padus vulgarly Po made a Constellation Erigone the daughter of Icarius who hanging her self for grief of her fathers death was placed among the heavenly signs and called Virgo Erimanthian belonging to Erimanthus a Mountain in Arcadia Eriphile the wife of Amphiaraus and sister of Adrastus who having received a Bracelet of Polynices betrayed her husband to the Theban wars where he was destroyed †Eristical full of strife from the Greek word Eris contention Ermine a little beast whose fur is very costly Ermines is a word used in Heraldry signifying white powdered with black Ermine-street see Ikenild Erminois a Term in Blazon or Armory signifying a fur wherein black and yellow are mixed Ernes old word promises Ernest Germ. severe it seems contracted from Ariovistus mentioned by Caesar Erogation lat a liberal bestowing Eros the servant of Mark Antony who killed himself because he would not see his master fall Erosion lat a gnawing or eating away Erostratus one who to make himself famous set fire on the Temple of Diana Errant a Justice which rides the Circuit from the Latin word Errare or the old word Ern i. e. a journey Errata lat faults escaped in printing Erâ—hines certain Medecines which purge away flegm sticking about the membranes of the brain through the nose Erroneous lat subject to errours Erubescâ—ncy lat a being ashamed or blushing Eructation lat a belching forth Erudition lat an instructing or bringing up in learning Eruncation lat a taking away of weeds Eruption lat a breaking forth with violence Erwhile a while ago lately Eryngus a kinde of Thistle so called Erysipely Greek a disease called St. Anthonies fire causing blisters being bred of Cholerick bloud Erythraean Sea the Arabian Gulf not the Red-Sea as some have supposed Eryx the son of Buras and Venus he was a man of great strength and was killed by Hercules at a fight called whirlebat E S Esay the name of a Prophet among the Jews the word signifying in Hebrew reward of the Lord. Escal lat fit for food Escambio a Licence granted for the making of a Bill of exchange to a man over-sea Escheat in Common-law signifieth lands that fall to a Lord within his Manour by forfiture or the death of his Tenant without Heirs it cometh from the French word Escheoir to fall Escotcheon French a shield or Coat of Arms from Escu a Buckler Escuage French a Tenure of Land whereby a Tenant is bound to follow his Lord into the Wars at his own charges Esculent see Escal Escurial a famous Monastery built by Philip the second of Spain and dedicated to the Jerome Fryars it is situate near to a Village of the same name not farre from Madrid Esnecy the right of choosing first in a divided inheritance belonging to the eldest Copartner Eson or Aeson the father of Jason and the brother of Pelias King of Thessaly he had his youth restored unto him by Medea at the request of Jason Esples in Latin Expleta the full profit that land yields Esquier in French Escuier in Latin Scutifer was anciently he that bore the Arms of a Knight Espringold a certain warlike Engin for the casting up of great stones Esquiline one of the seven Hills upon which Rome was built Essay French a tryal also a preamble The Essay of a Deer in hunting is the breast or brisket of a Deer in French la hampe Essedary lat one that fights in an Essed or warlike Chariot Essenes certain Philosophers among the ancient Jews who separated themselves from the rest of the people and led a kind of Monastical life Essential lat having a perfect essence or being Essential debilities are when the Planets are in their detriment fall or peregrines See the Table in Lillies introduction f. 104. Essoine in Common-law is an excuse alleadged for one that is summoned to appear at any Court it is called by the Civilians Excusatio Clerk of the Essoins an Officer of the Common-pleas who keepeth the Essoins Rolls delivereth them to every Officer and receiveth them again when they are written Establishment of Dowr is the assurance of Dowr made to the wife by the husband or his friends about the time of marriage Estandard the standing measure of the King or Common-wealth to the scantling whereof all measures throughout the Land are to be framed also an Ensign in Warre Estimation or Aestimation lat valueing or esteeming Estopel in Common-law is an impediment of an action growing from a mans own fact that might have had his action tried it cometh from the French word Estouper to stop Estovers in Common-law signifieth that sustenance which a man accused of felony is to have out of his Lands or Goods during his imprisonment it cometh from the French word Estover to foster Estreat in French Estraict in Latin Extractum the Copy of an Original writing Estreie in Latin Extrahura signifieth in Common-law a beast not wilde found within any Lordship and not owned by any man Eâ—trepement from the Spanish word Estropear to set upon the wrack signifieth in
Common-law spoyl made by the Tenant for term of life upon any Lands or Woods to the prejudice of him in Reversion also a drawing out the heart of the Land by plowing it continually Estuate see to Aestuate Esuritiâ—n lat a being a hungry E T Etching is a kinde of graving with Aqua fortis which eats into the Copper Eternize French to make eternal Etesian windes Latin Etesiae certain milde Easterly winds Etheling see Adeling Ethelbert Sax. nobly bright or renown'd hence the Heirs apparent of the Crown were surnamed Etheling i. e. Nobly born Ethelstane Sax. noble Jewel Ethelward Sax. noble keeper Ethelwold Sax. noble Governour Ethelwolph Sax. noble helper proper names Etherial see Aetherial Ethicks Books treating of Moral Philosophy from the Greek word Ethos manners or morality Ethiopia see Aethiopia Ethnick Greek belonging to the Heathens or Gentiles Ethologie Gr. a discourse of manners Etocetum the name of a Town situate in the Military High-way commonly called Watling-street mentioned by the Emperour Antoninus as the second Roman Station from Manvessedum or Mancester in Warwick-shire Etymological Greek belonging to Etymology which is a true derivation of words from their first Original E V Evacuation lat an emptying Evade lat to escape Evagation lat a wandring abroad Evagination lat a drawing out of a sheath Evan the same as Ivon see John Evangelisme Greek a bringing glad tidings a preaching the Gospel Evanid lat soon decaying Evaporation lat a sending outvapours Evasion lat a making an escape Eucharist Greek a giving thanks also the Sacrament of the body and bloud of Christ. Eucrasie Greek a good temperature of the body Eve the wife of Adam from the Hebrew word Chavah to live Eve and Treve in the practick of Scotland are such servants whose Predecessours have been servants to any man and his predecessours Eveck a kinde of beast like a wilde Goat Evection lat a lifting up or carrying forth Event lat issue or successe Eventeration lat a taking out the belly of any thing Eventilation lat a winnowing or sifting by Metaphor a strict examining of a businesse Everard Germ. well reported a proper name answering to the Greek Eudoxus others write it Eberard i. e. excellent towardnesse Eversion lat an utter overthrowing Evestigation lat an earnest seeking after Eugeny Greek Gentility Noblenesse of bloud Eviction lat a vanquishing a convincement by argument or law Evidence lat testimony in Common-law it is used for any proof either of men or instrument Eviration lat an unmanning a yielding Evisceration lat a taking out the bowels or guts Evitation lat a shunning Eulogie Greek a praising or speaking well Eunuch Greek a man that is utterly disabled for the use of women and herein differs from Castratus in that a Castrate is onely gelded but an Eunuch totally deprived of his Genitals Eunomians a sort of Hereticks who held that faith was onely acceptable without works Evocation lat a calling out Eupatorie a kind of Herb called Liverwort Euphemisme Greek a setting forth any ones good fame Euphonie Greek a gracefull sound a smooth running of words Euphorbium a certain Gum distilling from a plant call'd Gum-thistle of which Iuba King of Lybia is said to have been the first inventour Euphrosyna the name of one of the three Graces the other two being Aglaia and Thalia Euridice the wife of Orpheus who flying from Aristheus his Embraces was stung by a Serpent and died and being by the Harmony of Orpheus delivered from the Deep she was snatch't back again because he look't back upon her before she was arrived upon earth Euripe a narrow passage between Attica and Euboea now called Golpho de Negroponte which Ebbes and flowes seven times a day It is Metaphorically taken for any narrow passage Europe one of the four parts of the world separated from Asia by the River Tanais it was so called from Europa the daughter of Agenor King of Phoenicia whom Iupiter carried away in the shape of a Bull. Eurythmy Greek a Term in Architecture being the exact proportion of the Rooms in a building Eutaxie Greek a handsome ordering or disposing of things Eusebius Greek pious or godly a proper name Eustace a proper name from the Greek Eustathius or Eustachius i. e. standing firm Euterpe the name of the nine Muses Euthymie Greek quietnesnesse and tranquillity of minde Eutrapely Greek courtesie urbanity Eutropius Greek well manner'd a proper name Eutychians a Sect of Hereticks instituted by Eutiches in the year 443. their chief Tenet was that there was but one nature in Christ. Evulsion lat a violent pulling up E X Exacination lat a taking out the stone or kernel out of any fruit Exaggeration lat an increasing or heaping up together also the same as aggravation Exagitation lat a stirring up Exalted being joyned as an Epithete to another word is as much as sublime great excellent as exalted virtue Cassandra Exanguious lat bloudlesse Exanimation lat a depriving of life also a dismaying Exanthems Greek certain Wheals in a mans body called the small Pox or Measles Exantlation lat an overcoming with much labour and difficulty Exaration lat a plowing up also a writing or engraving Exarch Greek a great Officer heretofore under the Constantinople Emperours who governed the affaires of Italy and was called the Exarch of Ravenna where his chief residence was Exarticulation lat a putting out of joynt Exasperation lat a making sharp a provoking to anger Exaturation lat a satiating Exauctoration lat a depriving one of any office or benefit Excandesceny lat a being inflamed with anger or rage Excavation lat a making hollow Excelsity lat highnesse loftinesse Excentrik see Eccentrick Excerption lat a culling or choosing out Excesse lat an exceeding or superfluity Excester i. the City standing upon the River Ex the chief City of Devonshire it is called in Latin Exonia by Antonine Isca Danmoniorum it was fortified by King Athelstane who drove the Brittains quite out of it also it is famous for the birth of Joseph Iscanus the most excellent Poet of his age Exchequer the Court to which are brought all the Revenues belonging to the Crown Excitation lat a stirring up Exclusion lat a barring or shutting out Excogitation lat an inventing Excommunication lat is a punishment inflicted by the Church upon offenders being a secluding them from the Sacrament and other spiritual priviledges Excoriation lat a fleaing or pulling off the skin Excreation lat a spiting out Excrementitious lat belonging or full of excrements i. dregs or ordure Excrescence lat an unusual growing out or swelling Excretion lat a purging of excrementitious humours a sifting or casting out Excruciation lat a tormenting or putting to pain Excuriation lat a throwing out of the Court. Excursion lat a roving or running out Excusation lat an excusing or freeing from blame Excussion lat a shaking off Execration lat a cursing or detesting Execution lat in Common Law signifieth the last performance of an Act as of a
fine or of a judgement Executione facienda a Writ commanding the execution of a judgement Executor lat one that performeth any action In Law it is taken for him that is left by will to dispose of the deceased parties estate Exemplification lat a drawing out of an example transcript or draught out of an Original Record Exemption lat a taking out or freeing Exenteration lat a taking out the bowels or guts Exequies lat Funeral Rites or Solemnities Exercitation lat often exercising also a kind of critical commenting upon Authors Exflorous lat that hath flowers growing out of it Exhalation lat a hot and dry fume drawn up by the heat of the Sun by which fiery Meteors are ingendered Also a blowing or breathing out Exhausted lat drawn quite out wasted Exhibition lat a shewing or presenting also an allowment to any one toward their maintenance Exhilaration lat a making merry or joyful Exiccation lat a drying up Exigendary or Exigenter an Officer of the Court of Common-pleas Exigent lat a Writ that lieth where the defendant in an action personal cannot be found nor any thing within the County to be distreined It is directed to the Sheriff to call five County-dayes under pain of outlawry It is metaphorically taken for a streightnesse or necessity Exiguity lat slendernesse or smalnesse Exilition lat a leaping out Exility lat the same as Exiguity Eximious lat excellent famous Exinanition lat a making void or empty Existence lat a being Existimation lat a thinking or judging Exit is commonly taken for the going out of any person in a Play from the Latin Exire to go out Exitial lat bringing danger or destruction Exodos Greek a going out the Title of the second Book in the old Testament Exolete lat stale grown out of use Exoneration lat an unloading Exoptation lat an earnest wishing Exorable lat that may be intreated Exorbitancy lat a thing done out of measure square or rule Exorcism Greek a restraining the power of the Devil by prayes or conjuration Exordium lat a beginning or preamble to an Oration or Discourse Exornation lat a dressing or adorning Exosseous lat having no bones Exoster lat a Petard or Engin to blow open a gate Exotick Greek strange or forrain Expansion lat an opening or spreading abroad Ex parte latis a Writ that lieth for a Bailiff who having auditours assigned to hear his accounts cannot obtain reasonable allowance Expatiation lat a walking at large or at full liberty Expectant fee in Common Law signifieth land given to a man and to the heirs of his hody it being the same with fee-taile and contrary to fee-simple Expectation lat a tarrying or looking for Expeditate lat signifieth in the Forrest Law to cut out the balls of the dogs feet for the preservation of the Kings Game Expedient lat fit or convenient Expedition lat quick dispatch also a setting forth upon a journey war or any other businesse Expell lat to drive out Expence lat cost or charges Experience or Experiment lat proof trial or practise Expiation lat a pacifying God by prayer for any offence committed or a making amends for any fault by the doing of some good deed Expiration lat a giving up the ghost Explanation lat a making plain or manifest Explement or Expletion lat a filling up of any place or room Explication lat an unfolding or explaining Explicite lat unfolded Exploit French a valiant act Exploration lat a spying a diligent searching out Explosion lat an exploding a sleighting or hissing off from the Stage Expolition lat a making bright or polishing Exposition lat an expounding or interpreting Expostulation lat a reasoning the case or complaining about an injury received Expression lat an uttering or pronouncing it is ofttimes also taken for the thing expressed Exprobration lat an upbraiding or calling a thing to mind to any ones reproach Expugnation lat a winning by force Expuition lat a spitting out Expulsion lat a driving out by force Expumication lat a making sleek or smooth with a pumice-stone Expunge lat to blot out to abolish Exquisite lat performed to the height exact Extant lat having a being set forth to view appearing above others Extemporary lat done ex tempore i. e. immediately forthwith Extension lat a stretching out or inlarging Extent in Common Law is a Commission to the Sheriff to seize and value the Lands and Tenements of one who being bound by the Statute hath forfeited his bond Extenuation lat a making small also an undervalueing Extercoration lat a cleansing or carrying forth of dung Etermination lat a throwing out or banishing External or Exteriour lat outward Extersion lat a wiping out Extimulation lat a moving or exciting Extinct lat put out quenched Exstinguishment in Common Law is a part of consolidation as when a man hath a yearly rent out of any lands and afterwards purchaseth the whole lands both the rent and the property are consolidated into one possession and therefore the rent is said to be extinguished Extirpation lat an utter destroying or rooting out Extorsion lat an exacting or injurious taking away especially of money as it is usually taken in Common Law Extraction lat a drawing out also the same as Estreat also a descending from such or such a Family Extrajudical that which is done out of Court Extramundane lat being without the World as extramundane spaces between one world and another Dr. Charlton Extraneous quasi exterraneous lat one of a strange land Extravagant lat idle of a wandring mind Clerk of the Extreats an Officer belonging to the Exchequer who receiveth the extreates out of the Remembrancers Office and writeth them out to be levyed for the King See Estreats Extrication lat see Districation Extrinsecal lat outward Extrusion lat a thrusting out Extuberation lat a swelling or bunching up Extumescence lat the same Exâ—berancy lat an overflowing or abounding Exuccous lat juicelesse Exudation lat a sweating out Exulatiâ—n lat a being exild or banished Exulceration lat a blistring or turning to an Ulcer Exultation lat a triumphing for joy Exundation lat an overflowing Euperation lat an excelling or surpassing Exustion lat a burning E Y Eyebite to fascinate or bewitch by a certain evil influence from the eye Eyebright or Euphrasia an herb so called very good for the eyes Eyre the Court of Justices Itinerant from the French word Erre a journey also Eyre of the Forrest the judicature which used anciently to be held every three years by the Justices of the Forrest journeying up and down to that purpose Eyth or Eth old word easie E Z Ezechias a proper name signifying in Hebrew strength of the Lord. Ezechiel the name of a Prophet among the Jews the word signifies in Hebrew seeing the Lord. F A FAbian a proper name from Fabius The chief of this name was Fabianus Bishop of Rome martyred under the Emperour Decius Fabius a famous Captain of the Romans who
for the great overthrow he gave to Hannibals Army was sirnamed Maximus Fabrication lat a making of a Fabrick or Building Fabulous lat full of Fables or invented Tales Facade French the outside or fore-front of a house Faces Decury or Deconate from the Greek word Deka signifying ten because in every Sign there are three Faces every Face consisting of ten degrees They are called Faces for that they are equivalent to Signs Formes and shapes by reason they shew the nature and inclination of the Planets in them as in their own houses Facetious lat wittily merry or pleasant Facility lat easinesse Facinorous lat belonging to high or wicked designs Factitious lat made like another counterfeited Factor lat an Agent for a Merchant beyond Sea Faculty lat the power or ability of performing any action as the Animal Vital and Natural Faculties in the body of man In Common Law it signifieth a priviledge granted to a man by indulgence or dispensation to do that which by the Law he cannot do It is also used sometimes for a Mystery or Profession Facundity lat Eloquence Faint pleader a false manner of pleading to the deceit of a third party Fair pleading a Writ upon the Statute of Malborow whereby it is provided that no fines shall be taken of any man for not pleading fairly or to the purpose Fairie a Goblin or Phantasm from the Dutch word Varelick i fearful Faith the Christian name of divers women the signification commonly known Faitours idle-livers from the French word Faitardise a sleepy disease Fall is an essential debility and it happens when a Planet is opposite to his exaltation whereby he is debilitated and very weak Falcation lat a mowing Falchon a short sword bending like a hook from the Latin word Falx Falcidian Law a Law made by the Romans in the time of the Consul Falcidius which treated of the right each Roman Citizen had in the disposal of his goods Falcon a great gun next to the Minion Falernian wine wine growing in Falernus a field of Campania in Italy Fall off in Navigation is when a ship doth not keep so near the wind as we appoint Fallacious lat full of deceit or craft Falouque French a boat or barge by some called a brigantine Falsification lat a speaking falsities or untruths Famagosta the chief City of the Isle of Cyprus Famigeration lat a divulging or reporting abroad Familiar lat acquainted also substantively for a Spirit or Devil Family of love a Sect or Heresie broached by Henry Nicholas Their chief Tenet is That Christ is already come in glory to judge Fanatick lat frantick inspired having vain apparitions Fane from the Greek word Phaino a a weathercock it is sometimes taken for a Temple Fannel French a kind of ornament anciently worn by Priests Fanus a certain Deity representing the year anciently worshipped by the Heathens Farandman in the practick of Scotland a Pilgrim or Stranger Farced lat stuffed Fardingdeal or Farundel of land the fourth part of an acre Farendon a famous Market Town with a strong Castle in Barkshire remarkable besides for the Fort raised by Robert Earle of Glocester against K. Stephen who notwithstanding won it by desperate assaults Farlie things yearly things Farraginous lat belonging to a farrago or mixture of several graines together which they call a maslin Farreation lat a ceremony anciently performed at Marriages Farrow to bring forth from the Latin word parere it is spoken of sows Farsang otherwise called Parasang a Persian word signifying a league which is 3 English miles Fascicular lat made into a fascicle which is a bundle or fardel Fascination lat an eyebiting or bewitching by the eye or by the force of imagination Fasciate lat to bind from fascia a swath Fastidious lat breeding a loathing Fastigation lat a making or growing sharp at the top like a pyramid Fastuosity lat insufferable pride Fatality lat unavoidable necessity or that which is appointed by Fate which is the order of affairs from all eternity Fatidical lat foretelling that which is to come Fatigation lat wearisomenesse Fatigue French the same Fatuity lat sottishnesse stupidity Faunus the son of Saturn civiliz'd mens manners built Temples and made Laws and was one of the ancientest Kings of Italy Favonian belonging to Favonius or the West wind Faust lat lucky Fautor lat a cherisher or favourer F E Fealty from the French word feaulte i. fidelity an oath taken at the admittance of every Tenant to be true to the Lord of whom he holds his land Feasible French easie to be done Febricitation lat a falling sick of an Ague or Feaver February so called of Numa Pompilius a februis expiatoriis or sacrifices for purging of souls for the second day of this moneth a Feast was kept and sacrifice was offered to Pluto for the souls of their Ancestours Februation lat a praying for the souls of any Fecial or Faeâ—ial lat a Herald or Embassadour of war among the ancient Romans there were 20 in number the principal of whom was called pater patratus Feculent or Faeculent lat full of dregs Fee in Latin feudâ—m is taken in Common Law for all those lands whâ—ch are held by perpetual right Fee ferm in Common Law is land held of another to himself and his heirs for ever for a certain yearly rent Fee simple or absolute is land whereof we are seized with these general words To us and our heirs for ever Fee taile or condiâ—ional hath this limitation To us and the heirs of our body Feild is the whole surface of a sheild overspread with some mettal colour or fur and comprehendeth in it the charge A term in Heraldry Felicity lat happinesse Fellon a blister or wheal on the body from the Latin word fel choler Felo de se a self-murderer Felony in Common Law is any offence which is next to petty treason as murder theft rapes burning of houses c. Fencemonth the month wherein Deer begin to fawn which is about midsummer wherein it is unlawful to hunt in the Forrest Fends things hung over a ships side to keep another ship from rubbing against it Fennel a kind of herb so called Fenugreec an herb which hath been found growing in great abundance in several parts of Greece Feodary or Feudatary an officer belonging to the Court of Wards and Liveries who is to be present with the Escheatour at the finding of any office and also to survay and value the land of the Ward Feofment in Common Law is the gift or grant of any Honours Castles Manors c. unto another in fee simple by delivery of seisin either by word or writing Foeminine lat belonging to the Femal Sex Foeneration lat a putting out money to use Feracity lat fruitfulnesse Feral lat dangerous or deadly Feral Signs are Leo and the last part of Scorpio Fercost Ital. a kind of ship or boat Fere old word a companion Ferdfare an acquitment of a man to
go into the wars Ferdinando a proper name of men called by the Spaniards Hernando by the Italians Ferando by the French Ferrant Some think it derived from the Saxon words Fred rand i. pure peace Others think that the Spaniards have for the sweeter sound drawn it from Bertrand i. fair and pure Ferdwit an acquitment of a murderer in the army Feretrius Jupiter so called a ferendis spoliis i. from spoiles taken in war Feriation lat a keeping holiday a ceasing from work idlenesse Ferine lat brutish beastly wild Ferit Ital. a blow Ferity lat salvagnesse brutishnesse Ferm or Farm a house or land or both taken by Indenture of Lease or Lease Paroll Fermanagh a County of Ireland in the Province of Vlster the people whereof were anciently called Erdini Fermentation lat a swelling with ferment or leaven also a working it is a word much used in Chymistry Ferocity lat fiercenesse Feronia an ancient heathen Goddesse a Goddess of the Woods Ferret from Forare to pierce or Furari to steal a little beast called in Latin Viverra Ferry a passage over the water from the Greek word Phero to carry Ferruginous lat like rust of iron of an iron colour Ferrumination lat a soldering together of mettals a word used in Chymistry Fertility lat fruitfulnesse Fervent or Fervid lat hot by metaphor eager or vehement Ferula an herb called in English Fennel Gyant Ferular lat a kind of chastising instrument called also a Palmer Fesspoint a term in Heraldry being a line going thorough the midst of the Escutcheon called the girdle of honour it comes from the Latin word fascia Festination lat a hastning or making speed Festivity lat mirth rejoycing solemnity Festucous lat having a tender sprig or branch Foetid lat smelling ill or stinking Fetise old word handsome Fetters is ofttimes used figuratively in Poems and Romances for Captivity or thraldom especially in an amorous sense Cleopat Fend Feed or Feid a combination of one Family against another being inflamed with hatred or revenge Feverfow an herb called Mothwort in Latin Febrifuga because it is good against a feaver Feversham a flourishing Town in Kent where King Althestane assembled the Nobles and learned men of his Kingdom to make Laws and where King Stephen founded an Abby for the Monks of Clugny in which he himself Maude his wife and Eustach his son were entombed Fewmetts a term in Hunting the dung of a Deer F I Fiants the dung of a Badger or Fox and all Vermine Fibrous lat full of Fibers which are the small strings or threads which hang about the roots of any plant also little strings about the Veins and Muscles of a body Fibulation lat a buttoning or joyning together Fictile lat made of earth Fiction lat a feigning or inventing Fictitious lat feined invented Fidicula the falling vulture Fidelity lat faithfulnesse Fidejussor lat a pledge or surety Fidius an ancient heathen God said to be the son of Iupiter he is called the God of faithfulnesse Fiduciary lat trusty also a Feoffee in trust Fierabras French fierce at arms Fieri facias a judicial Writ that lieth for him that hath recover'd in an action of debt or damages Fife a County of Scotland shooting far into the East between two arms of the Sea Forth Tau Fifteenth a certain tribute which used to be levied by Parliament and imposed upon every Citie or Borough through the Realm Figment lat a fiction or faigned tale Figurative lat spoken by a figure Filaceous lat made of thread or flax also full of filaments which are the small threads or strings about the Roots of Plants Filanders a sort of little Worms which breed in Hawks also Nets for wilde beasts Filazers French certain Officers belonging to the Common-pleas who make out all Original Processes real personal and mixt Filctale a kinde of entertainment made by Bayliffs for those of their hundreds for their gain it is also called Sothale File in Latin Filacium a thread or wyer whereon VVrits or other Exhibits in Courts are fastned also in Heraldry it is one of the modern wayes of differencing Coat-Armours Filial lat relating to a son A Fillet in Heraldrie is made or constituted by adding one line to the chief underneath it the content whereof is the fourth part of the chief Film a membrain or thin skin enwrapping the brain and several other parts of the body also the infant in the womb of which there are three sorts Chorion Amnios and Allantois Filtration lat a straining through a course cloath Fimashing the ordure of all sort of Deer Final lat having an end brought to an end Financer a receiver or teller in the Exchequer from the French word Finance wealth or treasure Fine a mulct or penalty also a formal conveyance of Land by acknowledging a perfect agreement before a Judge Fine capiendo pro terris a VVrit that lyeth for him who being committed to prison obtaineth favour for a summe of money Fine force a French word signifying absolute constraint Finite Philos. limited bounded Finours of gold or silver are those that purifie those metals by fire from the drosse Fire-boote an allowance to maintain competent fire for the use of the Tenant Firedrake a fiery meteor ingendred of a hot exhalation inflamed between two Clouds Firma in the practick of Scotland is the duty which the Tenant payes to his Landlord Firmament from the Latin Firmus i. e. solid the starry Heaven it is turned about the Chrystalline Heaven being both of an uniform motion finish their course in 250000 years which motion appears not but by the observation of sundry ages For 430 years before Christs time the first star in Aries was in the vernal intersection which still keeps that name though now removed almost 29 degrees so that in more then two thousand years the fixed stars have not travelled from VVest to East so much as one whole sign of the Zodiack Firmus a Roman Emperour of that vast strength that bearing himself up from any place with his arms and bearing an Anvil upon his breast he could endure the smiths beating upon it for a long time First fruits the profits of every spiritual living for one year in ancient time given to the Pope afterwards to the Prince Fiscal lat belonging to a fisque i. e. a Treasury or Exchequer Fishing or Splicing a Term used in Masts Cables or in any Timber cut like wedges at one end and fastned together Fissure lat a cleft or division Fistulary lat belonging to a pipe or to a disease called Fistula which is a kind of Ulcer eating into the body with a long narrow passage Fitched from the Lat. Figere a Term in Blazon as a Crosse Fitched i. e. sharp at the end Fitz Fr. Fils a word commonly added to the sirnames of several great families of this Nation descended from the Norman race as Fitz-Herbert Fitz-Walter i. e. the son of Herbert or the son of Walter it being
Writers Forleten signifieth the same Forletten old word abandoned Formality lat outward shew precisenesse Formation lat forming or fashioning Formeth or seateth a term in hunting applied to a Hare when it squats in any place Formidable lat to be feared Formâ—sity lat beauty fairness Formulary lat belonging to a form also used in the substantive for a president or proceeding in Law Fornication lat whoredom Forenesse see Foreland Forses Gr. Catadupae waterfalls Forsleglâ—n old word slain Forspreak old word an advocate Fortitude lat valour or stoutnesse of mind Fortlet signifieth in Common Law a 〈◊〉 Fort or place of some strength Fortuitous lat accidental or coming by chance Fortuny a kind of Tourneament or running a tilt on horseback with Launces a sport much used here in old times Forwelked old word dried Forwyned old word withered Fosset a little long Coffer or Chest from the Latin word fossa a ditch Fosseway a highway digged out and made passable See Ikenild Fossion lat a digging A Foster contract for a Forrester Fother or Foder a twenty hundred pound weight Fotheringhay a Castle in Northamptonshire kept by William Earle of Aumart against King Henry the third when the Nobles of England revolted Fotion lat a cherishing Fougade French a kind of fire-work Foulk a proper name from the Dutch word Volg i. Noble Founes old word devises Fourche in French a fork signifieth in Common-law a delaying or putting off an action Fontegeld signifieth in the Forrest law an amerciament for not cutting out the balls of great Dogs feet in the Forrest it cometh from the Dutch word Fusz and Gelten to loosen Fownder is when a ship by an extraordinary leak becomes full or half full of water Fox stones an Herb so called from the likenesse of the Root F R Fracid lat rotten ripe Fraction lat a breaking also a dissention among parties in Arithmetick it is taken for a number having two denominations Fragility lat aptnesse to break brittlenesse Fragment lat a broken part or piece of any thing Fragrancie lat an odorousnesse or sweetnesse of smell Fraisheur French freshnesse coolnesse livelinesse Franck a French Coyn of about the value of two shillings Franchise in French signifieth liberty it is taken in Common-law for a priviledge or exemption from ordinary Jurisdiction also an immunity from tribute Franci a certain people anciently inhabiting a part of Germany who entred into Gallia under the conduct of Pharamond and conquered a great part of the Kingdom whence it came afterwards to be called France Francis a proper name of men or women from the German word Franck i. e. free not servile answerable to the Greek Eleutherius and the Latin Liberius Franciscans an order of Fryars instituted by St. Francis in the year 1198. they were injoyned chastity obedience poverty and many other strict rules of life and conversation Frank almoine French signifies in Common-law such Lands and Tenements as are bestowed upon those people that give themselves up wholly to the service of God for pure almes Franck bank such Copy-hold lands as the wife being espoused a Virgin hath after her husbands decease for his dowr Frank fee that which is in the hand of the King or Lord of a Mannour being ancient demesne of the Crown whereas that which is in the hand of the Tenants is ancient demesne onely Frank ferm is land wherein the nature of Fee is changed by Feoffement out of Knights service for certain yearly services Frank law is taken for a free injoyment of all those priviledges which the Law permits to a man not found guilty of any hainous offence Frank marriage a Tenure in tail special whereby a man hath Land with a woman to hir and the Heirs of his body without doing any service but fealty to the Donour Frank pledge a pledge or surety for free-men Frank ford a famous Citie upon the River Maenus being the chiefest Mart-Town in Germany Fraâ—câ—â—ia a Countrey in the East part of Germany called Frankenland Fâ—antick Phrenetick Greek mad Fraternity lat a brother-hood also a company of men entered into a firm bond of society or friendship Fratricelli a sort of Hereticks instituted by one Hermannus in the year 1304. they preached Community among Christians and that it was unlawfull for them to be Governours one over another Fratricide lat the killing of ones brother Fratruels lat brothers Children Fraudation lat a defrauding or depriving Fraâ—dulency lat deceitfullnesse craftinesse Frea the same as Friga Frederick â—erm rich peace of this name there have been three Emperours of Germany for Frederick we commonly use Frery and Fery Frediswid Sax. very free a womans proper name Freeâ—ooter a Souldier that makes inroades into an enemies Countrey for Cattel or any other commodity from the enemies Countrey it cometh from the Dutch words Frey i. e. free and beut i. e. prey the Italians call them Banditi Free Chappel a Chappel founded within a Parish over and above the mother Church unto which it is free for the Parishioners to come or not to come Freedstol i. e. the stool of Peace a certain Chair of stone erected by King Athelitan in honour of John de Beverly Arch-Bishop of York to which Offenders used to fly for sanctuary Free-hâ—ld free Tenure or Land which a man holdeth in Fee-tail or at the least for term of life Free-warren in Latin Libera Warrena the power of granting or denying Licence to any to hunt or chace in such or such Lands Fremund Sax. free peace a proper name Frendlâ—sse-man in the Saxon tongue signifieth an out-law Freobâ—rgh or Fridburgh the same in the Saxon tongue as Franck-pledge in French a surety for the peace or good behaviour Frery a proper name of a man contracted from Frederick which signifieth in Saxon tongue rich peace Frescades French cool refreshments against the heat of the summer To walk in Fresco Ital. to take the fresh aire also to drink in Fresco to drink fresh liquor Fresh disseisin in Common-law is that dâ—ssâ—isin that a man may seek to defeat of his own power without the help of the King or his Judges Fresh force a force done within fouâ—â—y dayes Fresh shot is when any great River comes into the Sea so that it is fresh water for a mile or two Fresh sute is such an earnest following of an Offendour as never ceaseth from the time of the offence committed untill he be apprehended Fretrots a sort of Hereticks not much different from those which are called Adamites Friars minors Augustines Preachers and Carmelites which are the four principaâ— orders see in their proper places to these also belonging Fryars observants Conventuales â—apuchins Fricâ—sse French a kind of fried meat Frication Latin a rubbing or chafing Friga a certain Goddesse anciently worshipp'd by the Saxons under the form of an Hermaphrodite Frigate in Spanish Fragata a spial ship Frigefaction lat a making cold Frigeratorie lat a place to make or keep things cool Frigidity lat coldnesse Friperer French in
Latin Interpolator one that cleanseth old Apparel to sell again Frisia one of the seven United Provinces called Friezland Frithsoken a surety or defence from the Saxon words Frid i. e. peace and Socen i. e. to seek Fritiniency lat the chirping of a swallow Frivolous lat vain of little worth Frize a Term in Architecture the garnishing of the upper end of a pillar Frondosity Latin a flourishing with green leaves being just under the architrave Frontal lat belonging to the forehead also used substantively for an attire of the forehead called also a frontlet Frontispiece lat the forefront of a house also a picture placet before any book Frontiers the borders or limits of any place Frontiniack a kinde of sweet luscious French wine Frontstall a part of a horses bridle Frote old word to rub The Frounce a disease in a hawks tongues called in French Barbillon Fructifie lat to bring forth fruit Frugality lat thriftinesse sparingnesse in expences A Fruggin a Fork to stir about the fuel in an Oven from the French word Fourgon an Oven Fork Fruitery French a place for fruit Frutiges lat branched work or the representation of fruit in Sculpture or painting Frumenty pottage made of wheat from the Latin word Frumentum i. e. wheat Frustration lat a making vain a deceiving In Astrology it is used when a light Planet would come to a Conjunction with one more heavy and before it doth accomplish it the more weighty Planet is joyned with another Frustulent lat full of Frusta or small pieces Frutication lat a sprouting or shooting forth of young branches Fryth old word wood F U Fucation lat a mending the complexion by drugs or artificial colours Fugacity lat aptnesse to fly way Fugalia lat certain feasts celebrated by the ancient Romans in remembrance of the expulsion of Kings out of Rome Fugation lat a putting to flight Fugne French a Term in Musick when two parts answer one the other in the same point Fugitive goods the goods of a fugitive or him that flies away for felony which are forfeit to the King or State Fuir or Fuer en feit is when a man doth corporally fly Fuer en ley is when being called in the County he appeareth not untill he be outlawed Fulbert Sax. full bright a proper name Fulgidity or Fulgency lat glistringnesse or brightnesse Fulguration lat a lightning or flashing of fire in the Clouds which precedes the Thunder Fulfremed Saxon perfect Fulians certain Monks of the Order of St. Bernard Fuliginous Latin sooty or full of smoak Fullonical lat pertaining to a Fuller or scourer of cloath Fulmination lat a striking with lightning also metaphorically taken for threatning Fulvid lat of a kinde of dusky colour Fumets by the hunters used for the ordure of an Hart. Fâ—midity lat smoakinesse Fumigation lat a perfuming with the smoak of sweet wood Fumitory a kinde of Herb called in Spanish Palomilla Funambulatour lat a Dancer on the Ropes Function lat the performance or exercise of any duty or office Funditour lat a slinger or darter Funebrous lat sad mournfull relating to Funerals Funestation lat a polluting with a dead body Fungosity lat spunginesse or a being thin and full of holes like a Mushrom Funnel an instrument very small at one end to convey liquors into any narrow-mouthed vessel Furacity lat an inclination to steal or pilfer Furbish French to polish or make bright Furcation lat a putting into the fashion of a fork Furies faigned by the Poets to be the three daughters of Acheron and night Alecto Megaera and Tisiphone whose office was to torment the minds of transgressours they possest Orestes for a while but afterwards being appeased they were called Eumenides Furibund lat mad or raging Furina a Goddesse among the Romans who was held to be the patronesse of theeves Furlong a certain measure containing 20 poles in length being the eighth part of a mile It is also taken for a perch or the eighth part of an acre of land Furnivalls an ancient Family Lords of Fernham in Buckinghamshire who hold their Lands by this Tenure namely to find the King upon his Coronation day a glove for his right hand and to support his right arm while he holds his Scepter Furole French a kind of little Meteor appearing in the night by some called St. Hermes fire Furres which are of several sorts as Sables Lucerns Genets Foines Martens Minivers Fitch Shankes Calabre See in their proper places Furring in Navigation is a ripping off the first planks of a ship and putting other timbers upon the first and so putting on the planks upon the timbers which they call plank upon plank Furtive lat given to stealing or done by stealth Fusibility lat aptness or easiness to be melted Fusil lat a spindle also a term in Heraldry being the resemblance of a spindle in a Coat of Arms. Fusion lat a melting Fustian in Latin Xylinum a kind of stuff made of the down of a certain fruit growing in the upper part of Aegypt Futility lat vanity lightness Futtocks those compassing timbers which are scarfed upon the ground timbers and give breadth to a ship Future lat that which is to come F Y Fyre levin old word lightning G A GAbala a Town of Syria Cava which is now called Gibel or Mâ—rgad Gabardine a kind of rough Cassock like an Irish mantle Gabberies French mockeries gibings wilie deceits Gabel French any kind of tribute or impost Gabion a kind of fortification made of baskets filled with dirt Gable end of a house a term in Architecture signifying the top of a house Some take it for the fore part or frontispiece called also Delicia Gabrantovici the name of an ancient people of Brittain who inhabited some part of Yorkshire Gabriel the name of the Angel that appeared to the Virgin Mary signifying in Hebrew strong with God Gabrosentum an ancient frontier station of the Romans kept by the second Band of the Thracians it is thought to have stood in that part of the Bishoprick of Durham and Northumberland where 〈◊〉 Newcastle and Gateshead stand Gaddefly a certain Insect which stings cattel called also a Brie Gades two Islands lying westward beyond the Streights by some called Hercules his Pillars Gage in Common Law signifieth a pawn or surety also to gage deliverance or to wage deliverance signifieth to put in surety Gage a ship to stick a naile into a pole and put it down by the rudder thereby to know how much water the ship draws Gaging rod an instrument to measure any vessel of liquid stuff Gaiety French chearfulness gallantry Cleopatra Some say it is derived from the Latin word Gaudeo to rejoyce Gainage in Common Law is Land held of the baser kind of sokemen or villeines Gainesborough a Town in Lincolnshire where anciently the Danish ships lay at rode and where Suene Tiugskege a Danish Tyrant after he had miserably harrassed the Country was stabbed by an unknown man Galactite
Greek a kind of pretious stone so called because it is white as milk Galanthis the servant maid of Alcmena who for deluding Juno that sought to hinder the birth of Hercules was turned into a Weasel Galathea a Sea Nimph the Daughter of Nereus and Doris who being beloved of Polypheme and prefering Acis before him Polypheme killed his rival with a great stone which he pluckt out of a rock whereupon Acis was turned into a River of the same name Galatia a region of Asia the Less called also Gallogrecia Galaxy Greek a broad white circle in the sky which is made by the light reflected from a great company of little Stars It is called the milky way Galbanum a kind of gum issuing out of a plant called Sagapane or Fennel Gyant Gale when the wind bloweth gently so that a ship may bear her top-sailes a trip it is called a loom gall when it is much wind a fresh or stiff gale Galege or Galage in French Galloches a kind of outward shooe worn in dirty weather which hath been anciently in use among the Gaules from whence the word is derived Galena the ancient name of a Town in Oxfordshire now called Wallingford Galenus a famous Physitian of Pergamus who flourished in the time of the Emperour Commodus and writ many excellent Volumes Galeon or Gallion French a great Ship of war Galeote French a small Gally also one that rows in a Gally Galgacus the name of a valiant Brittain who led an army against the Romans Galilaea a Region of Syria lying north of Judea Galingale the aromatical root of the rush Cypresse called Acorus Gallantry French compleatnesse accomplishment or a bold confident way of courtship Artam Gallego Span. an inhabitant of Galatia Gallia a great Country of Europe anciently inhabited by the Gaules now called France Galliard French lusty also substantively taken for a kind of dance Galliardise French lustiness livelyness Gallie-foist see Foist Galliegaskines or Galligascoines a kind of breeches first in use among the inhabitants of that part of France which is called Gascoine Gallimafry a kind of meat made up of several sorts of meats minced together It was so called either because it was allotted to the Gally-slaves or else because it was invented by the Gaules Galloches see Galege Gallon Spanish a measure containing two quarts Gaâ—loway a County of Scotland the people whereof were anciently called Novanti also a County of Ireland in the Province of Câ—naught Galloon a kind of Lace Gallulate lat to begin to have a great voice Gallus a River in Phrygia of which when the Priests of Cybele drank they were agitated with divine fury whence they were called Galli also the name of a young man who suffering Sol to discover the adultery of Mars and Venus was by Mars turned into a cock Galnes in the practick of Scotland signifies any kind of satisfaction for slaughter Gamahez in Arabick signifieth certain figures or images of things wrought exactly by nature Gamaliel Hebr. Gods reward Gambado a thing made of leather for a man to put his legges into when he rides Gamboles certain games or tricks which are in use about Christmasse time from the Italian word Gamba a leg Gammot an incision-knife Gamut the first note in the scale of Musick Ganch to put men to death as they do in Turky by letting them fall from a high place upon sharp hooks Ganges a very great River rising out of the Scythian Mountaines and running thorough the middest of India Gangflower a certain Flower which flourisheth in Procession or Rogation-week by some called Rogation-flower Gangiators or Gaugeators signifies in the practick of Scotland those that examine weights and measures mark cloth c. Gangraen lat a spreading sore an eating ulcer which mortifies the member by reason of the greatness of the exhalation Gang-week the next week but one before Whitsunday in which solemn prayer and procession used to be injoyned by the Church as a preparation to the Feast of the Ascension It is also called Rogation-week Gantlet or Gauntlet French a certain Military glove To run the Gantlope a punishment used among souldiers the offender being to run with his back naked through the whole Regiment and to receive a lash from every souldier It comes from Gant a Town in Flanders where it was invented and the Dutch word Lope which signifies running Ganymed the son of Tros whom for his excellent form Jupiter fell in love with and causing him to be brought up to Heaven upon an Eagles back made him his Cup-bearer instead of Heâ—e the daughter of Juno Also it is metaphorically taken for an ingle or boy hired to commit Sodomy Garamantes a people of Lybia so called from Garamas their King the son of Apollo Garbe a sheaf of Corn from the French word gerbe a bundle also handsomness graceful carriage from the Italian word Garbo also a sharp piquant relish in wine or beer Garbel or Garboord a plank next to the keel of a ship Garble to purifie to sort out the bad from the good an expression borrowed from Grocers who are said to garble their Spices i. e. to purifie them from the dross and dirt Garboile French tumult or trouble Garcifer in the practick of Scotland signifies a boy that serves in the Mill. Gard in Common Law is taken for a custody or care of defence as the education of children under age or the like Gardein in Common Law is he that hath the charge or custody of any person or thing especially he that hath the education of children and the government of their estates until they come to 20 years of age also that hath the charge of idiots or frantick persons during their lunacy he is called by the Civilians Tutor or Curator Gardein of the Spirituality is he to whom the spiritual jurisdiction of any Diocess is committed during the vacancy of the See Garderobe a kind of herb so called also the same as Wardrop Gardmanger French a storehouse or sellar for meat Gare a kind of very course wool Gargarism Greek the bubling of any liquor in the throat to wash the throat and mouth Gargarus the top of the Mountain Ida. Gargantua the name of a great Gyant or Monster from the Spanish word Garganta a throat Garner see Granary Garnet a tackle to hoise goods into a Ship Garnishment French signifieth in Common Law the issuing forth a Writ of scire facias against the Plaintiff for an action of Detinue of charters brought against the Defendant also a fee which prisoners give their keepers at their admittance into prison Garnison French preparation or furniture Garret a proper name See Gerrard Garrison French a Town or Strong hold fortified and kept by souldiers Garrulity lat much tatling or prateing Garter the chief of the three Kings at armes also half a bend in Blazon See Bend. Gasehound a certain sort of dogs of an excellent hunting kind being the same with that which among the old Greeks was called Agasaeus
Gâ—stenesse old word terror Gastrimyth Greek one that speaketh inwardly as it were out of his belly Gastroepiploic vein see vein Gaude old word a toy or trifle To Gaude old word to mock to scoff at Gaudy dayes certain Festival dayes observed in Colledges or the Innes of Court Gavelet an ancient kind of cessavit used in Kent whereby the tenant in Gavelkind shall forfeit all his Lands and Tenements to the Lord of whom they are holden if he withdraw his due rents services Gavelkind from the three Saxon words Gife Eal Cyn i. e. given to all the kind signifieth in Common-law an equal division of the fathers Lands among all the Children or of the Lands of a brother deceased among his brethren if he have no issue of his own Gaunt in Latin Gandavum the chief City of Flanders which is said to have 20 Islands and 48 Bridges within the Walls Gawdy-dayes see Gaudy-dayes Gawen see Waldwin Gawgeours the same as Gangeatours they are also called Gagers A Gazehound a certain hound so called from the Greek word Agazomai because of its admirable quicknesse of sight Gazet French a certain Venetian Coyn also a brief general relation of the Occurrences or Affairs of Christendom Gazul and Subit two Aegyptian weeds of which being burnt to ashes they make the finest sort of glasses which are called Venice glasses because they are made at Venice G E Geat a sort of precious stone otherwise called black Amber and thought by some to be the same with Gagates whence it is derived Gebalena a Countrey bordering upon Eleutheropolis Gebaltark the streights vulgarly called the streights of Gibralter it comes from the Arabian word Gebal a Mountain and Tareck the son of Abdalla who brought his Army over those streights Gehenna a certain Vally where the Israelites sacrificed to Moloch Metaphorically taken for Hell Geld Saxon money or tribute it is also called Gild or Guild Geldable one of the three parts into which Suffolk is divided the other two being St. Edmund's liberty and St. Audrey's liberty Geldria the Dutchy of Gelderland in the Low-Countreys Gelicide lat frost Gelidity lat icynesse coldnesse Gelo a young boy of Sicily who sitting upon the threshold of a School and making an out-cry after a Wolf that had snatched his book out of his hand the master and Scholars making a sudden tumult were all killed by the fall of the School-house Gelones a certain people of Scythia who paint their faces that they may appear the more terrible in war Geloum a certain Lake in Sicily near which there are two Fountains of that nature that the waters of one make women fruitfull the other barren Gem or Gemme a Jewel or precious stone also a bud or blossome Gemination lat a doubling Geminels lat Twins also one of the twelve signes in the Zodiack into which the Poets faign that Castor and Pollux the sons of Tyndarus and Leda were changed is called Gemini Gemites a kinde of precious stone Gemmerie a Cabinet to keep Jewels in a Jewel house Gemote a Court belonging to a hundred Gemmosity lat an abounding with Jewels also a sprouting forth of blossoms Gemony a place in Rome where malefactors were cast headlong into the River Tiber. A Gemow-ring a kinde of double Ring linked with two or more links Gendarme French a horse-man compleatly armed Gencaleathud Sax. approached Genealogie Greek a Description of ones family descent or linage Generation lat an engendring or begetting Generosity lat noblenesse of minde or of bloud Genesis Greek the same as generation from the Latin also the Title of the first book of Moses because it treats of the beginning or generation of the world Genethliaques Greek books which treat of the foretelling of mens fortunes by the calculation of their Nativities Genets a kinde of fur which is taken from a beast of the same name Geneva a fair Imperial Town upon the Lake Leman in Savoy next to the Borders of Swizzerland Genial lat festival joyfull helpfull to generation Geniculation lat a joynting Genital lat apt to ingender or beget also Genitals are taken substantively for the Members of Generation A Geniting a kinde of Apple which is first ripe of any others Genitive case in Grammer is the second of the six Cases and is commonly known by the sign of Genius lat the good or evil spirit attending on every man or proper to each several place also a mans nature fancy or inclination Genoa the chief Citie of Liguria in Italy famous for Traffick called also Genes Gensericus a King of the Vandals he took Carthage spoyled the Temples and made stables of them for his horses Gent old word proper handsome Gentian an Herb found out as some say by Genâ—ius King of Illyrium Gentilesse French Gentility Noblenesse or Gallantry Cleopat Gentilisme lat Heathenisme or the belief of the Gentiles Gentilitial lat pertaining to kindred or ancestors Gentil a kinde of insect called a Maggot Genua see Genoa Genuflexion lat a kneeling or bending of the knee Genuine lat natural or proper Genus lat a kinde a stock or linage also one of the five Predicables in Logick being that which containeth under it the species or lesser considerations also a Gender Geodoesia Greek the art of measuring of Land Geography Greek the exact description of all the Regions and Countreys of the earth Geomanty Greek a kinde of divination by certain Circles made on the earth Geometry Greek the measuring of the earth but it is commonly taken for the art of measuring in general Geoponical Greek belonging to tilling or manuring the ground George a proper name signifying in Greek husband-man the chief of this name was George of Cappadocia a Tribune under â—ioclesian who killed a mighty Serpent in Africa to whom a Virgin was cast to have been devoured he is thought to be the same with St. George the Champion Georgians a people inhabiting Albania now called Georgia professing themselves Christians though differing in many points from us and honouring St. George as their chief Patron also a Sect of Hereticks instituted at Delft by David George whose Doctrine was that both the Law and the Gospel were unprofitable for salvation Georgicks Greek books that treat of husbandry and tillage Geornlick Sax. willingly Gerah an Hebrew measure being the 20th part of a shekle Gerard Sax. all towardnesse a proper name for Gerard we frequently use Garret Gerfalcon a kinde of bird which is between a Vultur and a Hawke Germander an Herb called English Treacle Germanity lat a brotherhood sisterhood or very near relation Germination lat a budding forth Gertrude the proper name of a woman from the Saxon words Ger and Trude i e. all truth Gervase a proper name of men from the German word Gerfast i. e. all fast firm or sure answering to the Latin word Constans others contract it from the Greek Gerousios i. e. ancient or honourable the chief of this name was a famous Matyr who suffered under Nero at Millain Gerunds
in Grammar are certain parts of a Verb so called from bearing a double signification both active and passive Geryon a certain King of the Spanish Islands called Baleares who is fain'd by the Poets to have had three bodies and to have been killed by Hercules Gesamund Sax. assembled Gestation lat a carrying Gesticulation lat a making signs by gestures or motions of the body also a kinde of Morrice dancing Gestion lat a doing or carriage of any businesse Gests lat great actions or exploits performed Getealed Sax. numbred Gethild Sax. patience Getulians a certain barbarous people who were the first inhabitants of Aphrica Geules a Term in Heraldry signifying a red or Vermilion colour Gewgaws or Gugaws trifles for children to play with derived as some think from the Latin word gaudere to rejoyce G H Gheus an ignominious Term heretofore given to the Protestants in Flanders the word signifying as much as beggar G I Gibbosity lat a bunching out but more especially taken for a bunching in the back Gibe old word to mock from the French word gaber Gibellines see Guelphs Gibraltar see Gebaltarch Gibsere a pouch a word used by Chaucer Gideon or Gedeon Hebr. a Breaker or Destroyer Gifta Sax. Marriage Gifu Sax. Grace Gigantick big-bodied Gyant-like Gigantomachy Greek the ancient war of the Gyants against Heaven often mentioned by the Poets Giglet or Giglot a wanton woman or strumpet Chaucer Gigot French a kind of minced meat Gilbert a proper name of men signifying in the German tongue Gold-like bright answering the Lat. Aurelius or Aurelian others write Gislebert i. bright pledge Gilbertines a certain religious Order instituted by one Gilbert who for his great holinesse was Canonized for a Saint Gild see Geld. Giles a proper name of men contracted from Aegidious which some derive from the Greek word Aigidion i. a little kid Others derive Giles from Julius as Gilian from Juliana Gillet a womans name contracted in like manner from Aegidia Gillingham a Forrest in Dorsetshire where Edmund Ironside overthrew the Danes in a great pitch feild Gilthead a kind of fish so called from its golden colour Gimlet a piercer to pierce any barrel of liquor withal Gimmal see Gemmow-ring Gingreat to chirp like a bird Ginne a snare contracted as some think from Engin. Gippius a certain Roman who using to feign himself asleep while his wife lay with other men one time he started up and cryed non omnibus dormio I sleep not to all men whence it became a Proverb Gippon French a kind of short cassock or coat Gips a kind of chalk or mortar Girle a term in Hunting being a Roe-buck of two years Gironne a certain term in Heraldry Girthol in the practick of Scotland signifieth a Sanctuary Girvii a people in times past inhabiting the Fenny parts of Lincolnshire Cambridgeshire c. the word signifying Fen-dwellers Gisarms a kind of weapon with two pikes which some call Bisarmes Giste French a Couch or resting place also a writing which contains the names of the Towns or Houses where a King or Prince intends to lie in his progress Gite old word a gown G L Glaciation lat a freezing Gladiatour lat a Swordman or Fencer from the Latin word gladius a sword Gladin or Gladiole a certain herb whose leaf resembleth a sword Gladuse Brittish the proper name of divers women from Claudia Glandage French mastage or the season of feeding hogs with mast Glandulous lat full of kernels from the Latin word glans a kernel Glanoventa an ancient Town of Northumberland garrisoned by the first Cohort of the Morini so called because it stood upon the bank of the River Venta now called Wantsbeck Glastenbury a famous Abby founded by Joseph of Arimathaea near unto which in Wiral Park groweth a Hawthron which is reported to put forth leaves and blossomes upon Christmasse Day as fresh as in May also in the Church-yard there grew a Wallnut-tree which as some have affirmed did not put forth his leaves until St. Barnabies Feast Glaucitation lat a crying like a whelp Glaucus the son of Hippolochus he assisted Priamus in the Trojan war and taking Diomeds brazen arms for his own which were of Gold he was killed by Ajax and his body being carried into Lycia by the winds was changed into a River Also the name of a fisher who tasting of a certain herb leapt into the Sea and was made a Sea-god Glayve old word a kind of crooked sword or bill Glaze to vernish Glebeland land belonging to a Parsonage from gleba a clod or turf Glede old word a hot ember or coal also a puttock or kite Glee joy or mirth from the Dutch word glooren to recreate Gleire old word white Glimmering a glancing or trembling light Globosity lat a being round like a bowle or globe Globous lat round like a globe Globe vide Spheare Glocester the chief City of Glocestershire it was called by the Saxons Glevecester in Latin Glevum by the Brittains Caer-Glove i. fair City It is also called by some Claudia-Cestria from the Emperour Claudius who as it is fabulously reported married his daughter Genissa to Arviragus the Brittish King Glocester Hall a place for Students in Oxford built by John Lord Gifferd of Brimesfeild Glome old word a bottom of thread Glomeration lat a rolling or gathering into a round lump Gloomy old word dusky or dark Glâ—se old word to flatter Glossator or Gâ—â—ssographer he that makes a Glosse or Comment to interpret the hard meaning of words or things Glutination lat a joyning together with glue Glycerium a Curtesan of Thespia who gave the picture of Cupid which she had of Praxiteles as a legacy to the Thespians Glyster see Clyster G N Gnarity lat knowingnesse experience Gnarr or Gnurre a hard knot in wood also a churle Gnathonichal playing the Gnatho i. e. a parasite or deceitful fellow Gnatsnapper a certain Bird called a figgeater in Latin Ficedula Gnavity lat a being industrious active or vigorous in any business Gnew old word gnawed Gnoff old word a churl or fool Gnomonick Greek belonging to a gnomon or pin of a Dial. Gnosticks from the Greek word gnosis knowledge a sect of Hereticks instituted by one Carpocras in the year 125 they assumed to themselves a great degree of knowledge denied the day of Judgement and held two Supream Deities one good the other bad Gnurre see Gnarre G O Gobonated a term in Heraldry as a bordure gobonated is when it is divided into two colours in such sort as if it were cut into small gobbets Go to God signifieth in Common Law to be dismissed the Court. Godard a proper name of men signifying in the German tongue Godly disposition Godfrey another proper name signifying Gods peace Godwin Germ. victorious in God Goetie â—reek Witchcraft Diabolical Magick Gofish old word sottish Gog and Magog signifying in the Hebrew tongue covered or uncovered are taken in Scripture for certain Nations that shall persecute the Church To be Agog
to be eagerly bent upon a thing also to be puft up with pride Golden number the full course of the Moon which is performed in 19 years See Cycle Golden Fleece small graines of Gold which are found by Rivers and Brookes and gathered up by the help of sheep-skinnes with the wool on of these Graines there were great plenty upon the Cholchian shore which gave occasion to the Fable of Jason and his Argonauts Gâ—ldfoile leaf Gold Goldknops a flower called Crow-foot Golgotha a place hard by Mount Sion full of malefactors bones It signifieth in the Syrian tongue a place of dead mens sâ—ulls Golierdies old word ravenously mouthed Golp Spanish a slash or blow Goman Saxon a married man Gomer an Hebrew measure containing almost a gallon and a pint over Gondola or Gondolot a kind of boat much used at Venice Gonfennon old word a little flag Gonorrhaea Greek a disease called the running of the reines Good abearing or Good behaviour signinifieth in Common Law an exact carriage of a subject toward the King and his leige people Goodmanchester a Town in Huntingtonshire so abounding in tillage that Kings in times past coming that way were received in country fashion with 180 ploughs Goods escheat goods confiscate Goosewing in Navigation is a fitting up the sail so as that the ship may go before a wind or quarter winds with a fair fresh gale Gorbelly one who is all panch or belly Gorcrow a Raven Gâ—rdieus a Mountain of Armenia where the Ark of Noah was said to rest Gordius a King of Phrygia who being raised from the plough to the Throne hung up the furniture of his oxen in the Temple as a memorial which being tied in a very intricate knot and the Monarchy of the World being promised to him that could untie it Alexander the Great after he had long tried in vain at length cut it in two with his sword whence the Gordian knot came to be a proverb being taken for any thing which is difficult to be expounded Gore a term in Blazon and consists of two Arch lines drawn from the sinister chief and bottom of the Escutcheon and meeting in a sharp angle in the fesspoint Gorgious gallant sumptuous some think from the Greek word Gargairo i. e. to shine Gorgons the three daughters of Phorcys Medusa Sthenio and Euriale with Medusa Perseus fought and cutting off her head turned it into a stone Also particularly taken for the head of Medusa in Astrology Gorlois a Prince of Cornwall whose wife Vther Pendragon fell in love with and injoying her by the means of his Magical delusions he begat King Arthur Gormandize French to play the gourmand i. a glutton or great devourer Some derive it from the Latin words gulose mandere i. to eat greedily Gormoncester a Town in Huntingtonshire the same with Gâ—odmanchester above mentioned it was called Gormoncester from Gormon the Dane unto whom after an agreement of peace King Alfred granted this Town with the adjoyning Territories it is thought to have been the same Town with that which was called in old times Durosiponte Gospel a Saxon word signifying good saying or Gods word it is commonly taken for one of the four Evangelists in the New Testament Gossehauke quasi Grossehauke a kind of Hauke called in Greek Asterias because of its spots which are like little Stars Gossip one that undertakes for a child in Baptism the word signifieth in the Saxon tongue spiritually of kin Gossomor or Gossymear Saxon a kind of thin Cobweb-like exhalation which hovers abroad in the air in hot weather Gothia a Country of Europe bordering upon Denmark and Norway the people are called Gothi or Gothes who in former times overrun the greatest part of Europe Goule old word Usury from the Latin Gula i. the throat Gourd a kind of plant somewhat like a coucumber also used by Chaucer for a bottel Gowtes a word used in Sommersetshire common sewes or sinks that run under ground Gowreth old word stareth G R Gracchus Sempronius a great Captain of the Romans who subdued the Celtiberians a people of Spain and repaired their chief City Illurcis calling it by his own name Gracchuris he had two sons by his wife Cornelia Caius and Tiberius who were both slain in a popular sedition seeking to re-establish the Agrarian Laws Graces the three daughters of Jupiter and Venus Aglaia Euphrosyne and Thalia the Goddesses of Elegance and handsome conversation Grace a proper name of divers women the signification well known Gracility lat slendernesse Gradation lat an ascending by degrees Gradual that part of the Mass which uses to be sung between the Epistle and Gospel Also by degrees Graduate lat he that hath taken a degree at the University Graecia a famous Countrey of Europe the Nurse of learning and of all the arts its chief Regions are Attica Boeotia Phocis Achaia c. Graeae the three daughters of Phocys who had but one eye and one tooth among them which they used by turns they helpt Perseus to overcome their sisters the Gorgons Graffer is used in some of the statutes for a Notary or Scrivener from the French word Greffier A Graie a beast called a Brock or Badger Grains of Paradice a certain plant otherwise called Cardamomum Gramercy from the French Grand-merci i. e. great thanks an expression of giving thanks Gramineous or Gramineal lat grassie or made of grasse Gramineal Crown see Crown Grammatical Greek belonging to the art of Grammar i. e. the Method of attaining to any language by certain Rules Granadil Span. a Diminutive of Granado which signifieth a Pomegranate also a certain Engin like a Pomegranate which is to be shot out of a piece of Ordinance Granary lat a place to lay Corn in Grandevity lat ancientnesse seniority of years Grand distresse in Common-law is a distresse taken of all the Lands or Goods that a man hath within the County or Baylywick Grandezza or Grandeur Spanish and French greatnesse of state or of spirit Cleopatra Grandiloquence or Grandiloquie lat Majesty or heigth of stile Grandimoniensers a religious order erected in the year 1076. by one Stephen of Avern Grandinous lat belonging to hail Grandity lat greatnesse Grand Sergeanty a certain kinde of service whereby the Lords of Scrivelby in Cheshire held their Land which was to come well armed and mounted into the Kings presence upon the day of his Coronation and by publick Proclamation to offer himself to maintain the Kings right by open Combat against whosoever should dare to oppose it this Tenure belonged by Hereditary succession to the Family of the Dimmocks Grange from the Latin word Grana a building which hath barnes stables stalls and all other places necessary for Husbandry Granicus a River in Bithynia famous for the great battel between Alexander and Darius wherein above 600000 Persians were slain and taken Granito Ital. a kind of speckled marble found in divers places of Italy Graniferous lat bearing kernels or grains Grantcester see Gron. Granule
lat a little grain Graphical Greek curiously describ'd or wrought Graplings crooked irons that hold ships together they are called also Grapnels Grassation lat a spoyling or laying waste Gratiae expectativae certain Bulles whereby the Pope used to grant out Mandates of Ecclesiastical livings Gratianople a Citie of Narbon in France Gratianus the name of a Roman Emperour sirnamed Funarius he was perfidiously slain by Andragathius one of his Captains in Lions in France Gratification lat a rewarding or making amends Gratis lat freely for nothing Gratuity lat a free reward Gratulation lat a rejoycing in anothers behalf also a thanking A Grave see Greve Grave a ship to make her lye drie a ground and to burn off the filth with stubble Graveolence lat a smelling rank or strong Graver a small piece of steel used in graving formed Lozenge or Diamond square there are different sorts of graving see Sele-graving Gravidity lat a being with Child Gravity lat heavinesse or weight being applied to bodies also gravenesse or sobernesse in behaviour Graunt in Common-law is a gift in writing of such a thing as cannot be passed in word onely Greace a Term of hunting the fat of a Boare or Hare the fat of a Boare hath an addition and is called Bevygreace Greach-breach see Grith-breach Greaves French Armour for the legges Grecisme Greek a speaking after the Idiom of the Greek tongue Gree willingnesse from the French word Gre or the Latin Gratum Green cloath the name of a Court of Justice that used to fit in the Coumpting-house of the Kings Court. Green hew a Term used in the Forrest-laws signifying every thing that groweth green within the Forrest it is also called Vert. Greenwich q. Green Creek a Town in Kent where in old times there lay at Rode a great Fleet of the Danes under Thurkill their Captain who put to a cruel death Ealpheg Arch-Bishop of Canterbury this place is also famous for a Royal Palace built by Humphry Duke of Glocester and by him named Placence he also built here upon a high Hill a pleasant Town famous in Spanish fables Greese a staire or step from the Latin word Gressus Gregal lat belonging to a flock Gregorie a proper name of men signifying in Greek watchfull answering to the Latin Vigilius Gregorian a kinde of Cap also Gregorian account a correction of the Calender by Pope Gregorie the 13th making the year to consist of 365 dayes 5 hours 49 minutes and 12 seconds whereas before according to the Julian account it consisted of 365 dayes and 6 hours Gresham Colledge a fair house in the Citie of London once the habitation of Sir Thomas Gresham who constituted it a Colledge and endowed it with Revenues for the maintaining of Professours of Divinity Law Physick Astronomy Geometry and Musick the said Sir Thomas Gresham built also that stately Fabrick commonly called the Royal Exchange Greve or Grave a word of authority among the Low Dutch signifying as much as Lord or Governour Griff-graff French by hook or by crook Griffith see Gryffith A Grigge a young Eele Grilliade French a kinde of meat broyled Grimbald or Grimoald a proper name of men signifying in the German tongue powr over anger A Griph old word a riddle Grishild Germ. the proper name of divers women signifying Grey Lady in Latin Gesia A Grit a kinde of fish otherwise called a Grample fish Grith-breach or Gich-breach a breach of peace Grith signifying in the Saxon tongue peace Grobianisme French slovenly behaviour Grommets in Navigation are little rings made fast to the upper side of the yard to which the caskets Groening the chief Town of West Frizeland from the Dutch word Groen i. e. Green because it is seated in a Green place Gromel or Gromil a kinde of Herb called also Pearle plant Gron a Saxon word signifying a fenny place whence some derive Grandcester a Town in Cambridge-shire Groop old word a pissing place Grosvenour i. e. great Hunter the name of a Noble family of Cheshire commonly contracted into Gravenour Grot Ital. a Cave Grotesch Ital. a kind of mixt or confused piece of painting or sculpture antick work hence it is taken for any rude misshapen thing Groveling quasi Ground-lying a lying prone or with ones face downward upon the ground To Ground a ship to bring her on the ground to be trimmed Ground-pine a kinde of Herb which creeps upon the ground and hath a resemblance to the Pine-tree Groundswell a certain Herb called in Latin Senecio because it quickly decayes Grouppade French a Term in horsmanship being a lofty kinde of management higher then an ordinary Curvet A Growm an ensign to stretch woollen Cloath with after it is woven To grown the Forresters say a Buck growneth Grumâ—sity lat a curdling of any liquid substance into a thick masse or clod Gryffen a certain animal feathered like a foul and having four feet as a beast some derive it from the Hebrew word Garaph i. e. to snatch Gryph see Griph Gryffith an old Brittish name signifying strong-faithed G U Guadalquivir a River of Andaluzia in Spain anciently called Baetis Guadiana a River of Portugal now called Ana which runs fourteen miles under ground whence they boast of a bridge whereon 10000 Cattel may feed Guaiacum a certain drying wood which is good against the venereal disease Guastald he that hath the custody of the Kings mansion houses Castelein being he who onely hath the custody of Castles and Fortresses Guastaliens a religious order of men and women begun in the year 1537. by the Countesse of Guastala A Gubbin old word a fragment Gubernation lat a governing or ruling Gudgeons rudder irons to ships Guelphs and Gibellines two great factions in Italy Guenliana a valiant Lady the wife of Gruffin Prince of Wales she valiantly assailing Maurice of London who invaded those parts was with her son Morgan slain in the battail Guerdon French a reward some derive it from the Greek word Cerdos i. e. gain Gugaws see Gewgaws Guidage money paid for safe conduct through a strange Territory Guidon a Cornet of Argolatiers that serve on hors-back with Petronels Guilford Sax. Geglford a Town in Surrey the Royal Mansion in times past of the English Saxon Kings who had 75 Hages i. e. houses wherein remained 175 men here Elfrid the son of King Ethelred was most barbarously betrayed by Goodwin Earle of Kent who contrary to his faithfull promise delivered him into the hands of Harold the Dane and by a cruel decimation slew almost all his men that came with him out of Normandy Guinethia or Guineth that part of Wales commonly called South-wales it is also called Venedotia Guild a society incorporate from the Dutch word Geld i. e. money Guld a kinde of weed growing among Corn called in Latin Maneleta whence came the Law of Maneleta ordained by King Kenneth of Scotland which was that if any one suffered his land to be over-run with weeds he should forfeit an Oxe Gules see Geules Gule of
towed along some Channel Halo Greek a circle about the Moon and others of the Stars Halonesus an Island in the Aegean Sea which was defended by women when all the men were slain To make Halt French to make a stop a term of War Hallyattes a King of Lydia and father to Croesus who was overcome by Cyrus Halymote see Healgemote Hamadryades Greek wood-nimphs Hamburg the cheif City of Lower Saxony so called from Jupiter Hamon there worshipped Hames two crooked pieces of wood which encompasse a horse-collar from the Ham of the leg which is crooked or the Latin word hamus a hook Hamkin a kind of pudding Hamling of dogs see expeditating Hamlet a dwelling house a diminutive from the Dutch word Ham i. home Hammocks hanging beds used in ships Hampton-Court a Palace belonging to the Kings of England standing in Middlesex upon the River Thames it was built in a very costly and magnificent manner by Cardinal Wolsey and finisht by King Henry the eighth Hankwit or Hangwit Sax. a theif escaped out of custody Hannibal a great Captain of the Carthaginians who having long made war with the Romans was beaten by Scipio and in the end poisoned himself the word signifies in the Punic tongue Gracious Lord. Hanno a Carthaginian who seeking to make himself master of Carthage was at length taken and had his eyes put out Hannonia or Haynault one of the 17 Provinces of the Low Countries Hanselines upper sloppes Chaucer Hanse-towns certain Towns in Germany as Hambourg Magdenbourg Lubeck c. being the principal seates of the Dutch Merchants Hans signifying in the French tongue a Society or Corporation of Merchants Hansel Dutch the first money that is bestowed with a Tradesman in a morning Hans-en-kelder a Dutch word signifying Jack in the Cellar it is commonly taken for a child in the mothers belly Hansiatick belonging to the Hanse Towns Hanten old word they use or accustom Haphertlet a kind of course coverâ—ed for a bed Haquebut French the same as Harquebuse Haracana or Herocane a violent whirlwind or tempest which hapneth once in 9 years Some say it comes from the Spanish word Arancar to pull up by the roots Harald or Herauld French quasi herus altus i. high-master is an Officer whose imployment is to denounce war or proclaim peace to judge and examine Gentlemens Arms to marshal the Solemnities at a Princes Coronation and such like Harangue French a Speech or Oration Harase French to tire out to weary to disquiet Harbinger from the Dutch words her benghen i. hither keep an officer in a Princes Court that alotteth those of the household their lodgings in time of progresse but vulgarly taken for any one that goeth before and provideth lodgeing Harbour a Hart is said to Harbour when it goes to rest Harelip a lip cloven like a Hares lip Harepipe a snare made of a piece of elder or cane to catch a Hare with Hariant or Hauriant in Heraldry is when a fish is represented standing upright Hariolation lat a southsaying Harlot or Arletta Concubine to Robert Duke of Nâ—rmandy and mother to William the Conquerour in disgrace of whom all whores came to be called Harlots Harman a proper name of men signifying in Dutch the General of an Army answerable to the Greek Polemarchus Harmodius and Aristogeiton two famous conspiratours against Hipparchus the Tyrant of Athens Harmonia the daughter of Mars and Venus and the wife of Cadmus to her is attributed by some the first invention of Musical Harmony Harmonides a Trojan whom Minerva inspired with all kind of manufacture Harmonical or Harmonious full of Harmony i. musical consent or agreement Harold see Harald Harpalice the daughter of Lycurgus she was a great huntresse and hearing that her father was taken prisoner by the Getans rescued him by force of arms Harpe the name of the Fauchion wherewith Mercury slew Argos and Pâ—rseus Medusa Harping-Irons certain Irons to strike great fish withal being at one end like a barbed arrow and having at the other end a cord Harpings the breadth of a ship at the bow Harpocrates an Image used in the ceremonies of Serapis and Isis made with one hand upon his mouth and called by the Aegyptians the god of silence Harpyes the three daughters of Pontus and Terra Aello Celaeno and Ocypete they were part women and part birds having claws like vultures Homer saith that upon Celaeno whom he calls Podarges Zephyrus begat Balius and Xanthus the horses of Achilles Hart in the Forrest Laws is a Stag of 5 years old if having been hunted by the King or Queen he escape alive he is called a Hart royal Hart-hall a place for Students in the University of Oxford built by Water Stapleton Bishop of Exceter together with Exceter Colledge in the time of King Edward the second who in imitation of him built Oriall Colledge and St. Mary Hall Hatches of a ship are trap-doors to let things down into the hold they are also called scutles Hauberk or Haubert French a coat of maile Havelock a certain Danish foundling of the Royal blood who as it is reported was fosterd by one Grime a Merchant and from a skullen in the Kings kitchin was for his valour and conduct in Military affairs promoted to the maâ—riage of the Kings daughter Havering a Town in Essex an ancient retiring place of the Kings of England so called from the fabulous conceit of a ring delivered by a Pilgrim as sent from St. John Baptist to King Edward the Confessour Haunt a term in hunting the walk of a Deer or the place of his ordinary passage in French Enceinte Hauriant see Hariant Hauselines or Hanselines old word breeches or slops Haw a hedge from the French word Hay also an old word signifying black also a disease in the eye Haward or Hayward a keeper of the common Heard of the Town who is to look that they neither break nor crop hedges from the French words Hay a hedge and Garde custody Hawise a proper name of women See Avice Hawkers certain deceitful people that go up and down from place to place buying and selling old brasse or pewter which ought to be uttered in open market Hawlkes old word corners Hawten old word insolent Hawthorn white thorn from Haegdoren Haeg in Dutch signifying white Hazard or Hasard the ace of the dice metaphorically any doubtful event Hay a Town in Brecknockshire called in Brittish Trekethle i. a Town in a Grove of Hazel-trees it was formerly a very flourishing place till ruined and depopulated by that arch rebell Owen Glendowerdwy Hayboot signifieth in common Law a permission to take thorns to make or repair hedges Hayn old word hatred H E Headborow the chief of the frank pledge the same as Constable or Tithingman from heord i. head and borhe i. pledge Heafling Sax. a captive Heafod Sax. a head Healgemote or Halymote a Saxon word signifying a Court-baron or meeting of the Tenants in one Hall Hearse an empty Tomb erected for the honour of
the dead from the Greek word Arsis a lifting up Hebdomaâ—e Greek the number 7. a week which consists of 7 dayes Hebe the Goddess of Youth and daughter of Juno without a father she was for her beauty preferred by Jupiter to be his Cupâ—bearer but one time falling down and discovering her secret parts to the gods she was removed from her place Hebetude lat bluntness dulness Hebrews a name given to the Israelites because they spake the ancient Hebrew Language which continued in the Family of Heber after the division of tongues Hebrides certain Islands in the Deuâ—aledonian Sea called also Ebudae and the Western Islands they are 44 in number but the chief of them are Levissa Eusta Mula and Ila Hebrus a River of Thrace where the head of Orpheus was thrown after his body had been torn in pieces by the Bacchides Hecalius a name attributed to Jupiter by Theseus from Hecale an old woman who had devoted her life to Jupiter for his safe return Hecate the daughter of Jupiter and Latona and the sister of Apollo Some think her to be the same with Diana or the Moon also the name of a famous Inchantresse of Thrace Hecatomb Greek a sacrifice wherein a hundred beasts were offered at one time Hecatompolis an Epithet of the Island of Crete which is said to have had a hundred Cities in it Hecatompylae the name of a City of Aegypt otherwise called Aegyptian Thebes Heck the name of an Engin to take fish withal from the Dutch word hecken i. to pick or heck a bramble Heckled old word wrapped Hecktick feaver a feaver which is habitual and which inflames the solid parts of the body it comes from the Greek word Hexis a habit Hector the son of Priam and Hecuba he was accounted the stoutest of all the Trojans slew Protesilaus and Patroclus but was at length slain himself by Achilles the word signifieth Defender Hecuba the daughter of Dyamas the wife of Priam King of Troy it is feigned of her that after the taking of Troy she was turned into a bitch Hederal Crown a Crown of Ivy from the Latin word Hedera Heer and Hace old word hoarse and harsh Hegesistratus an Ephesian who was the builder of the City Elea in Asia Hegira the Epoch or computation of time among the Turkes Heinfare or Hâ—nfare old word a departing of a servant from his master from Hine and fare passage Heire of blood in Common Law is he who succeedeth by right of blood in any mans Lands or Tenements in fee but heir of Inheritance is he that cannot be defeated of his inheritance upon any displeasure Heirloom signifieth all implements of a house which having belonged to the house for certain descents accrew to the heir with the house it self Loom signifying a frame to weave in Heighth a vertue in writing or speaking wherein the expressions are neither too inflate nor too creeping but observing a decent majesty between both Helchesaites a sect of Hereticks who held it no sin to deny Christ in times of persecution their first Teacher was one Helchesaus Helchysm the drosse and scum of silver Hele old word to cover Helena the daughter of Jupiter and Laeda she was married to Menelaus and brought forth Hermione afterwards being stole away by Paris and being demanded of Priamus by the Greeks the Trojans refused to send her back which was the occasion of a very great war and of the destruction of Troy The word signifieth in Greek pittiful Heliacal rising of a Star is when a Star which was at first hid by the light of the Sun afterwards appears from the Greek word Helios i. the Sun Heliades the daughters of the Sun and sisters of Phaeton who wept themselves into Poplar-trees for the death of their brother and their teares became Amber their names were Phaaethusa Lampelusa and Lampetia Heliconian belonging to Helicon a hill of Phocis sacred to Apollo and the Muses Helioscopie Greek the furthest point of the Suns course in his ascention or descention Heliotrope Greek the name of a plant commonly called Turnsole also a kind of pretious stone Helle the daughter of Athamas King of Thebes she with her brother Phryxus crossing over the Pontick Sea upon a golden Ram being frighted with the danger fell into the sea from which accident that sea was ever after called Hellespont Hellebore the name of a certain plant called also Melampodium which is good against madness Hellenistical belonging to Greece or the Greek Language from Hellas the ancient name of that Country Helme signifieth in Navigation a piece of wood fastned to the rudder in a ship or boat also the helme of State is metaphorically taken for the chief place in the government of a Nation Helmed in stark stowers old word defended in sharp assaults Heluation lat a playing the glutton a greedy devouring Helve old word a handle of anything Helvetia a Country invironed by the Alps and the Hill Jura the Rivers Rhene and Rhone it is now called Swizzerland Hemerology Greek a Calender or Book wherein are registred the passages of every day Hemicranie Greek a disease in the head called the Meagrim Hemicycle Greek a half circle Hemingstone a Town in Suffolk which one Baldwin le Pettour held of the King per Saltum sufflatum Bumbulum seu Pettum i. e. by this Tenure that on every Christmasse Day before the King he should dance puff up his cheekes and fart Hemisphere Greek half the compass of the heavens or so much as is visible above the Horison Hemlock a certain plant called in Latin Cicuta whose juice being poison used to be given to capital offenders Henares a River in Spain near to which stands a Town called Alcala di Henares Henbane in Greek Hyoscyamus an herb which is counted rank poison Henchman or Heinsman a German word signifying a domestick servant It is taken among us for a page of honour Hend old word neat fine gentle Hengston hill a hill in Cornwall where the Brittish Danmonii calling the Danes to assist them to drive the English out of Devonshire were by King Egbertâ—otally â—otally defeated and ruined Hengwit see Hankwit Hengest the name of him who led the first English men into this Isle the word signifies in the Saxon Horseman Heniochus vide Auriga Henry the name of seven Emperours of Germany eight Kings of England four Kings of France four Kings of Castile the word comes from the German Einric i. rich and powerful or Herric i. rich Lord or else is contracted from Honoricus Hent old word to catch Hepatical Greek belonging to the Liver Hephaestian mountains certain burning mountains in Lycia Heptahedrical Greek having seven sides Heptagonal Greek belonging to a Heptagon or figure of seven angles Heptarchy Greek a sevenfold government or government of seven men as that of the Saxon Kings here in England Heraclea a City of Narbon in France now called St. Gilles Heraclitus the name of a famous Ephesian Philosopher who used to weep as often as
shadowes still incline more one way then another Hetruria a Countrey of Italy otherwise called Tuscia or Tuscanie the people whereof were in ancient times much given to sooth-saying it reacheth from Macra to Tyber Heveningham a Town in Suffolk which gave name and residence to an ancient family commonly contracted into Henningham Hew old word colour Hewmond old word shining Hexagonal Greek belonging to a Geometrical figure having six angles or corners Hexameter verse Greek a verse consisting of six feet it is otherwise called a Heroick verse because it is used in Heroick Poems Hexaptote Greek a Noune declined with six cases Hexastick Greek a Stanza consisting of six verses Heydelberg a Citie of Germany so called from the Dutch words Heyd i. e. sweet Broom and Berg i. e. a Hill H I Hiation lat an opening asunder or gaping Hibernia a fair Island lying on the Western part of Brittain it is now called Ireland Hibride a Mongrel or a Creature of a mixt generation it comes from the Greek word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 disgrace Hichel or Hatchel an instrument to kemb Hemp or Flax withall Hickway a certain bird otherwise called a wood pecker or wryneck in Greek Jynx Hidage a certain Tax which upon extraordinary occasions used to be paid for every hide of Land Hide of Land from the Dutch word Heyd i. e. a wide field also Heath and Broom signifieth in Law such a quantity of Land as may be plough'd with one plough in a year which according to some mens accounts is about a hundred Acres eight Hides being a Knights fee. Hide and Gain arable Land or the same as gainage Hidel a kinde of sanctuary or hiding place Hierarchie Greek a spiritual government also the holy order of Angels which consisteth of nine degrees Seraphims Cherubims Thrones Dominations Principalities Powrs Vertues Arch-Angles and Angels Hieratick paper fine paper dedicated to religious uses Hieroglyphicks certain Mysterious Characters or Images used among the ancient Aegyptians whereby holy sentences were express't Hierograms Greek sacred writings Hierome or Hieronymus the name of one of the ancient fathers the word signifying in Greek holy name there was also a Tyrant of Sicily so called who contrary to the advice of his father Hiero taking part with Hannibal against the Romans was at length slain by them Hieronymians a certain order of Monks instituted by St. Hierome there were also certain Hermites so called whose order was founded in the year 1365. by one Granel of Florence Hierosolyme the famous Citie of Judaea vulgarly called Jerusalem Higham a Town in Suffolk which gave name and residence to an ancient family so called Hight old word named Hilarion a certain Hermite of Syria famous for many great miracles Hilarity lat chearfulnesse or mirth Hildebert the proper name of a man signifying in Dutch famous Lord. Himple an old Saxon word signifying to halt or go lame Hin a certain Hebrew measure containing 12 Sextaries or Logins a Login being a certain measure which contains about the quantity of six Egg-shells Hine or Hinde is commonly used for a servant at husbandry Hippace a kinde of Cheese made of Mares milk Hipparchus a Tyrant of Athens who succeeded Pisistratus and having deflowr'd a Virgin Harmodius and Aristogeiton conspired against him and slew him also the master of horse a chief Officer among the Athenians was called Hipparchus Hippe the daughter of Chiron she was a great huntresse upon Mount Peleus and being got with Childe was changed into a Mare Hippiades Greek images representing women on hors-back Hippocentaurs see Centaurs Hippocrates a famous Physician of the Island of Coos he lived 104 years and was had in great honour by Artaxerxes King of Persia. Hippocren a Fountain of Boeotia sacred to the Muses Hippodame see Pelops Hippodrom Greek a place for tilting or hors-racing Hippogryph Greek a beast represented to the fancy being half a horse and half a griffin Hippolyta a Queen of the Amazons whom Hercules gave to Theseus for his wife Hippolytus the son of Theseus and Hippolyte he addicted himself wholly to hunting but being accused of adultery by Phoedra his mother in Law because he had denied her when she sollicited him to lye with her he fled away and was torn in piecâ—s by the wilde horses that drew his Chariot afterwards his limbs being gathered up and he restored to life by Aesculapius at the request of Diana he went into Italy and was called Virbius and built a Citie which from his wives name was called Ancia Hippomachie Greek a fighting on hors-back Hippomanes the son of Megareus and Merope who winning the Race from Atalanta the daughter of Sichaeneus by throwing golden Apples in her way he obtained her for his wife but because he could not abstain from lying with his wife in the Temple of Cybele he was turned into a Lion and she into a Lionesse Hippon the name of a Citie of Africa whereof St. Austin was Bishop Hippona an ancient goddesse who was worshipped as the goddesse of Hors-coursing and her image used to be placed in stables Hippâ—nax an Ephesian Poet who writ so sharply against some that painted him ridiculously that he caused them to hang themselves Hippotades the sirname of Aeolus King of the winds Hipsicratea the wife of Mithridates King of Pontus who loved her husband so much that she followed him in all dangers and extremities Hircine lat belonging to a Goat Hirculation lat a certain disease in a Vine which causeth it to bear no fruit Hircus the left shoulder of Auriga Hirsute lat rough bristly full of haire Hispalis a famous Citie of Spain situate upon the River Boetis it is now called Sevil. Hispania the Kingdom of Spain anciently divided into Boetica now called Granada Lusitania now called Portugal and Tarraconensis which containes the Kingdom of Arragon and part of Castile Hispid lat having rough haires or bristles Historiographer Greek a Writer of Histories a Historian Historiologie Greek a historical discourse Histrionical lat belonging to a Histrio or stage-player Hithe a little Haven to land wares out of boates H L Hlaford or Laford Saxon a Lord. Hleafdian or Leafdian Sax. a Lady H O Hoane a Saxon word signifying a fine whetstone Hobbie a kinde of Hawk called in Latin Alaudarius also a little Irish Nag Hoblers certain Irish Knights which used to serve upon Hobbies Hock and Hocks an old English phrase signifying mire and dirt Hocktide a certain festival time celebrated about Candlemasse for the death of Hardiknute the last King of the Danes it is also called Blazetide in Latin Fugalia Hocus-pocus a made word signifying a Jugler a shewer of tricks by Legier de Main or sleight of hand A Hodge-poge or Hotch-pot a Hachee or flesh cut to pieces and sodden together with Herbs also a Law-term signifying a commixtion or putting together of land for the better division of it Hodget a Persian Priest Hodiernal lat belonging to the present day or time Hoghenhine in Common-law is he
that cometh to a house Guest-wise and lieth there the third night after which he is accounted one of the family Hogoo a word vulgarly used for a high savour or taste it cometh from the French word Hautgoust Hogshead a measure oâ— wine containing the fourth part of a Tun. A Hogsteer a wilde Boar of three years old Hoker Sax. peevishnesse Holland one of the three parts into which Lincolnshire is divided from which the Earle of Holland deriveth his Title the other two are called Kestâ—ven and Lindsey Holm a certain Tree called otherwise a Hollie-tree also the same as Halm Holocaust Greek a burnt-offering or sacrifice laid whole on the Altar Holour old word a whore-monger Holsatia quasi Holt Sassia i. e. wooddy Germany Holtz signifying in Dutch wood it is a Countrey of Germany vulgarly called Holstein Homage the Oath that a Vassal or Tenant sweareth to his Lord also the Jury of a Court Baron consisting of such as owe Homage to the Lord of the Fee from the Greek word Omoo i. e. to swear Homer a famous Greek Poet called at first Melesigenes because he was born by the River Melete he writ a Poem concerning the wars of Troy which was called Ilias and another of the Travels of Vlisses called Odysseis He is called by some the Moeonian Prophet Homesoken or Hamsoken an immunity from an amerciament for entring into houses violently and without Licence it cometh from the Dutch words Heym a house and Suchen to seek Homicide lat Man-slaughter or Murder Homily Greek a Speech or Sermon Homoeomerie Greek a likenesse of parts Homogeneal Greek being of the same kinde Homologie Greek a confessing or agreeing Homonymous Greek things of several kindes having the same denomination a Term in Logick Honie-suckle a kinde of flowr otherwise called a wood-binde Honi sâ—it qui mal y Pense a common French Motto signifying in English blame be to him who thinketh ill Honour in Common-law is taken for the more noble sort of Seigneuries Honour-point in Heraldry is the upper part of an Escutcheon when the breadth thereof is divided into three equal parts Honorary lat done or conferred upon any one in token of honour Honorius the name of one of the Roman Emperours the son of Theodosius the first who divided the Empire between his two sons assigning to Arcadius the Eastern part to Theodosius the Western part Honymoon an expression commonly applied to new married people who loving violently at first soon cool in their affection Hope-Castle a Castle in Flimtshire to which King Edward the first retired when the Welsh-men set upon him unawares it is near Caergurle Castle Hophas a River that flowes by Haliartus a Citie of Boeotia formerly called Isomantus Hoplochrysme Greek 〈…〉 of weapons with the weapon 〈◊〉 Hoqueton French a 〈◊〉 of short Coat without sleeves Horae or the hours they were faigned by the Poets to be certain goddesses the daughters of Jupiter and Themis their names see in Hyginus Horary lat hourly Horatius Cocles a famous Roman who fighting against Pâ—rsenna King of the Hetrurians defended a bridge himself against all the enemies forces untill the bridge was cut down and after that he leapt into Tyber and swomme to his own people also Horatius Flaccus a famous Lyrick Poet of Venusium who was in high favour with Augustus and Mecaenas whence Horatio is a proper name frequent now adayes derived as some think from the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. of good eye-sight Hord Lat. a Cow great with Calf Horizontal Greek belonging to the Horizon i. e. that Circle which divides the upper Hemisphear or so much of the Heavens as we can see round about us from the lower Hemisphear or so much of the Heavens as is hid from our sight A Hornet a kinde of insect called in Latin Crabro which useth to infest horses and other creatures and is ingendred of the carcases of dead horses Horngeld a Tax within the Forrest to be paid for horned beasts it comes from horn and the Dutch word Gelden i. e. to pay Horodix Greek a kinde of Dial or instrument to shew how the hours passe aâ—way Horological Gr. belonging to a Horologe i. e. an Hour-glasse Clock or Dial. Horoscope Greek a diligent marking of hours also so much of the firmament as riseth every hour from the East also the Ascendent of ones Nativity or a diligent marking of the time of a Childes birth Horridity or Horrour lat frightfulnesse dreadfulnesse a quaking for fear Horseheal a kind of Herb otherwise called Elicampane Hortation lat an exhorting or perswading to any thing Horâ—ensius an eloquent Roman whose daughter Hortensia so pleaded her cause before the Triumvirs M. Antony Octavius and Lepidus that the great Tax was taken off which they had laid upon the people Hortyard a Garden-yard haply the same with Orchard Hosanna an Hebrew word signifying Save I beseech thee being a solemn acclamation used by the Jews in their Feasts of Tabernacles Hospitallers certain Knights of an Order so called because they had the care of Hospitals i. houses erected for the relief of Pilgrims and poor or impotent people Hostage French a pledge left in war for performance of Covenants Hosteler in Latin hospes or hostellarius a keeper of an Hostery or Inne an Host. Hostility lat hatred or enmity Hotchpot see Hodgepodge Hoten old word they promise Housage a fee that a Carryer or any one payes for setting up any stuff in a house House in Astrology is the twelf part of the Zodiack being divided into twelve equal parts Housebote Estovers out of the Lords wood to uphold a tenement or house from hous and the Dutch word bote a making good See Estovers Houton old word hollow The Howld of a ship the room betwixt the keilson and lower decks The Hownds the holes of the checks fastned to the head of the masts Howsel to administer the Sacrament to one that lyeth on his death-bed House-in is when a ship after she is past the breadth of her bearing is brought in narrow to her upper workes H U Hubba the name of a Danish Captain who in old times invaded this Island Hue and Cry in Common Law is a pursuite of one having committed felony by the highway by describing the party and giving notice to several Constables from one Town to another Hugh the proper name of a man signifying comfort Others derive it from the Dutch word Hougen to cut Huguenots a name which used to be given in derision to those of the reformed Religion in France from a gate in Tours called Hugon Others derive it from these words Huc nos venimus Hither we are come wherewith they begin their protestation Huik or Huke a kind of mantle used in Spain and Germany Hulk a kind of great and broad ship from the Greek word Olcas Hull a Town in Yorkshire situate upon the River Hull anciently called Kingston q. Kings Town upon Hull It being built by King Edward the first and beautified with
or one that maketh a false shew of Piety or Holinesse Hypogastrick Greek belonging to the Hypogastrium or lower part of the belly Hypoge Greek a cellar or place under ground Hypostatical Greek belonging to a Hypostasis or Personal subsistence Hypothenusal line a term in Geometry it is that side of a right-angled triangle which is subtended or opposite to the right angle Hypothetical Greek belonging to a Hypothesis i. e. a supposition also a Hypothetical Syllogism in Logick is that which begins with a conditionall conjunction Hypsicratea see Hipsicratea Hypsiphile the daughter of Thous and Queen of Lemnos she intertained Jason in his voyage to Colchos and had twins by him she was banisht out of Lemnos for saving her father when all the men of the Island were killed by the women and was intertained by Lycurgus King of Nemea Hyrcania a Country of Asia bordering southward upon Armenia Hyreus a Countryman of Boeâ—tia who desiring of Jupiter Mercury and Neptune whom he had intertained at his house that he might have a son and not marry the three Deities made water upon the dung of an Oxe which had been newly offered out of which when the tenth moneth was almost expired was borne Orion Hyrse a kind of plant otherwise called Millet Hysterical Greek as hysterical passion a certain disease in women commonly called Fits of the Mother Hysteron Proteron Greek a preposterous manner of speaking or writing expressing that first which should be last Hyttenia a part of Attica formerly called Tetrapolis because it had four chief Cities Probalynthus Oenoe Tricorythus and Marathon I A IAcchus one of the names of Bacchus from the Greek word Iacchein to cry out because his preistesses the Bacchae used in the celebration of his Orgies to make strange and unusual noises Jacynth the name of a certain pretious stone of a blewish colour also a flower called Hyacinthus see Hyacynthus Jacob Hebr. a supplanter or beguiler Jacobins certain Friars of the Order of St. Dominick Jacobites a sort of Hereticks instituted in the year 530. by one Jacobus Syrus they used circumcision and acknowledge but one nature in Christ. Jacobs staff a certain Geometrical instrument so called also a staff that Pilgrims use to walk with to James Compostella Jactancy lat a boasting Jaculation lat a shooting or darting Jambes French the side-posts of a door Jambeux French armour for the legs Iambick lat the foot of a verse consisting of two syllables one short and one long Jamblichus a famous Pythagorean Philosopher of Chalcis a Citie of Syria he was the Disciple of Porphyrius James the proper name of a man contracted from Jacob in Spanish Jago in French Jaques Jampnorum a certain Law-term used in Fines signifying certain Acres of Furze Janizaries Turkish foot Souldiers which are of the Guard to the Grand Signior Jane the Christian name of divers women mollified as some think from Joan. Jannock a kinde of Oaten bread much used in the North of England Jansenisme the opinion of Cornelius Jansenus Bishop of Tyre he was a great opposer of universal redemption Janthe a certain Virgin the daughter of Telessa who the first day of her marriage was transformed into a man Janus the name of an ancient King of Italy who intertained Saturn when he was banish't out of Creet by his son Jupiter and of him learn't husbandry and the use of the Vine he built a Citie called Janiculum from which all Italy was also called Janicula he is pictured with two faces and from him the first moneth of the year is called January Iapetus the son of Titan and Terra he married the Nymph Aria and begat Prometheus and Epimetheâ—s Japygia a Countrey upon the Borders of Italy called also Calabria and Magna Graecia the narrowest entrance of it reacheth from Tarentum to Brundusium Iarbas a King of Getulia See Dido Jargon the same as Gibbrish or Pedlars French Jarre of Oile an earthen pitcher containing twenty Gallons also the Order of Knights of the Jarre was instituted by Don Garcia King of Navarre who riding one day on hunting and entring into a Cave he saw an Altar with the image of the Virgin Marie and a Pitcher of Lillies at which sight being moved with devotion he founded this order Iarrock a kinde of Cork Iasion or Iasâ—us the son of Iupiter and Electra to him Ceres brought forth Pluto who was the first that brought men the use of money Iasmin or Iesemin a kinde of flowr so called Iason the son of Aeson King of Thessaly he was sent by his Uncle Pelias to Colchos to fetch the Golden Fleece and having overcome the Dragon and Brazen-footed Bull that were set to guard it by the help of Medea who was in love with him he brought her away with him and married her but afterwards falling in love with Creusa the daughter of Creon he left Medea who in anger burnt Creusa and her Palace together Iasper a precious stone of a green colour also the proper name of a man in Latin Gasparus Iaveline Ital. a kinde of Dart or Launce Iberia the ancient name of Spain Ibexe or Evick a kinde of a mountanous Goat in Greek called Aegoreros in Latin Capricornus Ibis a certain Lybian bird feeding upon Serpents formerly worshipped in Aegypt which with its long bill first taught the use of Glisters I C Icarius the son of Oebalus he being slain by the Sheapherds of Athens whom he had made drunk and being discovered by his Dog Maerâ— his daughter Erigone hanged her self for grief and was afterwards translated among the heavenly signs and was called Virgo the Dog also pined away and died and was translated among the signs Icarus the son of Daedalus who flying too near the Sun with his waxen wings which his father had made for him melted them and fell into the Sea which from thence was called the Icarian Sea Iceni a certain people anciently inhabiting those Provinces which are now called Suffolk Norfolk Cambridgshire and Huntingtonshire Ichdien a Motto or device heretofore belonging to the arms of the Princes of Wales it signifies in the old Saxon I serve Ichneunâ—on Greek an Indian Rat. Ichnography Greek a Description or Plat-form of any thing in writing according to which example it is to be made Ichthyologie Greek a Description of fishes Ichthyophagi a certain people who feed altogether upon fish which they catch with Nets made of the bark of a Palm-tree and build their houses with the bones of fish Icleped old word called or named Icond old word learned Iconoclastes Greek a breaker or demolisher of images a surname attributed to several of the Greek Emperours who were zealous against the worshipping of images in Churches from Icon an image and clazein to break Icorven old word cut or carved Ictericall Greek troubled with the overflowing of the gall a disease vulgarly called the Jaunders or the Jaundice from the French word Iaulne i. e. yellow because it maketh the skin to appear of a yellow colour I
D Ida a Mountain of Troas where Paris gave Judgement for Venus about the golden apple against Iuno and Pallas whence Venus is called the Idalian Queen Idas the son of Neptune he seeing Marpesia the daughter of Mars dancing in a wood which was sacred to Diana carried her away by force his father Neptune having given him very swift horses whereat Mars was so inraged that he threw himself into the River Lycoâ—ma but Apollo meeting Idas and fighting with him for Marpesia Iupiter sent Mercury to part them and Marpesia being left to her own freedom which of them she would choose made choice of Idas Idea the form of any thing represented to the imagination Identity lat a made Term much used in Logick and signifying as it were the samenesse of any thing Ides of a moneth are eight dayes in every moneth as in March May July and October from the fifteenth to the eight being reckoned backward in other moneths from the thirteenth to the sixth it comes from the old Latin word Iduo to divide Idiom Greek the peculiar phrase of any language Idiopathie Greek a peculiar passion Idiosyncrasie Greek the proper or natural temper of any thing Idiotical Greek private also belonging to an Idiote i. e. one born of so weak an understanding that the King by his prerogative hath the government and disposal of his Lands and substance and to that purpose a Writ de Idiota Inquirendo is to be directed to the Sheriff to examin the party suspected of Idiocie or Idiotisme Idolatrie Greek the worshipping of false gods but most properly an offering of Divine honours to any Idols pictures or images Idomeneus the son of Deucalion Grand-childe of Minoâ— King of Creet he returning from the Wars of Troy and going about to offer up his son who was the first that met him upon Land according to the vow he made to sacrifice whomsoever he met first he was driven out of the Kingdom by his subjects and arriving in the Countrey of Calabria he built the Citie of Salentinum Idoneous lat fit convenient Idyl Greek a kinde of Eclogue or Pastoral Poem such as was written by Theocritus Moschus and others I E Jearecapstern an Engin used in great ships to hoise the yards and sayls withall Ieat see Geat Iejunation lat fasting Iejunity lat hungrynesse also barrennesse shallownesse of judgement or stile Ienticulation lat a breaking ones fast Ieofail in Common-law is when a pleading or issue is so badly pleaded or joyn'd that it will be errour if they proceed it is contracted from the French words I'ay failli i. e. I have failed Ieopardy danger or hazard it comes from the French words jeu i. e. play and perte i. e. losse Ieremie a proper name signifying in Hebrew High of the Lord. Iesuati an order of Monks so called from their having the name of Jesus often in their mouths they were begun at Senâ— in the year 1365. by Francis Vincent and John Columbanus Jesuites those of the Society of Jesu a certain religious Order instituted by St. Ignatius Loyola they had to the three vows of Chastity Poverty and Obedience the vow of Mission annexed which bound them to go whithersoever the Roman Bishop should send them for the propagation of the Faith and to execute whatsoever he should command them Jesus Colledge a Colledge in Oxford built not long since by Hugh Price Doctor of the Laws Jet old word a device Jetson the same as Flotson Jews-eares a kind of mushrome or excrescence about the root of the Elder-tree Jewsstone a kind of stone called also a Marchesite I F Ifere old word together Ifretten old word devoured I G Ignaro Ital. a foolish ignorant fellow Ignifluous lat running or flowing with fire Ignify lat to set on fire to cause to burn Ignipotent lat powerful in fire Ignis â—atuus lat a kind of slight exhalation set on fire in the night time which ofttimes causeth men to wander out of their way It is metaphorically taken for some trivial humour or phancy wherewith men of shallow understandings are apt to be seduced Ignition lat a setting on fire †Ignivomus lat fire spitting or vomiting out flames of fire an Epithet proper to Aetna and some other mountains of the like nature Ignoble lat of an obscure birth or of a base spirit Ignominious lat dishonourable full of shame or reproach Ignoramus is a word used by the grand Inquest empanelled in the inquisition of causes criminal and publick when they mislike their evidence as defective or too weak to make good the presentment which word being written upon the Bill all farther inquiry upon that party is stopped It is also taken substantively for a foolish and ignorant person †Ignoscible lat fit to be pardoned or forgiven J H S a certain character whereby hath anciently been expressed Jesus the proper name of our Saviour the middle letter being taken for a Greek E but more likely the three initial letters of these words Jesus Hominum Salvator i. Jesus the Saviour of man have been commonly used for brevities sake I K Ikenild street one of the 4 famous ways that the Romans anciently made in England It taketh its name from the Iceni so the people inhabiting Norfolk Suffolk and Cambridgeshire are called the other three wayes were termed Foss Erminstreet and Watlingstreet I L Ilcester contracted from Ivelcester a Town in Somersetshire it was assaulted by Robert Mowbray when the Nobles of England conspired against King William Rufus to set up his brother Robert Duke of Normandy in the Royal Throne Ilia the daughter of Numitor King of the Albanes who by her Uncle Amulius was made a Vestal but being got with child she brought forth twins Romulus and Remus of whom Mars was reported to have been the father Iliades Greek the Title of a famous ancient Poem writ by Homer concerning the destruction of Troy which was formerly called Ilium from Ilus one of the Kings thereof who inlarged it after it had been built by Dardanus the son of Jupiter Iliacal Greek belonging to the Ilia or small guts Iliac passion a certain dangerous disease caused by the wind getting into those guts Ilioneus the son of Phorbas a Trojan he went with Aeneas into Italy and being famous for his Eloquence was sent on all his Embassages Illaborate lat unlaboured or done without paines †Illachrymable lat pittilesse also unpittied Illaqueation lat an entangling or ensnaring Illation lat a conclusion or inference †Illatration lat a barking at any one †Illecebrous lat alluring charming or inticing Illegitimate lat Bastard of a base birth unlawfully begotten Illepid lat dull and unpleasant in conversation Illiberal lat niggardly without generosity Illicite lat unwarrantable or unlawful †Illigation lat a binding or wrapping within Illimitate lat unbounded having no limits or bounds Illiterate lat unlearned †Illucidation lat a giving light also an explaining or making clear Illumination lat the same Illusion lat a
deceiving a mocking Illustration lat a making cleer a setting forth Illustrious lat Noble Famous Renowned Ilus a Trojan who when the Temple of Pallas was burning ran into the midst of the flames and recovered the Palladium which because no mortal eye was permitted to behold he was strook blind but afterwards the Goddesse being appeased his sight was restored Illyricum a Country of Europe so called from Illirius the son of Polyphemus it is now known by the name of Slavonia I M Imagery French painted or carved work of Images Imagination lat a feigning or phancying also the faculty it self likewise called the Phancy Imaus a great mountain dividing Scythia into two parts whereof one part is called Scythia within Imaus and the other Scythia without Imaus Imbâ—rgo Span. a word used among Merchants signifying an arrest or stop of ships or merchandizes upon any occasion Imbarke Ital. to go aboard a ship a term used in Navigation Imbecillity lat weakness †Imbellick lat unwarlick cowardly Imbellish French to adorâ— to beautifie †Imberbirk lat without a beard beardless Imber-week see Ember Imbibition lat a greedy receiving or drinking in of any liquid substance Imborduring a term in Heraldry when the field and circumference of the field are both of one mettal colour or fur Imbossed work from the Dutch word Inbossieren to carve or grave is work made with bunches or knobs in stone or mettall Imbossement the manner of that work Imbrication lat a making square or bending like a gutter-tile also a covering with tile from Imbrex a gutter-tile Imbrocado Spanish cloth of Gold or Silver Imbroyle French to put into a combustion to set together by the eares Imbuition lat a thorough moistning also a seasoning also a staining whence cometh our word Embrue Imitation lat a following or doing like another Immaculate lat unspotted undefiled Immanity lat salvagenesse wildness cruelty Also such a hugenesse as renders a thing unmanageable Immansuete lat untractable untame †Immarcescence lat unfadingness incorruptibleness hence the participial Immarcessible Immaturity lat unripenesse Immediate lat next or presently following Immedicable lat unhealable incureable †Immemorable lat unworthy of mention unremarkeable Immensity lat unmeasurableness hugeness exceeding largenesse Immersion lat a dipping ducking or plunging in †Immigration lat a going to dwell a passing into Imminent lat ready to fall hanging over †Imminution lat a diminishing or lessning Immission lat a putting in a planting into Immobility lat unmoveableness a being not to be removed Immoderate lat unmeasurable intemperate Immolation lat an offering up to God a sacrificing Immorigerous lat rude uncivil disobedient Immortality lat a living for ever everlastingness Immortalize lat to make immortal Immunity lat exemption from any office freedom priviledge Immure lat to inclose to shut up between two walls Immutability lat constancy unchangeableness †Impacted lat driven in Impaire see Empaire Impale Ital. to spit upon a stake also to crown or adorn also to fence about with pales It is a term sometimes used in Heraldry Imparity or Imparility lat inequality unevenness Imparlance see Emparlance Impassible lat not moved with any affection but more especially cold in the passion of love Cleop. Impe a term in Falconry signifieth to insert a feather into the wing of a Hawk instead of one which was broken It comes from the Saxon word imp or himp i. to graff or inoculate and is metaphorically taken for to fill up any vacancies It is taken also for a kind of graffing used by Gardeners Impeach or appeach French to hinder also to accuse one as guilty of the same crime whereof he which impeacheth is accused it cometh originally from the Latin word impedire Impeachment of waste in Common Law â—s a restraint from committing of waste upon Lands or Tenements †Impeccability lat an impossibility of sinning or offending it is a term proper to Scool-Divinity †Impedition or Impediment lat a hindering Impel lat to thrust on Impendent lat hanging over head also ready to fall upon Impenetrable lat unpierceable not to be pierced Impenitent lat unrepentant not repenting †Impenâ—ous lat having no feathers Imperative Mood in Grammar is that Mood which implyeth a commanding Imperceptible lat not to be taken notice of unperceiveable Imperial lat belonging to an Imperatour i. e. a Commander or Emperour †Imperil from the Lat. periculum to bring into danger Imperious lat given to domineer or insult of a commanding spirit †Imperforable lat not to be bored thorough a Decompositum or word compounded of two praepositions and a verb. Impersonal lat a term used in Gramar and signifieth that word whether pronoun or verb which hath but one termination for all the three persons or at least which wanteth a termination for one of them Impertinence lat a thing not belonging to the purpose †Impervestigable lat not to be found out by strict inquiry or search Impervious lat through which there is no passage Impetiginous lat scabby or troubled with an itching distemper Impetrate lat to obtain by earnest request or intreaty whence the participial Impetrable Impetuosity lat a driving forward with great force and violence †Impiation lat a defiling Impiety lat wickednesse a being void of piety †Impignoration lat a putting to pawn †Impigrity lat a being free from sloth quicknesse activity †Impinge lat to run against any thing also to drive fast into as a naile into a board whence the Participle Impacted above mentioned †Impinguation lat a fatning or making fat Implacability lat an unreconcileablenesse a disposition not to be appeased Implantation lat a planting or fastning into Implead in Common Law is to sue or commence a suit Implement lat a filling up of any vacancy also things necessary about a house or belonging to a trade are called Implements Implication lat a folding or wrapping within an entangling also a necessary consequence and in this last sence we use the word to imply which is hence derived Implicite lat folded or intangled together also implicite faith is taken in a translate sence for such a belief as is altogether upheld by the judgement and authority of a great company agreeing together Imploration lat an humble petitioning a desiring any thing with great submission †Implume lat bare without feathers Impolite lat rough and unpolish't Imporcation lat a making a Balk or ridge in the ploughing of land Imporous lat having no pores a word proper onely to Philosophy Importance French moment weight consequence a carrying in it some great matter from the Latin words in the preposition and portare to carry Importunate lat troublesome or wearying with too often or unseasonable requests Imposition lat an imposing or laying a strict injunction also the same as Impost Imposititious names latin original names Impositour lat one that belongeth to a Printing-house and imposeth the pages into a form for the presse Impossibility lat that which
cannot be done Impost French a tribute or tax but more especially we use it for the tax received by the Prince for such merchandizes as are brought into any haven from other Nations whereas Custome is for wares shipped out of the land Impostour lat a seller of false wares also any kinde of deceiver or jugler Impostume a word commonly but corruptly used for Aposteme Greek which is a gathering together of evil humours into any one part of the body Impotency lat an unablenesse or want of strength it is many times taken for an unapâ—nesse to generation Impoundage a confining or putting into a pound Impregnation lat a making fruitfull a filling or causing to swell Imprecation lat a cursing or calling down some mischief upon anothers head Impregnable lat not to be won or taken by force Imprese the same as devise it cometh from the Italian word Imprendere to undertake Impression lat an imprinting stamping or making a mark Imprest money is money paid to Souldiers before hand †Imprimings beginnings from the Latin Imprimis i. e. first of all a word used in the beginnings of Inventories or Catalogues of goods Improbation lat a disallowing or not approving Improbability lat a matter which can not be proved an unlikelinesse Improbity lat dishonesty wickednesse †Improcerity lat a lownesse want of talnesse or stature †Improcreability lat a barrennesse or unaptnesse to procreate †Improperation lat a making haste also an upbraiding any one with a fault Impropriation lat see appropriation Improvidence lat carelesensse or forgetfulnesse to provide want of foresight Improvement an advancing of profits a thriving a benefiting in any kind of profession Imprudence lat want of discretion or understanding Impudence lat overboldnesse shamelesnesse Impugnation lat a contradicting or resisting Impuissance French weaknesse distresse want of outward supports Impulsion lat a driving forward a thrusting on also a constraining Impunity lat a going unpunished an exemption from punishment Impurity lat uncleannesse Imputation lat a laying to ones charge Imputrescence lat a keeping from putrefaction or rotting an uncorruptiblenesse I N Inaccessible lat not to be come at Inachus the most ancient King of the Argives the son of Oceanus and Thetys and the brother of Aesopus concerning his daughter Jo see beneath in Jo from this King Inachus the chief River of Argia took its denomination Inaffability lat discurtesie unpleasantnesse in conversation Inaffectation lat carelesseness freeness from vain-glory Inambulation lat a walking from place to place Inamiable lat unlovely unpleasant †Inamissible lat not to be lost Inamorato Ital. a lover †Inaniloquution lat an iâ—dle or vain speaking from inanis empty and loqui to speak Inanimate lat having no life without a soul. Inanity lat emptiness or a being void of air or any other body It is a Philosophical term used by Dr. Charlton Inarable lat not to be plonghed †Inargentation lat a silvering over a covering with silver Inaudible lat not to be heard Inauguration lat an asking counsel of Augures or Soothsayers also the conferring of honours or preferment upon any one also a consecrating Inaurated lat covered with Gold gilded over Inauspicious lat unlucky ill-boding Inborow and Outborow in ancient times was the office of him that was to allow free liberty of Ingress and Egress to those that travelled between the two Realmes of England and Scotland This office belonged in King Henry the thirds time to Patrick Earle of Dunbar Incalescence lat a growing warm or lusty a taking heat Incandescence lat a being inflamed with wroth a growing angry Incanescence lat a growing gray-headed a waxing hoary Incantation lat an inchanting or charming Incapacity lat an uncapableness or being unfit Incarceration lat a putting in prison Incarnadin colour French a flesh colour or the colour of a Damask Rose Incarnation lat a making flesh to grow or a being made of flesh Incastellated French narrow-heeled Incendiary lat one that puts things into a flame or combustion a sower of division or strife Incense lat to inflame or stir up anger Incensory French a censing-pan or Church-vessel wherein they use to burn incense being a kind of rich Perfume or Gum distilling from a Tree of the same name and is also called Frankincense Incentive lat a stirring up or provokement a motive Incentor lat the same as Incendiary also Incentor Accentor and Succentor are three sorts of Singers in parts Inception lat a beginning or undertaking of any businesse whence Inceptour he that hath newly taken his degree in the University Incern lat to sift to examine strictly Incessant lat continual without ceasing Incestuous lat unchast committing incest which is an untying of the Virgin Zone or Cestus but it is commonly taken for a defiling one that is near in blood or kindred Inchoation lat a beginning of any work Incident lat hapning to or falling out of necessity It is also substantively taken in Common Law for a thing necessarily depending upon another as more principal as a Court-Baron is so incident to a Manor that it cannot be separated Incineration lat a reducing to ashes or cinders Incision lat a cutting deep into any thing a making a gash Incisure lat the cut or gash it self Incitation lat a stirring up or provoking Inclamitation lat an often calling upon Inclemency lat rigour sharpness a being without pitty or compassion Inclination lat a bending or leaning toward a disposition to any thing It is also taken in an amorous sense Artam Inclusion lat an inclosing a shutting in Inclusive lat containing Incoacted lat uncompelled Incogitancy lat a not thinking or minding rashnesse inconsiderateness †Incohible lat unrestrainable not to be restrained Incolumity lat a being free from danger safeness Incomity lat unsociableness want of civility in conversation Incommensurable lat holding not the same proportion or not to be measured with another thing Incommodious lat unprofitable or unfit Incommunicable lat not to be made common or imparted to another Incompact lat not close fastned or joyned together Incomparable lat without compare not to be compared with Incompatible lat not agreeing one with another not induring to be joyned together Incompensable lat uncapable of being recompenced Incompossible lat affirming what another denies A term proper onely to Logick Incomprehensible lat not to be taken hold of not to be conceived by the mind Inconcinnity lat ungracefulness a being ill disposed or placed out of order Incongealable lat not to be congealed or frozen Incongruity lat a disagreeableness an unfitness Inconsideration lat rashness unadvisedness Inconsolable lat not to be cheared or comforted Inconâ—tancy lat unstableness fickleness Incontinency lat a not abstaining from unlawful desires Incorporation lat a mixing together into one body or substance Incorporeal lat being bodiless or without a body Incorrigibility lat a being past correction Incorruptible lat never consuming or decaying free from corruption Incrassation
lat a thickning a making gross Increate lat not made uncreated Incredibility lat a being not to be believed Incredulity lat a not believing a want of belief Increment lat an increasing or growing big Increpation lat a chiding or finding fault with Incressant resembling the Moon not come to the full a term in Heraldry Incrustation lat a making or becomeing hard on the outside like a crust a rough-casting or pargetting Incubation lat a lying down a sitting over or brooding Incubus lat a certain disease called the night-mare which is caused by the ascending of raw humours up into the brain and obstructing the animal spirits it oppresseth people in their sleep and causeth them to imagin that some great weight is lying upon them There is also mention made in some Stories of certain spirits that having taken upon them humane shapes have mixed in carnal copulation with mortal persons the male spirit is called Incubus the female Succubus Inculcation lat an often repeating and insisting upon the same thing that it may the more deeply be imprinted in ones mind Inculpable lat unreproveable not to be blamed Incumbent lat lying or leaning upon also it is substantively taken for him that is preferred to any spiritual living and is in possession of it Incumbrance see Encumbrance Incurable lat not to be cured of any disease or malady Incur lat to run upon Incursion lat a running into a hitting against also a making an inroad Incurvation lat a crooking or bending Incussion lat a violent shaking or dashing against any thing †Incusation lat a blaming or accusing Indacus a servant to the Emperour Leo so swift of foot that he could outrun any horse Indagation lat a diligent searching Inde French a certain Mineral wherwith they use to paint or die of a blew colour called also Indico because it is brought out of India It is of two sorts English Inde and Inde Baunias Indecent lat unbecoming unfitting Indeclinable lat not to be declined or shun'd also in Grammar that Noun is said to be indeclinable which varies not Cases Indecorum lat an unseemlinesse an unhandsome carriage Indefatigable lat not to be wearied or tired Indefinite lat not limited undefined undetermined Indelible lat not to be cancelled razed or blotted out Indemnity lat a freeness from damage loss or danger Indenture a writing containing some contract between two or more from the French word Endenter it being indented or jagged on the top Independency lat a not depending upon another absoluteness of ones self but it is commonly taken for that profession or sect of men who manage all things belonging to Church-discipline within their own Congregations and allow not of a dependance upon a national Church Indeprecable lat not to be perswaded or intreated Indesinent lat incessant without ceasing Indeterminate lat not determined or decided but left indifferent Index lat a token or mark to shew or direct the Table of a Book India a famous and vast Country lying very far toward the East and extreamly abounding in riches It is denominated from the River Indus America or the New World is also called the West Indies Indian mouse a little beast called in Greek Ichneumon which creeping in at the mouths of Crocodiles eates up their entrailes and kills them Indication lat a shewing or making manifest also a term in Physick signifying the right way which prescribeth what is to be done in relation to the restoring of health Indicative mood in Grammar is that mood which barely affirms and no more Indicavit the name of a writ by which the patron of a Church may remove a suit commenced against his Clerk from the Court Christian to the Kings Court. Indico the same as Inde Indiction lat a certain computation of time which came in place of the Olympiads every Indiction is the space of 15 years by which compute all publick writings were dated at Rome it signifieth also a tribute or tax Indifference lat a carelesse general and unconcerned affection Cassandra Indigence lat need penurie or want Indigenous lat an indweller or native of any Country Indigestion lat cruditie want of digestion or concoction in the stomack Indigitation lat a pointing at or shewing with the finger Indignation lat a being angry with Indignity lat unworthiness unworthy dealing †Indiligence lat want of diligence sloth Indiscretion lat want of discretion or prudence Indiscriminate lat where no separaration or difference is made Indissoluble lat not to be dissolved untied or taken asunder Indistinct lat not distinguisht or known one from another Inditement see Enditement †Inditiation lat a giving a mark or sign Individual lat not to be divided or separated an individual or individuum in Philosophy is taken for a small particle or body so minute that it cannot be divided and is by some called an Atome also in Logick it signifies that which cannot be divided into more of the same name or nature and is by somd called Singulare Indivisible lat not to be divided Indivisum lat in Common-law is that which two hold in common without partion or dividing Indocility or Indocibility lat an unaptnesse to be taught or learn Indoctrination lat an instructing or teaching Indolency lat a being without pain Indomable lat not to be tam'd Indorcement in Common-law is a condition written upon the other side of an obligation or conveyance from the Italian word Endossare Indâ—bitation lat a not doubting a yielding for certain Inducement French a perswasion or drawing on Induciary lat belonging to a league or truce Induction lat a leading into a drawing on or inticing also in Logick it is taken for a kind of argumentation or Imperfect Syllogisme wherein the species is collected out of the Individuals the Genus out of the species and the whole out of the parts †Indulcation or Indulciation lat a sweetning a making sweet Indulgence lat a gentlenesse in suffering a favouring a pardoning it is also taken for the form of some special act of grace granted by the Pope to divers persons upon some special occasions which some call an Indult †Indument lat a cloathing or garment Induration lat a making hard †Indusiated lat cloathed with a garment called Indusium i. e. a shirt or smock Industrie lat pains labour diligence some derive it from induere and sâ—rnereâ— it being as Minshew saith as it were a certain structure wherewith the mind is indued Inebriation lat a making drunk Ineched old word put in Ineffable lat unspeakable not to be uttered †Ineffugible lat unavoidable not to be shunned Inelaborate lat not labourd or taken pains for Ineluctable lat not to be overcome by wrestling or taking great pains Innerrable lat not to be declared or related Ineptitude lat unaptnesse also fondnesse vainnesse Inequality lat unequalnesse unevennesse Inequitable lat not to be rid through †Inertitude lat lazinesse slothfulnesse Inescutcheon a term in Heraldry being an
dutch word Iskekel a tappe of ice a drop of water frozen Isis a goddesse worshipped by the Egyptians she was at first called Io and was the daughter of Inachus King of Argos see Io. Isis the river Ouse in Wiltshire which meeting with Thames is called Thamisis Islip a Town in Oxfordshire anciently called Gistlipe famous for being the birth-place of King Edward the Confessour Ismaelite one descended from Ismael the son of Abraham by his Concubin Agar Isonomy Greek an equality Isoceles Triangle in Geometry is that which hath two equal sides and two equal opposite Angles Isota de Nugarolis a Virgin of Verona the daughter of Antonius de Nugarolis she was very famous for Philosophy Philology and Poetry Isped old word dispatched Israel Hebrew prevailing in the Lord. Issue in Common law signifieth either children begotten between a man and his wife or the profits of lands or the profits growing from a fine or a matter depending in suit whereupon the parties joyn Isthme Greek a narrow neck of land lying between two seas the most famous Isthmus is that of Greece whereupon Corinth stands from thence were denominated the Isthmian Games instituted by Theseus in honour of Neptune Istria a Country of Italy joyning to Illyricum Isurium Brigantum the name of an ancient City in York-shire so called from the River Vre running by it It was many ages since rased to the ground but out of the ruines of it was built a Town now called Ealdburgh or Aldborow I T Italia or Italie one of the most famous Countries of Europe so called from Italus otherwise called Atlas an ancient King thereof who had two daughters Electra whom he marryed to Camboblasco King of the Janigenae and Roma whom he made Queen of the Aborigenes she is said to have laid the foundation of the City Rome which was afterwards finished by Romulus others derive Italy from the Greek word Italos an Ox because that Country abounded with Oxen it was anciently called Hesperia from Hesperus the brother of Atlas To Italianize a made word signifying to speak or do like an Italian Iteration lat a saying or doing the same thing over again a repeating Ithaca an Island in the Ionian sea where Vlisses was born it is full of Goats but no Hare can live there Itinerary lat belonging to a journy also substantially used for a Calender of miles or a note-book wherein are set down the passages of a journy Itylus the son of Zethus and Aedon see Aedon Itys the son of Tereus King of Thrace by Progne the daughter of Pandion King of Athens he was slain by his mother and set before Tereus to eat at a banquet because he had deflowred her sister Philomel who after her hands and tongue were cut off wrought the relation of it with her needle but Tereus discovering in the midst of the banquet the slaughter of Itys by seeing the head of the child he pursued Progne and her sister with his sword drawn who running from him Progne was changed into a swallow Philomell into a Nighingale and Itys into a Pheasant J U Juba a King of Mauritania he was a constant friend to Pompey's party he overthrew Curio and all his forces sent into Africa by Caesar when Pompey was overcome he joyned his forces with Scipio and dyed fighting with Petreius Jubarb q. barba jovis because of its perpetual greennesse a kind of plant otherwise called Housleek Jubeb fruit or Jujubes Arab. zufalzef a kind of Pruan used much in Physick and sold by Apothecaries it was a fruit known among the Seres a people of Scythia and therefore called in Latin Sericum Jubilation lat a solemn rejoycing a shouting for joy A year of Jubile a great festival or time of rejoycing celebrated every 50th year by the Jews in remembrance of their deliverance from Egypt it came at length to be solemnized among the Christians being first instituted by Pope Boniface the eighth in the year 1300 who ordained it to be kept every hundred years it comes from the Hebrew word Jocel rejoycing Jucundity lat pleasantnesse Judea a Country of Syria in Asia the greater bordering eastward upon the dead sea it is also called Chananaea or the land of Promise Judaisme lat the faith or religion of the Jews Judicatory lat a place of Judgement or hearing of causes Judicial or Judiciary lat belonging to a cause tryal or judgement Judith Hebr. praising a proper name of women Ivetot a Town of lower Normandy in France which hath in former times been governed by a titular King whence a man of a great Title and a small inheritance is in derision called a King of Ivetot Jugal lat belonging to a yoak Jugament lat a yoaking or coupling Jugular or Jugularie lat belonging to the throat whence the jugular veins are those veins which ascend along the sides of the neck to the bottom of the head Jugulation lat a cutting the throat of any one a killing Jugurth the son of Manostabales brother of Micipsa King of Numidia whom his Uncle dying constituted heir of his kingdom together with his two sons Adherbal and Hiemsal but Jugurth that he might possesse the Kingdom to himself slew them both whereupon the Romans made war upon him for a long time wherein at length being overthrown by Marius he fled to Bocchus King of Mauritania by whom he was betrayed to Sylla and being brought to Rome dyed in prison Jujubes see Jubeb fruit To Juke to pearch or roost as a Hawk Julep a kind of physical medecine to open the inward parts and prepare for purgation being a decoction mingled with sirrups or sweetned with sugar Jullaber a certain hillock in Kent so called from one Jullaber a Giant or as some say a Witch who was here enterred but Cambden rather thinks it so named from Laberius Durus a Captain of Julius Caesars who was here slain Julian sirnamed the Apostate because that being brought up in the Christian religion he fell back to Heathenisme he was the son of Constantius and by his valour came to be made Roman Emperour he prohibited to the Christians all kind of learning that through their ignorance they might become uncapable to defend their religion at last in an expedition against the Persians being mortally wounded he cryed out vicisti Galilaee Thou hast overcome O Galilaean meaning Christ and soon after dyed also a proper name of women contracted Juliana some write it Gilian Julian account see Gregorian account Julio a kind of Italian coin made by Pope Julius valuing about six pence of our mony Julius Caesar the first of the Roman Emperours he subdued France Spain Brittain the Low Countries and the greatest part of Germany afterwards he entred into a civil war with Pompey whom he utterly defeated at the battle of Pharsalia and his two sons Cneus and Sextus Pompeius in Spain and having reigned three years in Rome as absolute Emperour he was at length slain in the Senate house by Brutus and Cassius the
of his own authority he cannot deal in his County-Court Justiciable French subject to Law under authority Justicians a certain religious Order instituted in the year 1412 in the Abby of St. Justine at Padua by one Lewise Balus a Venetian Justification lat a clearing justifying or making good in Common Law it is a shewing a good reason why a man did such a thing as he is called to answer Justinianus a name by which two of the Roman Emperours were called The first was famous for causing the Civil Law to be reduced into the Pandects and the Code whence Students of the Civil Law are called Justinianists the second for the great wars he had with the Saracens and Bulgarians Justinopolis a City of Istria built upon the Sea side by the Emperour Justine it is now called Cabo d' Istria Jutties of houses are certain parts of a building which jut or stand out farther than the rest Juturna the daughter of Daunus and sister of Turnus King of the Rutuli she was by Jupiter in recompence of the losse of her maiden-head immortalized and made Nimph of the River Numicus Juvenility lat youthfulnesse lustinesse or vigour Juventas the Goddesse of Youth the same with Hebe Juverna an ancient name of Ireland I W Iwimpled old word muffled I X Ixion the son of Phlegyas he having slain his son in law Erioneus after he had long wandered up and down and could not be absolved either by gods or men at length Jupiter pitying him took him up into Heaven and expiated him but he after his purgation remaining among the gods fell in love with Juno and sollicited her to unchastity which she making known to Jove he formed a cloud in the shape of Juno and Ixion thinking it to have been the goddesse begat a race of Centaurs and being soon after sent down to the earth he boasted every where that he lay with Juno for which being struck down to Hell with a Thunderbolt he was condemned to be alwayes rowled on a wheele K A KAb or Cab an Hebrew measure containing three pints of our measure Kalends see Calends Karena the twentieth part of a drop a term used in Chimistry Karobe or Carobe a kind of fruit also an herb called St. Johns bread also a very small weight used by Goldsmiths being the 24 part of a grain Karos or Caros a certain disease in the head which causeth much drousinesse Katharine see Catharine K E Keel the lowest and first timber laid in a ship the botton of a ship also a vessell to coole new beer or ale in Keen or Kene old word sharp some think it comes from the Greek word a cone a whetstone Keeper of the great Seal of England is he under whose hands passe all Charters Commissions and grants of the King strengthned by the Great or Broad Seal without which they are of no effect He is a Lord by his office and one of the Kings privy Council Keeper of the privy Seal is also a Lord by his office and one of the privy Council under his hands passe all Charters signed by the King before they come to the Broad Seal Keeper of the Forrest is he who hath the principal government of all things belonging to the Forrest he is also called chief Warden of the Forrest Kele old word to coole Kemeling old word a Brewers vessel Within Ken within sight or view a term in Navigation and comes from the Saxon word Kenne i. e. to know or discover Kenchester a Town in Herefordshire built as some think out of the ruines of old Ariconium Kenhelm the proper name of a man signifying in Saxon defence of his kindred Kenneleth applyed to a Fox when he is in his hole A term in hunting Kenodoxy or Cenodoxy Greek vain-glory Kenotaph see Cenotaph Kerchief French Coâ—vrechef a kind of linnin dresse which women use to wear upon their heads Kerck or Kirk old word a Church Kern an old Brittish word signifying a horn Kern a kind of light-armed foot souldier among the Irish we use it also for an ordinary Country farmer also to Kern signifieth to powder or to salt Kernel lat Kernellare an old word signifying to embattle a house Kerry a County of Ireland in the Province of Mounster Kers or Cresses a kind of plant so called Kersie French a kind of cloth or stuff much used Kesar a word which the Brittains used instead of Caesar and is taken in the same sense at this day when they say King nor Kesar Kesteven see Holland Key of a River or Haven a place where ships ride and are as it were lock't in Some deduce it a quiescendo i. from resting or from the old Latin Casare i. to restrain Keynard old word a micher K I Kichel old word a kind of cake the same which is called in Latin Libum Kilderkin in Dutch Kindekâ—n a kind of liquid measure being the eighth part of a hogshead it contains about eleven or twelve gallons Kiles from the Dutch word keghel an Isicle certain pins to play withal commonly called Nine-pins Kildare two Counties of Ireland in the Province of Leimster Kilkenny two Counties of Ireland in the Province of Leimster Kinburgh Sax. strength and defence of kindred a proper name of women King from the Dutch word koning i. to know because he ought to be the most knowing of men or from Konnen to be powerful the supream Ruler of a Nation King of Harolds or King of Arms he is called Garter and is the same with Pater patratus among the Romans See in Harald Kingsbench the Court or Judgement-seat where the King was wont to sit in his own person and therefore it was moveable with the Court or Kings houshold and was called Curia domini Regis or Aula Regia Kings Silver that money which is due to the King in the Court of Common-pleas in respect of a license there granted to any man for passing of a fine Clark of the Kings Silver is an officer of the Common pleas unto whom every fine is brought after it hath been with the custos Brevium and by whom the effect of the Writ of covenant is entred into a paper book Kingston upon Thames a Town in Surry so called because Athelstane Edwin and Etheldred were here Crowned Kings in the open Market-place Kintal see Quintal K N Knap of ground a little rising hillock Knave Sax. Canapa signifieth originally a Lacquey or Waiting-man and cometh originally from the Hebrew word Gnavadh to serve Knees in Navigation are certain crooked pieces of timber used in Ships to fasten the beames unto the sides Knight Sax. Cnicht hath been taken originally for a souldier or horseman in war those that were wont to accompany and wait upon the Emperour in the wars were called in Dutch Knechts i. e. servitours or lusty young men It is also taken for a client or vassal but more especially one that holds his land by serving his Lord on horseback it is now grown to be a Title of great
Dignity and Honour Of Knight-hoods there are many sorts but the most usual in this Nation are these Knight Bachelour the lowest but ancientest Order of Knight-hood and cometh from the Germans among whom it was an ancient custom that as soon as the State judged any of their young men fit to manage armes and weapons and allowed him sufficient for martial exercises then in the very assembly and council either one of the Princes the father or son of the kinsfolk of the young man did furnish him with a shield and a javelin as the Romans did the toga virilis or Virile gown to those whom they thought capable of publick imployment and thenceforth from a part of a private house he was accounted a member of the Common-wealth It was also an ancient ceremony to honour men with the Girdle of Knighthood which he who received was solemnly to go to Church and offerring his sword upon the Altar to vow himself to the service of God afterwards it came to be usual for Kings to send their sons to the neighbour Princes to receive Knighthood at their hands Then it was also that besides the Sword and Girdle Gilt-Spurs were also added for more ornament whence in Latin they are called Equiâ—es aurati the word Bachelours some derive from the French Baschevaliers as it were Knights of the lowest degree others from Batailler to battel or fight they are also simply and without any addition called Knights Knight Banneret from the Dutch word Bannerherr Lord or Master of the Banner is a Knight made in the field with the ceremonies of cutting the point of his Standard and making it as it were a Banner and is allowed to display his arms in the Kings army This Dignity was given at first by the Kings of England and France to such Gentlemen as valiantly carried themselves in two Royal Battels or to such as had ten vassals and means to maintain a Troop of Horses at their own charge Some say the first original of it was from Edward the third Knight Baronet is a new distinct Order erected by King James who for certain disbursements toward the Plantation in Vlster created divers into this Dignity and made it hereditary by his Letters Patents to be seen in the Rolles whereas before that time there were Baronets who were not Knights and these Knight Baronets were to have precedency in all Writings Sessions and Salutations before all Knights of the Bath and Knights Bachelours and Bannerets except those created under the Kings Standard in an Army Royal the King being personally present and the King was not to create any person into that degree of Baronet within the Kingdom of England above the number of two hundred Knight of the Bath an Order of Knights created within the lists of the Bath and girded with a sword in the Ceremonies of their Creation these Knights were wont to be created with a great many religious solemnities which usually belong to Hermites and other holy Orders Knights of the Carpet are another sort of Knights made out of the field and are so called because in receiving their order they commonly kneel upon a Carpet Knights of the Garter an order of Knighthood instituted by King Edward the 3d. some say upon occasion of good successe in a skirmish wherein the Kings Garter was used for a token others affirm that the King after his great successes abroad and at home dancing one night with the Queen and other Ladies took up a Garter that hapned to fall from one of them whereat some of the Lords smiling the King said that ere long he would make that Garter to be of high reputation and shortly after he erected this order of the blue Garter which consists of 26 martial Nobles whereof the King of England used to be the chief and the rest be either of the Realm or Princes of other Countreys there are also depending upon this order 26 poor Knights who have no other sustenance but the allowance of this house and are also called poor Knights of Windsor the site of this Colledge being the Castle of Windsor with the Chappel of St. George the Officers belonging to this Order are the Prelate of the Garter which Office belongeth to the Bishop of Winchester the Chancelour of the Garter the Register of the Garter who was alwayes Dean of Windsor the principal King of Arms called Garter and the Usher of the Garter which Office belonged to the Usher of the Princes Chamber called Black-rod Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem an Order of Knighthood erected in the year 1120. and had their first foundation and abode in Jerusalem afterwards they had their residence at Rhodes whence they were expelled by Solyman and ever since their chief seat hath been at Malta where they have done great exploits against the Turk there was one general Prior that had the government of the whole Order in England and Scotland but toward the end of Harry the eights reign they were suppressed in England for adhering to the Pope Knights of the Temple or Knights Templars an Order of Knighthood erected by Pope Gelasius about the year of our Lord 1117. these Knights in the beginning dwelling not far from the Sepulchre of Christ intertained Christian strangers and Pilgrims charitably and in their Armour led them through the holy land to view such things as there were to be seen and to defend them from the Infidels but because at the last they abounded in many Vices and many of them fell away from Christianity to the Saracens the whole Order was suppressed by Pope Clement the fifth and their substance given to the Knights of Rhodes and other Religious Orders Knights of the Shire two Knights or other Gentlemen of worth that are chosen by the freeholders of every County that can dispend fourty shillings per annum and be resident in the Shire formerly none but Knights were chosen to that Office Milites gladio cincti for so runneth the Tenour of the Writ when every one that had a Knights fee was constrained to be a Knight but now custome alloweth that Esquires may be chosen so that they be resident in the County Knight Marshal an Officer of the Kings house who hath the Jurisdiction and Cognisance of any transgression as also of all Contracts made within the Kings house and verge Knights of Calatrava in Spain an Order created by Alonzo the ninth King of Spain conferred upon certain Cavallero's who went in Devotion to succour Calatrava against the Moors their badge was a red crosse on the left side of their breast Knights of the Jar see Jar. Knights fee so much inheritance as is sufficient to maintain a Knight with convenient Revenue which was in ancient time about 800 Acres it is also taken for the Rent that a Knight payes for his fee to the Lord of whom he holds Knights service or Chevalry a certain ancient Tenure of Lands by which a man was obliged to bear Arms in
the Coast of Asia Lanarious or Laneous lat belonging to or made of wool Lancaster or Loncaster i. a Town situate upon the River Lone the chief Town of Lancashire which some think to be the same with the ancient Town Longovicum Lancelot the proper name of a man signifying in Spanish a Lance or Spear of this name was one of King Arthurs Knights of the round Table Lancepesado see Launcepesado Lanch to put a float a ship or boat that lies aground Lanciferous lat bearing a Launce Landcape an end of Land or continent which stretcheth it self out into the Landgraviate a Countrey belonging to Sea to a Landgrave which in the Dutch tongue is as much as Count or Earle of a Province or piece of Land given by the Emperour Landlcck't a term in Navigation is when a man sees land round about him out of a ship or boat Landloper Dutch a vagabond that runs up and down the Country Landskip see Lantskip Landto just so far off at Sea as a man can see the land Landturn the same off the land by night as a breiz is off the sea by day Langrel a term in Gunnery a loose shot which when it is put into the piece flies out at length when it is discharged Langued tongued a term in Blazon or Heraldry from the French word langue a tongue Langid lat weak faint languishing Languour lat a drooping decaying languishing Laniation lat a butchering or tearing to pieces Laniferous lat bearing cotton or wool Lank old word slender or weak Lanner or Lanneret a kind of Hawk called in French Faulcon Lanier Lantgrave see Landgrave Lantskip Landskip or Paisage a description of Land as far as may be seen above the Horison by hills valleys cities woods rivers c. in a mixt picture which contains both persons and the description of a Country or any part of a Country the persons are called the Argument the Landskip the Parergon or By-work Lanuginous lat covered with Lanuge which is a soft thin down or cotten-like substance which groweth upon some kinds of fruit also that which appeareth upon the chins of young men before they come to have perfect beards Laocoâ—â— the son of Priamus and Hecuba and Priest to Apollo he was the first that disswaded the Trojans from receiving the great horse into the walls and strook his Spear so hard against it that the sound of the armes was heard within whereupon it hath been affirmed that for his despising the gift of Minerva there came immediately two great Serpents and first devoured his two children afterwards himself Laodamia the daughter of Bellerophon and Achâ—mone she brought forth Sarpedon King of Lycia to Jupiter who was inamoured of her at length having displeased Diana the goddesse shot her with her own arrows Laodicea a City in Asia the Lesse which became very wealthy by the great gifts of divers rich Citizens as Jeronymus who died worth two thousand talents Zeno the Orator and his son Polemo whom Augustus advanced to be a King Laodoche the wife of Protesilaus she died imbracing the dead body of her husband slain by Hector Laodocus the son of Antenor in his shape Minerva came into the Army of the Trojans and perswaded Pandarus by shooting at Menelaus to break the league Laomedon a King of the Trojans he was the son of Ilus and the father of Priamus to divert a great pestilence which was sent upon the City because he had defrauded Neptune and Apollo of the wages he had promised them for building the City walls he was constrained to expose his daughter Hesione to be devoured by a Sea-monster promising Hercules to give him his horses which were of sacred race on condition he would undertake to free his daughter which he having performed and Laomedon going back from his word Hercules made war against him and took the City slew Laomedon took Priamus captive and gave Hesione to Telamon who was the first man that skalled the walls Lapicide lat a stone-cutter a hewer of stones out of the quarry Lapidary lat one that pollisheth or works in stones a jeweller Lapidation lat a stoning or putting to death with stones hurled or slung Lapidescence lat a waxing hard like stone or of a stony substance Lapithae a people of Thessalie inhabiting the mountains Pindus and Othrys they were governed by Pirithous had great conflicts with the Centaurs and were the first that invented bridles and saddles Lappewing a kind of bird so called from the often clapping of its wings it is also called a Houp and in French Lapouin Lappise is when Greyhounds open their mouths in their course or Hounds in the liam or string a term in Hunting Lapse lat a slip or fall It is also when an original Patron departeth from the right of presenting to a void Benefice by neglecting to present within 6 moneths unto the ordinary Laqueary lat the roof of a chamber vaulted Lara the name of one of the Nimphs called Naiades the daughter of the River Almon she was delivered to Mercury to be carried to Hell for revealing to Juno the love of Jupiter to the Nimph Juturna the sister of Turnus but Mercury falling in love with her by the way lay with her and begat twins called Lares or House-hold-gods who are also named Penates Larboard a term in Navigation the left side of a boat or ship Larcenie from the French word Larrecin i. theft a word used in Common-Law and is either great larcenie namely when the things stollen exceed the value of 12 pence or petit larcenie when the things stollen exceed not such a value The Larch-tree a tree so called from Larissa a City of Thessalie where it was first known It hath leaves like the Pine-tree and beareth a kind of drug called Agaricum which is of an exhilarating nature Lareow Sax. a Master Lares see Lara Largesse French a free gift bestowed upon any one also liberality Largitional an officer that oversees the bestowing of gifts Lariâ—s the greatest Lake in Italy vulgarly called Lago di Como containing 60 miles from North to South Larvated lat masqued or visarded for the representing some Gobling or dreadful Spirit Lascivious lat of a wanton carriage loose or effoeminate in behaviour Lask a disease called in Greek Diarrhaea causing an immoderate loosenesse of the belly and cometh from the Latin word Laxitas i. loosenesse Lassitude lat an extream wearinesse Lastage or Lestage a custom challenged in Markets or Faires for carrying of things also the ballast of a ship it cometh from the Saxon word Last which signifieth a certain kind of weight also a burthen in general Latebrous lat full of Latebrae i. dens or hiding-holes Latent lat lying hid Lateral lat belonging to the sides of any thing Lateranus a Patrician of Rome so called because he used to skulk and hide himself for the taking of his ease and pleasure he being designed Consul was slain by the command of Nero and many Ages after his houses
being very large and stately were given by the Emperour Constantine to the Pope and ever since it hath been called the Laterane Palace Latericious lat made of brick or tile Latible lat a hiding or lurking place Laticlave or cloak of the broad nail a kind of broad purple garment which used to be a badge of the Senatorian Order a cloak of the narrow nail was of the Equestrian or Knightly Order Latifolious lat having broad leaves Latimer the name of a Town and Barony in Bucchinghamshire as also of several great Families in this Nation This word according as Cambden observes signifying as much as Truchman or Interpreter Latinity lat an incorrupt speaking or pronouncing of the Latin tongue Latinus an ancient King of Italy the son of Faâ—nus and Marita he married his daughter Lavinia whom he had by Amatâ— sister of Faunus King of the Rutuli to Aeneas when he came into Italy whereupon Turnus to whom she had formerly been betrothed waged war against his Rival and was slain in single combat Lation lat a bearing or carrying Latitancy or Latitation lat a lurking or lying hid Latitat the name of a Writ whereby all men in personal actions are called originally to the Kings Bench because a man is supposed latitare i. to lie hid Latitude lat breadth or widenesse in Astronomy the latitude of a star is the Arch of a great Circle made by the Poles of the Ecliptick intercepted between the star and the Ecliptick The latitude of a place is the Arch of the Meridian intercepted between the Equinoctial and the Zenith of the place given Latomy Greek a Quarry or place whence they hew out stones for building Latona the daughter of Caeus one of the Titans she was got with child by Jupiter which thing so incensed Juno that she sent the Serpent Pytho to slay her whereupon she fled to her sister Asteria where she was delivered of twins Apollo and Diana but Diana being first brought forth she immediately served her mother instead of a Midwife and helped to bring her to bed of her brother Apollo who as soon as he was come to age killed the Serpent Pytho Apollo and Diana being commonly taken for the Sun and Moon are called Latonian Lights Latration lat a barking Latrie Greek Divine-worship or service of God Latrocination lat a committing of robbery or hainous theft Lavacre lat a washing vessel also a conduit Lavatory lat the same Lavatrine lat a square stone in a kitchin with a hole in it for the water to passe through a sinke Laudable lat worthy of praise or commendation Lauds lat commendations or praises also certain Psalms of David beginning with these words Laudate dominum which use to be recited by the Roman Catholicks between the Nocturns and the Howres which are certain other prayers or psalms so called Laudanum or Ladanum see Labdanum Lauden or Lothien a Country in the south part of Scotland anciently inhabited by the Picts Lavedan an iron-grey Gennet so called because it is bred on Lavedon one of the Pyrenean Mountains whereon the best horses of France are bred Lavender a kind of plant otherwise called spiknard in Latin Lavendula Laver or Ewer or vessel to wash in from the Latin word Lavare i. to wash Laverd or Loverd old word Lord. Laverna a certain goddesse worshipped by the ancient Romans accounted the Patronesse of Theeves who were thence called Laverniones to her they built a Temple called Lavernium from whence one of the gates of Rome near which it stood was called Por a Lavernalis Lavinia the wife of Aeneas from whose name the City Lavinium had its denomination See more in Latinus and Tyrrheus Launcelot a Chirurgians Instrument used in letting blood otherwise called a Fleam and in Italian Lancetta also a proper name See Lancelot Launcepesado or Lancepresado French the lowest officer in a Foot-company or he that commands over a maniple which is a Band of 10 souldiers Laund or Lawn in a Park Ital. plain untilled ground Lavolta Ital. a course held in sailing also a kind of dance Laureat lat crowned with Laurel or the bay-tree which used to be worn by Conquerours in token of Triumph also laureated letters were letters wrapt up in Laurel or Bay-leaves which the Roman Captains were wont to send unto the Senate to give them notice of their Victories This plant is said to be proof against thunder and ligâ—tning Laurells by a figure called Metonymy is ofttimes used for Triumph or Victory Cleop. St. Laurence the name of a famous Martyr who being a Deacon and Questor of the Roman church and being commanded by Valerian the Prefect of the City to produce the Treasures of the Church which Sextus committed to his charge he assembled together the poor the lame and the sick and told the officers those were the Treasures of the Church whereupon the Prefect thinking he was deluded commanded he should be broiled upon a Gridiron and Laurence as soon as he was almost ready to give up the ghost said to the Prefect standing by now turn me on the other side this is broiled enough This name is derived from the Latin word Laurus i. a Laurel or Bay-tree Acca Laurentia the wife of Faustulus Shepherd of Amulius King of the Latins she took Romulus and Remus the grand-children of Numitor whom his brother Amulius had expelled the Kingdom and nursed them up secretly as her own they being brought to her by her husband Faustulus who found them sucking of a Wolf at the root of a Fig-tree from thence called Ruminalis upon the banks of Tyber into which they had been cast by the command of Amulius Others say that the story of their being fostered by a Wolf ariseth from hence namely that this woman from the gain she made by the prostitution of her body was called Lupa who dying very rich had divine honours given her by the people of Rome and festival dayes kept which were called Laurentalia and from her other name Lupa those houses of intertainment are called Lupanaria Lauriâ—erous lat bearing Laurel or Bays Lâ—â—sus the son of Numitor and brother of Rhea Silvia he was slain by his Uncle Amulius after his father had been banisht the Kingdom also the son of Mezentius King of the Hetrurians was so called whom Aeneas slew as he went about to rescue his father he was a famous hunter of wilde beasts Law of Arms a Law that giveth precepts how rightly to proclaim war to make and observe leagues to set upon the enemy to punish offenders in the camp c. Law of Marque Mart or reprisal is that whereby men take the goods of that people of whom they have received wrong and cannot get ordinary Justice when ever they can catch them within their own Territories or limits Law Merchant a special Law proper to Merchants and differing from the Common-law of England Law day a Leet or County-Court Lawing of Dogs see Expeditate Lawlesse man the same as out-law
Lawn see Laund A Lax a kinde of fish without â—ones Laxation lat a loosening easing or setting free Laxity lat loosenesse Lay French a song Lazaret Ital. an Hospital a spittle for Lazers or Lepers Lazarus Hebr. Lords help Lazule a kinde of Azure or blewish stone much used in Physick L E Leach old word a Physitian A league a certain proportion of ground in length onely consisting of about two or three miles it is called in Latin Leuco from the Greek word Leucos i. e. white because formerly the end of every league used to be noted with a white stone whence ad primum aut secundum lapidem ab urbe at the first or second stone from the Citie was as much as to say one or two leagues from the Citie League is also derived from the Latin word Ligare and signifieth an agreement Pact or Covenant Leafdian or Hleafdian Sax. a Lady Leam a line to hold a Dogge in it is also called a Leash Leander a noble youth of Abydos a Town in Asia situated upon the shore of the Hellespont he being in love with Hero one of Venus Nuns who dwelt in Sestos a Town of the opposite bank used to swim over to her in the night time which having done several times without danger at length in his passage over he was orewhelmed by a storm and drowned in the Hellespont Learchus the son of Athamas King of Thâ—bes and Ino the daughter of Cadmus he was slain by his father who in a raging madnesse took him for a Lyons whelp whereupon Ino fled with her other son Melicerta both of them cast themselves into the Sea and were changed into Sea gods and called by the Greeks Leucothea Paloemon by the Latins Matuta Portumnus Lease a word used in Common-law and signifieth a demising or letting of Lands or Tenements or right of a Rent unto another for term of years or of life or for a Rent reserved if it be in writing it is called a Lease by indenture if by word of mouth a Lease Parole the party that letteth the Lease is called the Leassour the party that taketh it the Leassee being derived from the French word Laisser i. to leave or permit Leash see Lâ—am Leasungs or Leasings Sax. lies Leaveret French Diminutive a young Hare Lecanomancy Greek a divining by water in a Bason Lectern a kinde of Desk used in Churches Lectistern lat the setting out and adorning of a bed for a Compotation or Banquet a custome used by the ancients at their solemne feasts who also used to rear the images of their Gods upon the Pillow 's Lecturer or Lectour lat a publick Professour a Reader of Lectures i. e. certain portions of an Author or Science read in the publick Schools Leda the wife of Thestius and the daughter of Tyndarus King of Laconia she being got with Childe by Jupiter who to deceive her transformed himself into a Swan brought forth two Eggs out of one of which was born Pollux and Helena out of the other Castor and Clytemnestra Ledors French reproaches reviling Terms Leed or Lide an old word signifying the moneth of March whence Cow-hides are called Lide pilles Leeds a Castle in Kent which Barthâ—lomew Lord Baldismer fortified against King Edward the second who had freely given it him whereupon he lost his life also a place in York-shire where Oswy King of Northumberland overthrew Penda the Mercian The Leer of a Deer a Term among Hunters the place wherein he lies to dry himself after he hath been wet by the dew Leero see Lyrick Leet Sax. a Law-day whence Court Leet is a Court or Jurisdiction containing the third part of a Sâ—ire and comprehending three or four wapen-takes or hundreds the Leets were called by the Romans Fasti wherein the Praetâ—r might lawfully keep Court and administer Justice which was not done without the speaking of these three words Do Diâ—o Addico i. e. I give viz. way to actions and suites I speak viz. the Law I Judge viz. matters and men Legality lat lawfulnesse an observing of the Law Legatary lat one to whom a Legacy is bequeathed Legation lat the sending of a message or embassage Legate lat an Oratour or Ambassadour to any Prince Legend or Legendary French the Title of a book containing the lives of the Saints also words graven about the edge of a piece of Coyn. Legeolium the ancient name of a Town in York-shire vulgarly called Castleford where in old times the Citizens of York slew many of King Ethelreds army Legerdemain French as it were light of hand cousenage or jugling tricks Legion lat a Company of Souldiers among the ancient Romans consisting of three or four thousand foot and three or four hundred horse afterwards being increased to six thousand foot and six hundred horse every ordinary foot Legion consisting of ten Cohorts every Cohort of three Maniples every Maniple of two Centuries each Century of a 100 men likewise every horse Legion contained six Turmae or Troupes every Troup ten Decuries and every Decâ—ry ten men also there are in every Legion four Orders of Souldiers the Triariâ— the Principes the Hastati or Spearmen the Velites or light-armed Legionary lat belonging to a Legion Legislative lat having authority to make or give Laws Legislatour lat a Law-giver Legist lat a Lawyer Legitimate lat lawfull done according to Law and right Leguminous lat belonging to pulse Leicester the chief Citie of Leicestershire called also Legeocester Leogora and Legâ—cestria this Citie was besieged by King Henry the third when Earle Robert rebelled against him and the Wall round about it utterly demolish't Leinster a Province in Ireland containing these following Counties Kilkenny Caerbogh Queens County Kings County Kildare Weshford Dublin Leman a Concubine or Catamite Pullus Jovis Latin some say it comes from the French word Lâ— mignon or Leyman as it were ly by man Lemannus the Lake Leman upon which stands the Citie of Geneva Lemnos an Island in the Aegean Sea famous for the fall of Vulcan who by reason of his deformity being thrown down from heaven as soon as he was born hapned to light in this place whence he was called the Lemnian God this Island was originally known by the name of Hipsipylaea from a daughter of Thoas of that name who was Queen thereof Lemster a Town of Herefordshire so called q. Leonminster from a Lyon that appeared to a certain religious man as some have fabled others more probably derive it from a Church of Nuns built by Merwalck a King of the â—ercians for those which we call Nuns the ancient Brittains termed Leans some there are that derive it from Line whereof the best sort groweth there this Town is now adayes very famous for Wool which is called Lemster Ore it was defaced by W. de Breosa Lord of Brecknock when he revolted from King John Lemures lat certain spirits or apparitions vulgarly called Hobgoblins Lenity lat mildnesse softnesse gentlenesse Lenitive or
and gives another his place as it were lever le cul i. to lift up or remove the buttock it is also called Hitchbuttock Levie French signifieth in Common Law to erect or sit up also to tax or gather money Leviathan an Hebrew word signifying a Whale or as some think a water-serpent of a vast bignesse Levigation or Laevigation lat a making plain or smooth Levitical belonging to the Tribe of Levi or to the Priestly office which in the time of the Law was the peculiar inheritance of that Tribe Levity lat lightnesse Lewis the chief Town of Sussex famous for the great pitcht battle fought between King Henry the third and the Barons of England Lewis the proper name of a man contracted from Lâ—dowic Lewlin or Lewellin the proper name of a man signifying in the old Brittish tongue Lionâ—like and is equivalent to the Latin name Leontius and Leoninus Lexicon Greek a Vocabulary or Dictionary Lex talionis lat a law which recompenceth exactly one good or ill turn for another Leyerwit Lotherwit Sax. a liberty to take amends of him that defileth ones bondwoman without licence L H Lhan in the Brittish tongue signifieth a Church as Lhan Badern Vaur the Church of great Patern Lhan Stuphadon the Church of St. Stephens L I Libation or Libament lat an offering up or sacrificing to God the first taste of any thing that is eat or drunk Libb old word to geld from the Greek word thlibein i. to presse Libell lat a little book also a scandalous or invective writing secretly cast abroad or published by stealth also an original declaration of any action in the Civil Law Liberate the name of a warrant issuing out of the Chancery to the Treasurer Chamberlaines and Barons of the Exchequer for the payment of any annual pension or other sums granted under the Broad-Seal Liberation lat a freeing or delivering Liber Pater a name attributed to Bacchus the god of wine Libertas lat a priviledge held by grant or prescription whereby men injoy some benefit or favour beyond the ordinary subject also the name of a goddesse among the ancient Romans who had a Temple built unto her upon the hill Aventinus Libertatibus allocandis a Writ that lieth for a Citizen or Burgesse of a City who refusing or deferring to allow his priviledge is impleaded before the Kings Justices Libertinism lat the state and condition of a Libertine i. e. one born or made free a freeman also Libertinism or Libertinage is taken for sensuality licentiousnesse a dissolute life and conversation Libethra a Town seated upon the mountain Olympus of which it was foretold by the Oracle that all the inhabitants should be destroyed by a Sow when the Sun should behold Orpheus his bones which was thus verified A great multitude of people being gathered together to hear a Shepherd sing in the way which leadeth from Dion to Olympus a large Urn containing Orpheus his bones which stood in that place was overturned and his bones laid open to view and the very same day a great violent stream called Sys which in Greek signifieth a Sow overflowing destroyed the whole Town with all the people in it Libethra is also the name of a Fountain of Magnesia sacred to the Muses who are thence called Libethrides Libidinous lat sensual incontinent full of lustful desires Libitina an ancient goddesse worshipt by the Romans who was the Patronesse of Funerals Sepulchres and all things belonging to the dead Libral lat belonging to a weight or measure called Libra which is also the name of one of the 12 Signs of the Zodiack into which the Sun entring causeth the vernal Equinoctial Library lat a studdy or place where Books are kept Libration lat a weighing or ballancing Librata terrae see Farding deale of land Libya the fourth part of the World commonly called Africa Licence to arise in Common Law is a liberty given by the Court to a tenant that is essoynd de malo lecti in a reall action after he hath been viewed by Knights thereunto appointed until which time if the Demandant can prove that he hath been seen out of his chamber or walking up and down his grounds he shall be adjudged to be deceitfully essoyned Licentiate lat one that hath full licence or authority to practice in any Art the same with him that we commonly call Bachelour of Divinity or of Physick or of Civil Law and in Common Law a Barrister Licentious lat loose disorderly unruly Lichas a boy that waited upon Hercules by him Deianira sent the shirt â—hat was dipt in the Centaurs blood which Hercules having put on and perceiving the venome to seize upon his body he in a fury took Lichas by the hair of the head and flung him into the Sea where he was immediately changed into a Rock Lichfield a Town in Staffordshire by Bede called Licidfield i. the field of dead bodies from a great number of people who as some say were martyred here in the time of Dioclesian Lich-fowles ominous or ill-boding birds as the Night-raven and Lich-owle commonly called the Scritch-owle the word Lich signifying in the Saxon language a Carcase or dead body Licitation lat a cheapning a setting out to sale also an enhauncing of a price Licite lat lawfull allowable Lictorian lat belonging to the Lictors who were certain Officers among the ancient Romans twelve in number who carried the Axes and bundles of rods before the Magistrate they are now taken for the same as we commonly call Sergeants Liddesdale a Countrey in the South part of Scotland so called as it were a dale by the River Lidde Lide see Leed Lieftenant French as it were holding the place one that executeth any place Office or imployment in anothers stead or absence Lief or Leof Sax. rather Lief-hebber Sax. a Lover Liege French in Common-law is taken â—ither for the Liegelord or he that acknowledgeth Liegeancie or Fealty to his Liege Lord. Liegeancie or Ligeance French such a duty or fealty as no man may owe or bear to more then one Lord also Ligeance is used for the Territory or Dominions of the Liege Lord. Lierwit see Leyerwit Lifts in Navigation are certain ropes which serve to top the yard arms of all yards to make the ends of them hang higher or lower or even as we liâ—t Ligament or Ligature lat a band or string to tie with in Anatomy it is taken for the string wherewith the joynts of bones and gristles are fastned and knit together Ligation lat the act it self of tying or binding Ligne French to couple as Dogs with bitches Lignation lat a providing for or going to fetch wood Lignean or Ligneous lat woodden made of wood Lignum vitae the wood commonly called Aloes by the Arabians Calambuco Liguria a hilly Countrey of Italy reaching from the Apâ—nnine to the Tuscan Sea Ligurion lat a glutton or devourer Liguration lat a ravenous devouring Lilie lat a kinde of specious flowr otherwise the rose
of Juno Lilith the name of a certain she Devil which the Jews imagined to be a destroyer of children Lilybaeum a Promontory in Sicily having a Town of the same name upon it Limaceous lat belonging unto or like a Snail slimy Limation lat a filing or pollishing Limbers or Limber-holes a Term in Navigation certain little square holes cut in the bottome of the ground Timbers and hooks next to the Keel to let water passe to the well of the Pump Limbus Patrum lat a place where the Saints deceased are said to reside untill the day of Judgement being as it were the skirts or confines of Hell Limâ—narch Greek the Governour of a Port. Limitation lat a stinting or setting of bounds Limitation of Assise is a certain time set down by Statute within which a man must alleage himself or his Ancestours to have been seised of Lands sued for by a Writ of Assize Limning a kinde of Painting which is done in water colours and also differs from the other sort of painting in the preparing of the colours Limâ—sity lat muddinesse fulnesse of mud Limpid lat pure clear transparent A Limpin a kinde of fish otherwise called a muscle Linament lat linnen thread also a tent or lint for a wound Lincoln the chief Citie of Lincolnshire anciently called Lindum and by the Brittains Lindecoit by Bede Lindecollina civitas from the old Brittish Lâ—in as Cambden is of opinion which signifieth a Lake it being situate near a Lake and upon a hill in this Citie Vortimer the scourge of the Saxons ended his dayes Lincoln Colledge a Colledge in Oxford founded by Richard Fleming Bishop of Lincoln Lindsey see Holland Lincolns Inne one of the Inns of Court heretofore the house of Sir Henry Lacy Earle of Lincoln now a place for Students of the Law Lineament lat the feature or proportion of any thing drawn out onely in lines Linear lat belonging to a line Ling a kinde of small shrub otherwise called Heath in Latin Erix Lingel a little tongue or thong Lingot see Ingot Linguacity lat a being full of tongue or much given to talk Linguist one that is skilfull in tongues or languages Linigerous lat bearing Flax or Hemp. Liniment lat an oynting or daubbing over Linsie-woolsey a kinde of mixt cloath part linnen part woollen Lintels French the head pieces over a door also the same as Lentils i. a kinde of pulse Linus the son of Apollo and Psammas the daughter of Crotopus King of Argos by whom Apollo being intertained as he came from slaying the Serpent Pytho lay privately with Psammas who proving with Childe brought forth Linus who having committed some offence and hiding himself among certain bushes was found out and torn in pieces by the Dogs also the son of Apollo and Terpsichâ—re one of the nine Muses he proved a very famous Musitian taught Thamyras Orpheus and Hercules by whom as some say he was knockt on the head because he laught at him for playing unhandsomely Linx lat a kinde of spotted beast otherwise called an Ounce Lionel the proper name of a man in Latin Leonellus i. little Lyon Lions paw a kinde of Herb called in Greek Leontopodium Lipothymie Greek a distemper which causeth a fainting or swouning by reason of sudden decay or oppression of the vital spirits Lippitude lat a waterishnesse of the eyes a looking bloud-shot or blear-eyed Liptote Greek a Rhetorical figure wherein more is understood then is express't Liquation or Liquefaction lat a melting dissolving or making Liquid i. moist or of a watery substance Liquids lat are those four Consonants which do as it were melt in the pronunciation namely L. M.N.R the rest are called mutes Liquidation lat a making moist Lisard or Lizard French from the Latin Lacerta a certain beast so called because it hath feet like the brawne or sinews of a mans arms or thighs also the Lizard point the utmost Southwest point of Cornwall Litanie see Letanie Litation lat a sacrificing Literature lat knowledge in letters learning Lithargie or Litargie Greek the foam that riseth from silver or lead when they are tried Lither old word lazy or sluggish Lithoglyphick Greek a graver or cutter in stones Lithomancie lat a Divination the casting of pebble stones Lithotomie Greek a cutting of stones a quarry whence stones are digged Litigation lat a contending or wrangling Litigious lat full of strife contentious Litispendence lat the hanging of a suit till it be decided Lâ—tmose blue a kinde of blue colour used in painting and limning Litoral or Litorean lat belonging to the shorâ— sea-side or side of a river Liturgie Greek signifieth in general any publick Office but particularly Divine service or the function of a Minister Liverie French the Cognizance device or badge which a Noble-man or Gentleman gives to his servants and followers also Livery of seisin is a Ceremony used in Common-law being a delivery of possession of Lands or Tenements or other things unto another also a Writ which lieth for the Heir to obtain the possession and seizin of his Lands at the Kings hands Lividity or Livor lat a kinde of leaden or dead blewish colour in the body caused by a stroke ar blow given also metaphorically taken for spite or envy Lixiviated lat washed with lye made of ashes Lizard see Lisard L O Loach or Lohoch French a kind of Confection or Electuary that is to be licked or suffered to melt in the mouth without chewing it is an Arabick word and signifieth in the Latin Linctus i. a licking Lobbe or Lobling a kind of great north Sea-fish Local in Common Law is as much as tied or annexed to a place Location lat a placing or setting in place also a letting out to hire Lockers little cupbords which are made by the ships sides to put in shot by the pieces Lococessiâ—n lat a yeilding or giving place Locomotion lat a moving out of a place or from place to place Locrians or Locri a people of Locris in Greece inhabiting on either side of the Hill Parnassus Locris is also a City of that part of Italy called Magna Graecia built by those Locrians that followed Ajax Oileus to Troy Loculament lat a little place distinct or apart by it self Locuplete lat abounding with riches wealthy Locust lat a kind of winged Insect commonly taken for a Grasshopper but others think it to be the same with that which the Frenchmen call Cigale Locution lat a speaking or saying Lodemanage the hire of a Pilot for conducting of a ship from one place to another from the Dutch word loot i. lead Lodesman a Guide or Pilot from the same word loot whence he is also called Lootsman Lodestar the Cynosure or North-Star which guideth Mariners Lodestone as it were a leading-stone because by it Mariners are guided and directed in their voyages It is of a rusty-iron colour and hath the vertue to attract or draw iron to it whereby many admirable secrets are performed Lodeworkes
and Stremeworks certain workes in the Stannery in Cornwall these are performed in the higher grounds by making deep wells which they call shafts those in the lower grounds by digging of trenches and diverting the course of the Rivers Lodge a Buck is by the Forresters said to lodge when he goes to his rest Log the name of an Hebrew measure and thought by some to be of the same quantity with Sextarius Aâ—ticus Logarithmes Greek are certain borrowed numbers which differ among themselves by Arithmetical proportion as the numbers which borrow them differ by Geometrical proportion Log-line a term in Navigation being a small line with a little piece of board at the end with a little lead to it to keep it edge-long in the water the use of which is by seeing how many fathom this runs in a minute to give a judgement how many leagues the ship will run in a watch Logician Greek one that hath skill in Logick i. the art of disputing probably in any argument Logist Greek one skilled in the Logistick Art i. the Art of reckoning or casting account also Logists were certain Officers among the Athenians ten in number to whom all such as had ended their Magistracy gave an account within 30 dayes of all those affairs whereof they had had the administration they also kept an account of the monies and of all matters belonging to the publick Revenue Logographers Greek those that write pleas in the Law or books of account Lawyers Clerks Logomachy Greek a verbal strife a contention in words Lohoch see Loach Lollards a Sect of Hereticks that abounded here in England in the dayes of Edward the third and Henry the fifth so called from one Gualter Lollard a German the first Author of them or as others say from lolium because they were accounted as darnel or cockle growing among wheat Lombard or Lombar a Bank for usury or pawns from the Longobardi or Lombards a people inhabiting the hithermost part of Italy formerly called Insubria much addicted to usury whence ofttimes Usurers are called Lombardeers Lome old word clay or mortar London the chief City of England situate in Middlesex so called as Cambden conjectureth either from Lhun which in the Brittish tongue signifieth a Grove or Lhong i. a ship and Dinas i. a City so that it may seem to have been anciently termed Lhundinas i. a City thick of trees or Lhongdinas i. a City of Ships from whence the Latins derive the word Londinum It was called Augusta and Troja Nova being first founded by Brutus who sprang of the Trojan race and repaired by King Lud and thence called Caerlud or Luds-town Longaevity lat length of age long life Longanimity lat as it were length of mind long-suffering patience forbearance Longinquity lat far distance or length of place Longitude lat the length of any thing also the Longitude of a Region City or Cape is the distance of it East numbred in the Equinoctial by Meridians from the first general and fixed Meridian The Longitude of a star is the arch of the Ecliptick intercepted between the beginning of Aries and the circle of the stars Latitude Long-Meg the name of a stone 15 foot high erected near Salkeld in Cumberland next which are 77 more erected in a circular manner which the country people call the Daughters of Long-Meg Long-primer one of the sorts of Characters used by Printers The Loof of a Ship is that part aloft of a Ship that lies before the ches-trees as far as the bulk-head of the castle A Ship Loomes a great or a small sail a term used in Navigation and signifieth as much as a Ship seems a great or a little Ship Lootsman see Lodesman Loover a place made open to let out the smoak on the top of a house from the French word l'overt open Lopum a great Desart in the Country of Bactria in which it is reported that certain evil spirits do abide by which strangers that passe that way being called by their names and following the voice perish miserably Loquacity lat talkativenesse or a being given to much babling Loquabre a Country in the North part of Scotland so called q. the mouth of the Lake Lorament lat that which is composed of thongs of leather Loray-law an article found in the memorials of the chamber of account in France which ordaineth that if a combat be once accepted and afterwards taken up by consent of the Lord of the Fee each of the parties is to pay two shillings six pence but if it be performed the party vanquisht forfeits 112 shillings Lordane or Lourdane a dull heavy fellow a lazy lubber it being a proverbial word taken from the tyranny of the Danes over the English who were forced to labour and till the ground for them while they sate idle and ate the fruits of their labours Lore Sax. learning or skill Loricated lat armed with mail Lorimers French the name of a Trade and Company in London that makes bits spurs and all kind of small iron-work and is by some derived from the Latin word Lorum Loriot French a Bird called a Witwall Woodpecker or Greenfinch Lorn the name of a County in the south part of Scotland Lorty's a great and ancient Family of Sommersetshire stiled in Latin records de Vrtiaco Losenger a flatterer a word used by Chaucer Lotharius the son of Ludovicus Pius Emperour of Germany and King of France he succeeded his father in the Empire but his brothers Charles and Lodowic not contented with their portions and raising an army against their brother a great battle was fought at Fontenay in the borders of France where Lotharius was put to flight but at last they came to an agreement and Lotharius after he had reigned about 15 years betook himself to the Prumiensian Monastery There were also several Kings of France and Dukes of Lorrain of his name Lothbrook i. Leatherbreech a certain Dane whose daughters were so skilful at needle-work that the Danes bare in their Ensign a Raven of their working with such an opinion of good successe that they imagined it would never be won Lotherwit see Leyerwit Lotion lat a washing or cleansing with water also in Physick it is used for the taking away of any superfluous quality out of any medicament or the bringing on of a new one Lotis or Lotus the daughter of Neptune she fleeing from Priapus who made an attempt upon her chastity and invoking the help of the gods was turned into the Lote-tree Lotophagi a certain people of Africa dwelling near the Syrtes so called because they feed much upon the Lote-tree which is a tree of that nature that when the companions of Vlisses being cast upon the coast of Africa had tasted of the fruit of it they could hardly be got from thence to return into their own Country whence the word is proverbially used for those that are forgetful of their Parents Country and Kindred Lovell's an ancient Family in Northamptonshire stiled in
as far as the Mountain Taurus also Arcadia was heretofore so called from Lycaon the King thereof Lyceum the name of a School which Cicero erected at his Mannor of Tusculum calling it so after the name of Aristotles School near Athens Lycomedes a King of the Island Scyrus by whom Achilles being intertained before he went to the Trojan War and conversing with his daughters in womans apparel he got one of them called Deidamia with Childe and begat Pyrrhus Lycurgus the son of Polydectes and King of Sparta after the death of his brother Eunomus but he soon resigned up the Crown to Charilaus his brothers son and having made wholesome laws for the good of the Common-wealth which were confirmed by the approbation of the Delphic Oracle he afterwards retired himself to Cyrrha where at length he slew himself and had a Temple built him and Divine honours given bim by the Lacedaemonians also the name of a King of Thrace who proceeded so violently against Bacchus that he forced him to retire himself to Naxus and would have caused all the Vines in his Kingdom to be rooted up that no sacrifice might be made to him but ere he had effected his design he fell mad and cut off his own legs Lycus a King of Boeotia who married Antiope the daughter of Nycteus but she being got with Childe by Jupiter in the form of a Satyr he put her away and married Dirce. See more in Dirce and Amphyon also a King of Lybia who using to sacrifice his Guests had intended the same thing towards Diomede but Callirroe the daughter of Lycus falling in love with him delivered him out of Chains and being afterwards neglected by him hanged her self for grief Lydia a Christian name of divers women from the Countrey so called Lydia a Kingdom of Asia the lesse so called from Lydus the son of Atys who perceiving the people grow too numerous for the Countrey resolved to send out one of his sons to whose lot it should fall to plant a Colony in some other place so that it falling to Tyrrenus his lot he went out with a great multitude of Lydians and choosing out a part of Italie which lieth upon the Sea-side he called it from his own name Tyrrhenum his brother Lydus tarrying at home succeeded his father Atys in the Kingdom and called it from his own name Lydia whereas before it was called Maeonia Lydford Law a certain Law whereby they first hang a man and afterwards indite him Lymphatick lat mad distracted as it were by seeing the likenesse of a Nymph in the water from Lympha i. water Lynceus the son of Apareus and one of the Argonauts he was reported to be so quick-sighted that he could see through stone walls even to the very deep it self and that he could discern the Moon in her last quarter and the first the very same day in the signe of Aries whence a sharp-sighted man is proverbially called a Lynceus also Lynceus and Idas were two brothers who fought with Castor and Pollux about the two daughters of Leucippus Castor fell by the hand of Lynceus Lynceus by the hand of Pollux Idas going about to slay Pollux was strook with Thunder from Heaven Lyncus a King of Scythia who going about to kill Triptolemus his Guest as he lay asleep that he might gain to himself the glory of inventing the use of Corn was changed by Ceres into a beast called Lynx or Ounce Lyndus a Citie of Rhodes famous for the solemne sacrifices which in old time were performed there to Hercules Lyra one of the celestial Aâ—â—orismes which the Poets feigned to be Arions Harp Lyrick verses or songs songs composed to the Lyre or Harp whence we say vulgarly playing Leero-way on the Viol which is corruptly used for Lyra-way i. e. Harp-way Lysander a Captain of the Lecedaemonians who overcame the Athenians under the command of Conon in a very great battel Lysidice the daughter of Pelops she was married to Electryon and brought forth Alckmena the mother of Hercules Lysimachus the son of Agathocles and one of the chief Captains of Alexander the Great he was thrown to a Lyon to be devoured by Alexanders command for hearing Callâ—â—thenes the Philosopher after he was in Chains but he wrapping his Garment about his hands thrust them into the Lyons mouth and pulling out his tongue killed him after Alexanders death he had the Government of Thrace Lysippe see Iphianassa Lysius one of the sirnames of Bacchus to whom under that name the Boeotians consecrated a Temple because by his help they overcame the Thracians by whom they had been set upon before and beaten M A MAbel the Christian name of divers women in Latin Mabilia from Amabilis i. lovely Mac an Irish word signifying as much as son in English or fitz in Welsh Macareus the son of Aeolus who got his sister Canace with child which Aeolus coming to discover by hearing the child cry sent Canace a sword privately bidding her do with it as she deserved best whereupon she killed her self and Macareus fleeing to Delphos was made a Priest of Apollo Macaleb a kind of Pomander or bastard Coral whose berries are black and shining and serve for Bracelets Macaronique French a confused huddle of divers things jumbled together Macarons Ital. lumps of boiled paste strewed over with sugar or spice a dish much used by the Italians but here they are commonly compounded of Almonds Sugar Rose-water and Musk. Macedonia a large Country of Europe heretofore famous for being governed by two great Kings Philip of Macedon and Alexander the Great it was anciently called Aemathia and Aemonia now Romelli Macegrefs those that buy and sell stollen flesh Macellarious lat belonging to a shambles Maceration lat a mortifying or bringing low also a steeping in liquor Machaon a famous Physitian the son of Aesculapius and Arsinâ—e he was slain at the wars of Troy by Euripilus Machiavilian belonging unto Machiavill a famous Historian and Polititian of Florence whence it is commonly used for subtile or well verst in State-policy Machination lat a plotting contriving or devising from Machina an Engin or Instrument of war but used also for a device or invention Macilent lat thin lean fallen of ones flesh Mackerell or Maquerell French a kind of fish so called from the great company of spots it hath in Latin Scombrus it is also used for a pander or procurer Macritude lat leannesse Macrobii a certain people of Aethiopia so called from the long life they live Macrocosme Greek the greater being taken contradistinct to the Microcosme or lesser world which is man Macrology lat a figure among Rhetoricians being a speech containing more words than are just necessary Mactation lat a killing or committing slaughter Maculation lat a staining or defiling with spots Madefaction lat a moistning or wetting Madidity or Madour lat moistness or wetness Madder a kind of plant with whose root being of a red colour they use to dye wool Madoc an
ancient Brittish name from Mad i. good Madrigal Ital. a kind of Song Maeonia see Lydia Maeotis a Lake in the North part of Scythia near the mouth of the River Phasis It is called by the Italians Mar della Tana and Mar Bianco by the Scythians Garpaluc Magazine French a Store-house where Armes and Ammunition of War are put as it were Mansio Gazae Magdalen Hebr. Majestical the Christian name of divers women Magdalen Colledge a Colledge in Oxford built together with a Hall near adjoyning to it by William Wainâ—let Bishop of Winchester Magdaleon lat a kind of long plaister like a rowler called also a Langate Magdeburgum or Magdeburg as it were Maidenburg from the Dutch word Magd i. a Maid the chief City of Saxony in Germany heretofore called Parthenopolis from Venus Parthenia who was there worshipped Magician lat one that professeth the Art Magick which was the same among the Persians as Philosophy among the Grecians i. e. the study of the more occult and mysterious Arts whence the 3 Wisemen of the East were called Magi but among the vulgar the word simply taken is used in the same signification as Diabolical Magick i. e. Sorcery or Witchcraft Magisterial lat pertaining to Magistery or Mastership done by or like a Master in Physick a pill or plaister c. prepared after the best manner is called Magisterial Magistracy lat the office of a Magistrate or chief Ruler Magna charta the great Charter containing a number of Laws ordained in the nineth year of Henry the third and confirmed by Edward the first containing the sum of all the written Laws of England †Magnality a greatnesse to be admired at being a made word from the Lat. Magnalia i. e. great and wonderfull things Magnanimity lat greatnesse of mind courage stoutnesse Magnes a youth of Smyrna the most beautiful of his age and excellent in musick and poetry for which he was in high esteem with Gyges King of Lydia who because the Parents of Magnes spoiled his cloths and cut off his hair made war upon the Country overcame them and brought away Magnes in Triumph to Sardes Magnetick lat belonging to the Magnete or Lodestone See Lodestone Magnificence lat as it were a making great sumptuousnesse statelinesse a carrying things on at a great heighth Magnificat the Song of the Virgin Mary so called because it beginneth with these words Magnificat anima mea c. Magnifico Ital. the title of a Noble man of Venus also the Governours of Academies in Germany are called Magnifici Magniloquence lat a lofty speaking a talking of high things Magnitude lat greatness ampleness largeness Mago the first that increased the wealth of Carthage before the first Punick war he aided the Romans in the war of Tarentum with 120 ships Magog see Gog and Magog Magonel according to Chaucer is an instrument to cast stones with Mahim or Maim in Latin Mahemium is the hurting or taking away of any member by the wrongful act of another whereby the party so hurt is made unable to fight it comes from the old French word Mehaighn and is called by the Canonists Mutilatio membri Mahumetanisme the Religion and Law of the Turks founded by Mahomet the first Emperour of the Saracens there was also of this name a great Emperour of the Turks who overthrew the Greek Empire took twelve Kingdomes and two hundred Cities from the Christians whereof the chief were Constantinople the Island Chalcis Scodra Trapezuntium and Hydruntum in Italie but at the siedge of Belgrade or as some say of Taurinum he was overthrown and put to flight Maia one of the seven Pleiades on whom Jupiter begat Mercury she was the daughter of Atlas and Pleione Maid Marrian or Morion a boy dressed in womans apparel to dance the Morisco or Mâ—rrisdance Maiden-hair a kinde of plant called in Latin Adiantum or Capillus veneris Maidenhead a Town in Bark-shire so called from a Maids head that was had in great reverence being one of those 11000. who returning from Rome with their Leader Vrsula were taken by Attila and martyred at Colein in Germany Maidstone a pleasant Town in Kent situate upon the River Medway and therefore anciently called Medweg-ston and thought to be the same with the old Town Vagniacae Maim see Mahim Mainour Manour or Meinour from the French word Maniere signifieth in Common-law an apprehending of one that hath stollen any thing and is followed with Hue and Cry with the manner that is having the thing Mainprise from the French words main i. a hand and prins i. taken signifieth in Common Law the receiving a man into friendly custody that otherwise might be committed to prison giving security for his forth comming at a day assigned those that do thus undertake for any are called Mainpernours he that is taken into custody Mainpernable Maint Saxon mingled Maintenance in Common Law is upholding of a cause depending in suite between others either by lending of money or making of friends for either party Majo a County of Ireland in the Province of Conaught Major signifieth in Latin greater but with us it is commonly taken sometimes for a Praetor or Governour of a City sometimes for a Military officer also in Logick the first part of a Syllogisme is called the Major or the proposition the second the Minor or the assumption Majoration lat a making greater Maisnilwarings and by contraction Manwarings the name of a great and ancient Family in Cheshire Master of the Rolles is an assistant unto the Lord Chancelour of England in the high Court of Chancery and in his absence heareth causes and giveth orders Maisters of the Chancery are assistants to the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal in matters of judgement of these there are 12 in number whereof the chief is the Master of the Rolles Masters of the Court of Wards and Liveries the principal officer of that Court named and assigned by the King to whose custody the Seal of the Court is committed Master of the Horse is he that hath the rule and charge of the Kings stable Make in Common Law signifieth to perform or execute as to make his Law is to perform that Law which he hath formerly bound himself unto that is to clear himself of an action commenced against him by his Oath and the Oaths of his Neighbours also to make ones beard an old phrase to deceive Malachias Hebr. my messenger Malachite Greek a kinde of precious stone so called Malacissation a kneading a making soft Malacy Greek a calm on the Sea also a longing of women with childe Maladie French a disease sicknesse or infirmity Malaga a Citie and Port-Town of Andalusia whence we have that sort of wine which is called Malago Sack it is said to have been so called because Cava the daughter of Count Julian after that her being ravish't by King Roderigo had been the occasion of the losse of Spain to the Moors threw her self from a high Tower crying out Malacà i.
here 's the evil Malanders a certain disease in a horse from the Italians Mal andare i. to go ill Malapert saucy impudent as it were Male partus i. ill brought forth Maldisant French a backbiter an evil speaker Maldon a Town in Essex anciently called Camalodunum from Camulus whom the old Brittains worship't here for Mars the God of war this Town being made a Colony of the Romans was sacked by Queen Bunduca or Boadicia A Male a kinde of sack or budget from the Greek word Malloi fleece because they used to be made of sheepskins Malecontent lat discontented evil content Malediction lat an evil speaking or cursing Malefactour lat an evil doer an offender Malefice lat an evil act a shrewd turn Maletent a Toll of fourty shillings for every sack of Wool Anno 29. Edw. 1. it is also called Maletot from the French Maletoste Malevolence lat ill will Malignity lat spite malice grudge Malevolent Planets Saturn and Sagitarius Mâ—lison French a curse Mallard French a wilde Drake Malleable lat to be wrought or beaten out with a Mallet or Hammer Mâ—lkin or Mâ—ukin a Beesom to make clean an Oven with it is also called a Scovel Malliverie's the name of an ancient family in York-shire stiled in Latin Records Mali Leporarii Mallow's a kinde of plant of a softning or loosening quality called in Latin Malva Malmesie a sort of wine which is brought out of Arvisium in the Island of Chio vulgarly called Marvisia or Malvisia Malmesbury a Town in Wiltshire first built by Mulmutius a King of the Brittains and by him named Caer Baldon afterwards from one Maidulph an Irish-Scot who here led a Hermites life it was called Maidulphsburgh and so by contraction Malmsbury Malta a rocky and barren Island sixty miles distant from Sicilie called in the New Testament Melita this Island was given by Charls the fifth to the Knights of Rhodes who have ever since been called Knights of Malta Mamalukes a certain Order of Souldiers who fought lightly armed on horsback and were the chief military support of the last Empire of Aegypt Mamitus the thirteenth King of the Assyrians he trained up his subjects in military discipline and was a terrour to the Aegyptians and many other Nations Mammeated lat having paps or teates Mammet a puppet from the Greek word Mamme as it were a little Mother or Nurse Mammillary Processes lat a Term in Anatomy certain bones in the temples representing the teates in a Cows Udder Mammocks fragments or pieces Mammon the God of wealth the word signifying in the Syriack tongue riches or wealth and is derived from the Hebrew word Hamon i. plenty having M. Hemantick added at the beginning Mammooda a kinde of East-Indian Coyn valuing about a shilling Manation lat a passing away a flowing Manage in Italian Maneggiare to govern to rule to handle Manasses Hebr. not forgotten Manbote Sax. a pecuniary compensation for killing of a man Manchester a pleasant Town in Lancashire which anciently belonging to the Kings of Northumberland and having been destroyed in the Danish war King Edw. the Elder sent an Army of Mercians into Northumberland to re-edifie this Citie some say because the inhabitants behaved themselves valiantly against the Danes it was called Manchester as it were the Citie of men others derive it from Main i. a stone because it standeth upon a stony Hill it was anciently called Mancunium Manchet from the French word Main i. e. the hand the finest and the smallest sort of wheaten bread called in Latin panis Capituli in Greek Collyris Manch present old word a bribe Mancipation lat an ancient manner of selling before witnesses wherein divers Ceremonies were used it is also used in the same sence as Emancipation Manciple lat a Steward or Caterer but chiefly one that buyes the common provisions in a Colledge or Hospital Mancuse a kinde of Coyn valuing about thirty of the ancient pence each of which contains three pence of our money some hold a Manca or Mancus of Gold to be as much as a Mark of silver Mandatarie lat one that comes in to a Benefice by a Mandamus A Mandate lat a Commandment or charge also in Common-law it is a Judicial Command of the King or his Justices to have any thing done for the dispatch of Justice Mandevils an ancient family in Essex stiled in Latin Records de Magna Villa Mandible lat from Mâ—ndibulum a jaw from the participiate Mandibilis eatable Mandilion or Mandilian French a kinde of military garment a loose Cassock Mandonius and Indibilis two famous Spanish Captains who having assisted Scipio and the Romans against the Carthaginians began afterwards to revolt but because of the memory of their former good service they were dismissed Mandrake a kinde of plant so called from the Greek word Mandra i. a Cave because it groweth near unto Den's and in shady places it beareth a fruit called Mandrake Apples of a cold and soporiferous quality it is also called by some Anthropomorphos because its root being divaricated something resembleth the shape of a man Manducation lat a chewing Mandy thursday as it were dies Mandati the day of Commandment because of that great charge which our Saviour gave to his Disciples concerning the observation of his Supper being the Thursday next before Easter day Mangonels the same as Magonells Mangonization lat a trimming or setting out things to the best advantage for sale Manichees a sort of Hereticks that maintained that there was a fatal necessity of sin which Doctrine was first broached by one Manes a Persian Manicles French fetters wherewith the hands of prisoners are bound being derived originally from the Latin word Manus a hand Manifesto Ital. a Declaration of some Prince or Common-wealth about publick affairs Maniple lat a handful in physick more especialy it is taken for such a bundle of herbs or other things as may be griped with the hand also a company consisting of 10 souldiers some also take it for a fannel or such a kind of ornament as Priests used to wear about their wrists when they went to sacrifice Manipular lat belonging to a maniple Manlius the name of divers famous Romans whereof the chief were Marcus Manlius Capitolinus and Titus Mâ—nlius Torquatus See Capitolinus and Torquatus Manna a certain delicious food wherewith God fed the children of Israel in their journey to Canaan being a congealed dew which fell from Heaven it comes from the Hebrew word Manah i. to distribute or Mahna i. what is it because they admired what it was there is also at this day a certain sweet dew which falling early in the morning upon trees and herbs is called Manna which congealing into a whitish substance is of a pleasant taste and is much used in physick Mannour in Latin Manerium a manendo i. remaining to the heir or else from the Lords remaining there himself it signifieth in common Law a rule or government which a man hath over such as hold land
within his fee. Man of War in Navigation is taken for a ship of War by the figure Metonymia Manqueller old word a murderer Mansion lat a remaining an abiding also a Manor-house or the Lords chief dwelling house within his fee. Manslaughter in Common Law is the unlawful killing of a man upon some sudden occasion or falling out without premeditated malice Mansuetude lat gentlenesse tractablenesse meeknesse Manteleth a term in Faulconry for when the Hawk stretcheth one of her wings along after her legs and so the other It is said she Manteleth Mathematicks Arts taught by demonstration which comprehend four of the liberal Arts Astronomy Arithmetick Musick and Geometry Manticore Ital. a kind of Indian beast faced like a Man and bodied like a Lion and having three rows of sharp teeth Manticulation lat a doing a thing slily a carrying on a businesse closely Mantle or Mantile lat a kind of long robe also in Heraldry it is that flourish which proceeds from the wreath and helm and descends on each side the Escutcheon Mantua a City of Italy situate upon the River Po and built by Ocnus who called it so from his mothers name Manto a Theban Prophetesse the daughter of Tiresias she after the death of her father fleeing from the tyranny of Creon King of Thebes went first into Asia and built the Temple of Apollo Clarius afterwards she came into Italy where being got with child by Tiberinus she brought forth Ocnus Manual lat belonging to the hand filling the hand it is also used substantively for a book of a small volume which may easily be carried in ones hand Manubiary lat belonging to the spoil or prey Manucaption lat a taking by the hand Manucaptors lat Sureties or Bailes Manuduction lat a leading by the hand a guiding Manuel in Common Law signifieth that whereof present profit may be made Manufacture lat handy-work Manumission lat an Enfranchising a making free a slave or bondman which in former time was performed with divers ceremonies before a Magistrate Manure from the French word Manouurier to work and labour the earth with the hand Manuscript lat a thing onely written with the hand Manutenentia a Writ used in the case of maintenance †Manutention lat a holding by the hand Marria or Mar the name of a Country in the North part of Scotland Marathon a Town of Greece about ten miles distant from Athens famous for the Victory of Theseus over the Marathonian Bull and of Miltiades over Darius his Army consisting of above 100000. men Maravedis a kind of Spanish coin of very small value 34 of them amounting but to a Royal which is about 6 pence of our money Marcellus a great General of the Romans who overcame the Captain of the Gaules in a single Duel vanqvisht Hannibal after he had given the Romans several great overthrows took Syracuse and at last was circumvented by Hannibal and slain Marcessible lat apt to putrifie or corrupt Marcgrave Dutch a Count or Earl of the Marches i. e. the Frontier of a Country whence the title of Marquesse seemeth to be derived also those Noblemen which from the Marches i. the limits between England and Wales or between England and Scotland were heretofore called Marchers and injoyed private Laws to themselves which now are worn out March so called because it was dedicated to Mars by his son Romulus Marchesite or Marquesite Span. a certain kind of stone intermingled among mettal and partaking of the nature and colour of the mettal it is mixt with it is by some called a firestone Marcheta a certain Law made by Eugenius King of Scotland which was that the Lord of the land should have the first nights lodging with every married woman within his jurisdiction the word signifying as some think the first carnal copulation with a woman but this law was abrogated by Malcolm the third Marchpane French a kind of Sugered paste made into little cakes it is called in Greek Saccharites in Latin Panis dulciarius also Sagunculus from Saguntum a Town in Spain where the best are made or Panis Martius because it had wont to be consecrated to Mars having towers castles and such like on it Marcidity or Marcour lat a withering away rottennesse Marcionists a sort of ancient Hereticks so called from one Marcion a Stoick they denied Christ to be the Son of God Marcus the praenomen of divers eminent Romans as Marcus Curtius who for the publick good devoted himself to the infernal powers and rid compleatly arm'd into a monstrous gap with which the earth opened and others See Regulus Salinatâ—r c. Maremaid see Syren Mareotis a great Lake in Aegypt on the south side of Alexandria having a large and commodious Port. Margaret Greek pearl the Christian name of divers women contracted Marget Margaritiferous lat bringing forth Margarites i. pearles which are found in Oysters and other kind of shell-fish Margery a Christian name of divers women some think it to be the same with Margaret others derive it from Marjora a kind of flower Marginal lat belonging to the margin or margent i. the brink or brim of any thing also written in the margin of a book which is the extream or uttermost part of a page which terminates the lines Mariandunum a Country of Asia famous for the Acherusian Den through which the Poets feign that Hercules went down into Hell Mariets French a sort of violets called also Marian violets some think from Maria the name of a woman who first discovered them Marigold a kind of flower of a yellow or golden colour called in Latin herba solaris in Greek Heliotropium because at night it contracts it self and at sun-rising opens and dilates it self Marine lat belonging to the Sea whence Mariner a Sailour a Seafaring-man Marital lat belonging to Wedlock or Mariage Maritime lat belonging to the Sea or being along the Sea side Marius a stout Roman born at Arpinas he overcame Jugurth King of Numidia and led him in Triumph before his Chariot after he had had five Consulships together conferred on him by the Romans being the sixth time Consul with Catulus he overthrew the Cimbrians in Gallia and the Teutones in Italy at length being overcome by Sylla he hid himself by the Lake Minturna from whence he fled into Africa but was recalled by Cinna and made Consul the seventh time Mark Hebr. high or from the Latin Marcus which name according to Varrow was given to those that were born in the moneth of March but according to Festus it signifies a hammer or mallet Mark a sort of coin or money valueing with us about thirteen shillings and four pence but a Mark of Gold is counted about eight ounces or thirty three shillings and four pence Marcab the pinion of the wing of Pegasus Marleborough a Town in Wiltshire seated upon the River Cunetio or Kenet so called from Marga or Marle because it standeth upon a chalky ground Alexander Necham calleth it Merlebrigia from
the Tomb of Merlin the Prophet this Town is famous for a Parliament in old times assembled here who made a Law for appeasing tumults called the Statute of Marlebâ—row Marlin a kind of Hawk called in French Esmerillion Marling a term in Navigation being a small line made of untwisted hemp to sease the ends of ropes from farsing out Marmaduke the proper name of a man from the Dutch Mermachtig i. more mighty Marmalade Ital. a kind of conserve made of quince which is called by the Italians Marmelo Marmorean lat like Marble or made of Marble Marmoset a Monky from the French word Marmotter i. to mutter Maronean wine a sort of wine made at the City Maronea of great vertue and strength Maronites were a sort of Christians dwelling in Mount Libanus they received the Catholik religion from Pope Clement the eighth and were a branch of the Jacobites having a Patriarch of their own who was alwayes called Peter Marpessa called also Alcyone the daughter of Euenus and wife of Idaeus the comliest man of his time she was so loved of her husband that when Apollo carried her away he pursued the god with his bow and arrows he had by her a very fair daughter called Cleopatra who was married to Meleager Marque see Letters of Mart or Marque Marquesite see Marchesite Marquetry a kind of chequer'd or inlaid work made with wood of divers sorts or colours into the shape of knots flowers or other things Marquisate French the title and jurisdiction of a Marquesse who is a Noble man next in Dignity and account unto a Duke from the Dutch word March i. a bound because originally they were the Prefects of the borders of some Countrey A Marrow French a companion or fellow also a beggarly rascal Mars the son of Juno who without the help of Jupiter proved with child by eating of a flower which grew in the Olenian fields according to the advice of Flora and brought forth Mars who was called the god of War he being in bed with Venus was discovered by Vulcan her husband who throwing an iron net over them exposed them to the view and laughter of all the gods but at the suite of Neptune they were set free Also the name of one of the 7 Planets Marshal in Latin Mariscallus was anciently no other than a Master of Horse from the Dutch words Mar i. a horse and Scalc i. a servant but of late there are several officers of that name as the Marshals belonging to the several Courts of Law the Marshals of each Regiment in an Army but the highest officers that bore this name among us were the Lord Marshal of England whose power consisted chiefly in matters of war and armes and Marshals of the Kings House whose office was to hear pleas of the Crown and to punish faults committed within the verge Marshalsee as it were Marshals seat the Court of the Marshal Marsyas a certain Musitian of Phrygia instructed by Minerva he provoking Apollo to a contest in Musick was overcome and flead for his presumption and from his name the River Marsyas whose streams were augmented by the tears of the Nimphs that bewailed him took its denomination Marternes or Sables a kind of rich Fur being the skin of a little beast called a Marten Martia the wife of Cato Vticensis whom he gave to his friend Hortensius and after he was dead about the beginning of the civil wars took her again Martial lat born under the Planet of Mars also warlike or valiant whence the Law of Armes is called Martial Law Martichore see Manticore Martin the proper name of a man from the Latin Martius The first of this name was St. Martin the Military Saint Bishop of Tours Martinet or Martelet a kind of bird called in Greek Apus because it wanteth the use of its feet Martingale see Cavechin Martnets a Term in Navigation the small lines which being fastned to the legs on the leetch of a sayl come down by the mast to the deck Martyrologie Greek a discourse treating of the lives and sufferings of Martyres Marullus Pomponius the greatest Grammarian and Critick of his age who reprehended Tiberius for speaking improper Latin and gave Ateius Capito the lie for vindicating it Mary Hebr. exalted Mascarade French a mask or pompous representation Mascle in blazon is a short lozenge having a square hole in the midst from the French word Macle i. e. a spot also the mash or hole of a Net Masculine lat manly or of the male kinde Massagetae see Scythia Masse in latin Missa the Liturgy or Divine service performed by the Roman Catholicks is also called from the Hebrew Missah l. sacrifice or oblation Massicot a kinde of Oaker made of Ceruse or white Lead Massilia a Town of Gallia Narbonensis which after it had been destroyed was rebuilt by the Phocences who flying from the Tyranny of Cyrus seated themselves in this place the Arts and Sciences flowrish't here at that heighth that it was accounted a second Athens it is vulgarly called Marâ—eiltes Massinissa a King of Numidia who from an inveterate enemy of the Roman name became a faithfull friend and allie he was a man of that strength and vigour of body that at 90 years of age he begat a son Massorets a sort of Jews which corrected the false written words of the Scripture noting them wit a little o. for they made a scruple to blot them out and setting down their corrections in the Margin Mastication lat a chewing between the teeth Mastick a kinde of sweet Gum distilling out of the Mastich or Lentiske Tree Masticot a kinde of yellow colour used in painting Mastigophore Greek an Usher that with stripes makes way in a croud Mastruke French a kinde of winter Garment made of Wolves and Deers skins together Mastupration lat lascivious violence offered to a man Matachin French a kinde of French dance Matagot French a kinde of Ape or Monky also a Hypocrite Match a Term in Hunting when a Wolf desires copulation he is said to go to his match or to his mate Mateotechny or Mataeotechny Greek the vanity of any Art a vain Science Mate Saxon daunted also consum'd A Mate or Checkmate a Term used in the Game at Chess is when the Game is brought to that passe that there is no way left for the King to escape from the Italian word Motto i. foolish and inconsiderate or the Spanish Matar i. to kill Matelotage the Hire of a Boat or ship from the French word Matelot a Saylour or Shipman Material lat consisting of matter or substance also being of some weight or importance Materiation lat a â—elling of Timber for building Maternal lat motherly on the mothers side whence maternity motherhood Mathematician lat one that is skilfull in the Mathematicks that is those Sciences which are understood by demonstration of these there are four in all Arithmetick Geometry Astronomy and Musick Matthew Hebr. Gods gift Mathurins certain Fryars of the Order of the holy
Trinity whose Office is to redeem Christian Captives out of Turkish slavery Matricide lat a killing of ones mother or one that kill 's his mother Matrice lat that part of the Womb where the Child is conceived also a mould for letters Matriculation lat a Registring of young Schollars into the society of their Foster-mother of learning the University Matrimonial lat belonging to matrimony i. marriage or wedlock Mattins French Morning-prayer Mattock a kinde of Pick-axe from the Dutch word Methaâ—â—k i. with hook Mattresse French a quilt or flock-bed Matura a certain goddesse among the ancient Romans who was said to be the Patronnesse of Corn when the eares began to ripen as Patalena took charge of them when the cups began to open and Lactucina when the juyce or milky substance began to abound Maturity lat ripenesse whence maturation a ripening Matuta see Ino. Matutine lat belonging to the morning Maud Germ. a Christian name of divers women from Matilda or Mathildis i. Honourable Lady of maids Maugre or Maulgre French whither one will or no or as we commonly say in despite of his teeth also a proper name in Latin Malgerius Mavis in Latin Malviccium a bird called a Thrush or Thrussel Maund French a hand-basket from Manus i. a hand or from Mandere i. to eat because they use to carry meat in it Maundy-Thursday see Mandy-Thursday Mavors the same as Mars Mauritania the utmost Region of Africa toward the Gaditan Bay now called the Streights of Gibraltar where the Gyant Antaeus is said to have raign'd who was overcome by Hercules it is divided into Tingitana and Caesariensis which Strabo call's Massilia and Massaesylia Mausolus a King of Caria the husband of Artemisia by whom he was so intirely loved that after he was dead she is said to have drunk up his ashes in wine and built him a very stately Sepulcher which from his name she called Mousoleum being one of the seven wonders of the world and from which every rich Monument is figuratively called a Mausoleum Maxillar or Maxillary lat belonging to the jawbone A Maxime in Phylosophy or Law is a proposition or principle generally received grounded upon reason and not to be denied called also an axiome Maximilian a name first given to one of the German Emperours by his father Frederick the third composing it of the names of two famous Romans Quintus Fabius Maximus and Scipio Aemelianus with hope that his son would imitate their vertues May so called because Romulus dedicated it to Mâ—ya the mother of Mâ—rcury Maze an astonishment also the same as Labyrinth Mazer a Beker or standing Cup to drink in from the Dutch word Maeser i. Maple of which sort of wood those Cups are commonly made M E Mead the same Hydromel Meagre French scraggy or lean The Mean in Musick the Tenor or middle part also in Law it is used for the interim or middle time as the action was mean c. Meander or Maeander a River of Phrygia which hath many oblique diversions whence a thing that is full of intricate turnings and windings is called a Maeander by way of Metaphor Mearstones in Latin Lapides terminales certain stones which are put as bounds and limits between one mans land and anothers Mease in Latin Mansus a Mansion house from the French word Maison i. e. a house or as some say from Meix i. e. a Mansion also Mease or Mese is used for a measure of Herrings consisting of 500. Measandue an Hospital from the French Maison de Dieu Meath a Province of Ireland containing these following Counties Eastmeath Westmeath and Longford Mecaenâ—s a learned Noble-man of Rome who lived in the time of Augustus he was a great favourer of Virgil and Horace whence every favourer of learning and learned men hath been ever since saluted with the Title of Mecaenas Mecha a Citie in Arabia Foelix which is had in great reverence by the Turks as being the place where Mahomet was buried Mechanick Arts or Handycrafts those Arts which require the labour of the hand of which these seven are esteemed the chief Agriculture Clothing Navigation Hunting Architecture Medecine Military Discipline the word comes from the Greek Mâ—chane an artifice or invention Mechation lat a committing fornication or whoredom A Medal French a kinde of ancient coyn or piece of plate having stampt upon it the effigies of some Prince or other eminent man Medea see Jason Medewife Sax. a woman of merit Media a large Countrey in Asia so called from Madai the son of Japheth or Medus the son of Aegeus and Medea it is divided into the greater Media whose chief Citie is Ecbatana and the lesser called also Atropatia Mediastine from the Latin Mediastinus is a drudge or Kitchin slave from Mediastinum it signifies that partition made by certain thin skins dividing the whole breast into two hollow bosomes Mediation lat a dividing into two also a making suit or means for any one whence Mediatour an intercessour Medicable lat able to heal also easie to be heal'd or cur'd Medicament lat a Medecine or Physical drugge Medication lat a curing or healing Medietas linguae an inquest empanell'd upon any cause whereof one part consisteth of Denizens the other of strangers Mediety lat the half or middle Medimne lat a certain measure containing six bushels Mediocrity lat a mean a middle temper and indifferency Mediolanum the chief Citie of that part of Italie formerly called Gallia Cisalpina it was first built by the Gauls who as they were digging in the earth finding a sow half covered with wool like a sheep called the Citie Mediolanum vulgarly Millain and the whole Countrey afterwards being Conquered by the Lombards was thence named Lombardy Medisance French evil speaking obloquy or reproach Meditation lat a studying or devising Mediterranean lat being in the middle of the earth or land whence the Mediterranean Sea is that Sea which hath its course in the midst of the earth Medrinacles a kinde of course Canvas called also Pouledavies Medullar lat belonging to the marrow Medusa the daughter of Phorcys with whose golden hair Neptune was so much in love that he lay with her in the Temple of Minerva and begat Pegasus at which the goddesse being incenced turned her hairs into Serpents whose sight converted all that look't on them into stone but at length Perseus finding the Serpents asleep killed them and cut off Medusa's head Meed old word merit or reward Meen French the countenance or posture of the face also the outward Garb. Meer in Common-law hath been used for meer right Mees Saxon Meadows Megabysus one of the Persian Nobles who in the behalf of Darius overthrew the Tyranny of the Magi in Europe he took Perinthus overcame the Paeones and attempted Macedonia Megaclo the daughter of Macares King of the Lesbians who being of a froward disposition and alwayes contending with his wife Megaclo was so grieved at her mothers calamity that she hired the Muses to be
small a little fish otherwise called a Cackrel in Latin Minimus Menoecus a Theban youth the son of Creon he was so zealous for the safety of his Countrey that when the Oracle had foretold that the Citie which was besieg'd by the Argives could not be saved unlesse the last of the race of Cadmus would voluntarily kill himself he slew himself with his own sword Mensal lat belonging to a table Mension lat a measuring Menstruosity lat the abounding of womens monethly flowers Mensuration lat the same as Mension or measuring Mental lat kept in the mind whence mental reservation a speaking something and concealing the rest Menteith the name of a Country in the south part of Scotland Mentition lat a lying or forging tales Mera the daughter of Praetus and Antia she being a great Huntresse and following Diana in the Woods was ravisht by Jupiter who lay with her in the shape of Diana whereupon the goddesse shot her to death with one of her arrows and afterwards turning her into a dog she placed her among the heavenly Constellations also the name of Icarius his dog See Icarius Meracity lat a being pure and without mixture Menker the jaw of the Whale Meraud the Christian name of divers women from the pretious stone called the Emerauld Mercature lat a buying trading or merchandizing Mercedary lat hired with reward or wages Mercenary lat the same Merch the name of a Country in the south part of Scotland Merchenlage the law of the Mercians or the inhabitants of these eight Countries Glocester Worcester Hereford Warwick Oxford Chester Salop and Stafford the Land being formerly divided into three parts the Mercians the West-Saxons and the Danes See Denelage Mercury as it were Medius currens inter Deos homines i. e. sent on messages between the gods and men the son of Jupiter and Maia the daughter of Atlas he lay with his sister Venus and begat Hermaphroditus he was counted the god of Eloquence of Merchandry of Handy-crafts-men and the first inventour of the Harpe also among Astronomers the name of one of the seven Planets among Chymists of Quicksilver Mercurial or Mercurialist one born under the Planet Mercury Meretricious lat belonging to a Whore Meridian lat belonging to noon also substantively used for one of the greater circles dividing the Sphear into two equal parts and passing through the Poles of the World and the Zenith or Vertical point Meridiation lat a sleeping at noon Meritot a kinde of play used by Children wherein they swing themselves up and down upon a Rope to which is tied a little beam acrosse which they sit it is called in Latin Oscillum Meremaid or Maremaid See Syren Mern a County in the North of Scotland the people whereof were anciently called Vernicones by some Vecturiones Meroe an Island encompass't with the River Nilus in which there is a Citie of the same name built by Cambyses whose sister was called Meroe from wence the Citie and Island took their denomination this Citie Astronomers make to be the farthest of the Northern Climats whose parallel-line they call Dia Meroes because it runs through the midst of the Citie Merope one of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione they were feigned by the Poets to be changed into seven stars called the Pleiades Merrick a proper name of a man among the ancient Brittains in Latin Meuricus Mersion lat a ducking or plunging over head and eares into the water a drowning Mâ—rton a Town in Surrey where Kinalph King of the West-Saxons was slain by a Clito or Prince of the bloud in a Harlots house the Clito himself being also stab'd immediately by Kinulphs followers in this place was born Walter de Merton founder of Merton Colledge in Oxford Mese see Mease Mesel Sax. a Leaper Mesentery Greek as it were the middle of the entrails a certain thick and double skin that fastneth the bowels or entrails to the back and affordeth passage to a number of veins called the Mesenterick or Meseraick veins Meskite a Church or Synagogue among the Turks and Moors from the Arabick word Mezquidun i. an Oration Mesnagerie French husbandry or housewifery Mesnalty a Term in Common-law the right of the Mesâ— that is a Lord of a Mannour who hath Tenants holding of him yet holding himself of a Superiour Lord from the French word Maisné i. e. younger by birth Mesopotamia a large Countrey of Asia so called because it is between the two Rivers Tigris and Euphrates it was called by the ancient Hebrews Aram Naharaim i. e. Syria of the Rivers now Apamia and by some Adiabene Messagry old word diligence in doing a message Messalians a Sect of Hereticks who held the Lords Supper and baptism to be but of indifferent concernment Messana the chief Citie of Sicilie built by the Messenians near unto the Promontory of Pelorum Messapia or Mesapia a Countrey of Italie anciently so called from Messapus the son of Neptune it containeth those Regions which are now called Calabria and Apulia Messenae a famous Citie in Greece situate in the Peloponnesus whose ancient inhabitants the Messenii waged a long and bloudy war with the Spartans but at last were reduced to absolute slavery Messias the same in Hebrew as Christos in Greek i. anointed and is oft used in the Holy Scriptures for our Saviour Christ. Messorious lat belonging to mowing reaping or harvest Mesuage in Common-law is used for a dwelling house with Garden Courtilage Orchard and all other things belonging to it Metachronisme Greek an errour in Chronology by the mis-reckoning of time or the ill connexion of passages a word compounded of the Greek preposition Meta and Chronos i. time Metaleptick Greek belonging to the figure Metalepsie wherein one thing is used to signifie another Metalline lat belonging to mettals Metamorphosis Greek a changing of one body or figure into another A Metaphor Greek a certain figure wherein one word is borrowed to expresse the signification of another as smiling Meadow's youthfull Summer Metaphysicks Greek a science which treateth of supernatural things as God Angels the Souls of men c. Metaplasmus Greek a Rhetorical figure wherein words or letters are plac't contrary to their usual order Metaris an arm of the Sea in Lincolnshire commonly called Maltraith and the Washes Metathesis Greek transposition being a certain figure wherein one letter is put for another Metellus a famous Roman Captain who being to go by Sea with a great Army against the Carthaginians and Sicilians prayed to all the gods but Vesta who being thereby offended kept back the Navy with contrary windes which Caius Julius the Priest affirmed could not be diverted but by the sacrificing of his daughter Metella which he yielding unto the goddesse took compassion of the Virgin and sent a Heifer in her stead also the name of a High-Priest of the Romans who when the Temple of Vesta was on fire running into the Palladium out of the flame he lost his sight by venturing too
far into the fire Metempsychosis Greek a Transmigration or passing of the Soul out of one body into another Meteor from the Greek word Meteoros i. high a certain imperfectly mixt body consisting of vapours drawn up into the middle Region whereof are ingendred Rain Winds Thunder and Lightning Meteorologie Greek a discourse of Meteors Meteoroscopie that part of Astrology which handleth the difference of Sublimities and distance of Stars Metheglin in latin Mulsum a kinde of drink made of Herbs Hony Spice c. Methodical Greek belonging to a Method i. an orderly or artificial disposing or placing of things Metiochus the son of Alcibiades he being taken by the Phaenicians and brought a prisoner to Darius the King of Persia against whom his father then made warre was yet honourably received the King bestowing upon him large possessions and a wife named Persiba by whom he had many Children Metius Suffetius Dictator of the Albans who being bound by Covenant to aide Tullus Hostilius King of the Romans against the Fidenates stood with his Army upon a Hill to see the event of the battel for which he was by the command of Hostilius torn in pieces with wilde horses Metonymie Greek a Rhetorical figure wherein there is a changing of one name for another as of the cause for the effects of the subject for the adjuncts and contrarily Metope a Term in Architecture the distance of space in a pillar between the Denticles and Triglyph's Metoposcopy Greek the guessing at mens inclinations as also the future events of men by looking on their faces Metrical lat belonging to Meeter or verse Metropolitan belonging to a Metropolis Greek i. the chief Citie of a Countrey or Province whence an Arch-bishop is called a Metropolitan Bishop because his Sea is alwayes in the chief Citie Mexico a great and famous Citie of the Mexican Province in Nova Hispania the Citie was the chief seat of Montezeuma who was Lord of the new world Mezentius a King of the Thuscans who with his son Lausus assisting Turnus in the war against Aeneas and the Trojans they both fell by the hand of Aeneas himself M I Miagrus the God of flies so called by Plautus by others Myopes Miasme Greek a polluting or defiling Michael Hebr. who is like God St. Michaels Mount a Rocky cliffe or Promontory in Corn-wall which John Earle of Oxford fortified against King Edward the fourth there is also a place so called in Normandy Miche to play the Truant or hide ones self out of the way from the French word Muser i. to be idle or the Dutch Micke i. a wary looking about Mickle much from the Saxon word Micel or as some say from the Greek word Megale Microcosme Greek the body of man is commonly so called being as it were a little world see Macrocosme Micrologie Greek a discoursing about petty small affairs Microscope Greek a certain instrument whereby the full proportion of the smallest things may be discerned Midas a King of Phrygia the son of Gordias a Cowheard he having intertained Bacchus and being bid to ask of him what ever he had a minde to he desired that whatsoever he toucht might be turned into gold which desire was immediately granted and not onely every thing else he touched but his meat also before he could bring it to his mouth was changed to gold whereupon he being forced to request that he might be freed from that gift he was counselled to wash himself in Pactolus streams which immediately became very bright with the glistering of the sands which were turned into gold afterwards Pan having challenged Apollo to a musick duell Tmolus being chosen Judge Midas being the onely man that gave the victory to Pan was adjudged for his ignorance to have Asses ears grow to his head which disgrace neverthelesse had been concealed had not his Barber gone into a hollow place of the earth and cried out Midas hath Asses ears and soon after the reeds which grew in that place became vocal and continually uttered the same words Middleburgh the chief City of Zealand Midriffe see Diaphragme Migration lat a removing or passing from place to place Mile such a space of ground in length onely as containeth a thousand paces or eight furlongs every furlong containing 125 paces Miles the proper name of a man in Latin Milo from the grain called Milium i. Millet others make it a contraction from Michael Miletus the chief Ciâ—ie of Ionia whose inhabitants the Milesii were accounted the potentest and the richest people of all Asia it was originally called Anactoria now Melazzo also a Citie of Caria built by Miletus the son of Apollo and Argâ—a or as some say by Sarpendon the son of Jupiter and the brother of Minos and Rhadamanthus Milfordhaven a very commodious Haven in Pembroke-shire where Henry Earle of Richmond landed when by that famous battel at Bosworth he won the Crown from Richard the third this Haven hath sixteen Creeks five Bay's and thirteen Rodes Militarie lat belonging to Souldiers or War Millefoile in Lat. Millefolium a kind of Herb otherwise called yarrow Millenarians see Chiliasts Millet in Latin Milium in Greek Cenchros a kind of plant so called from the multitude of small granes or seeds which it beareth Milo a certain Crotonian of that vast strength that at the Olympick games he carried an Oxe the space of a whole furlong killed it with his fist and afterwards eat it all himself in one day Miltiades a great Captain of the Athenians who with 11000 Greeks overthrew 600000 Persians in the fields of Marathon yet afterwards being accused of bribery he was forced by the Athenians to die in Chains A Mime or Mimick Greek a Jester or one that counterfeits the gestures or countenances of others whence Mimical Apish or given to imitate Minacity lat a menacing or threatning Minchings an ancient word for those consecrated whom we call Nuns Mindbruch a Saxon word a hurting of honour and worship Mine French the same as meen the aspect or garb of any person Cleop. Mineralist one skilfull in minerals lat i. metals or any thing growing in mines Minerva the goddesse of wisdom she is said to have been born without a mother and to have sprung out of Jupiters head she is reported also to have invented the liberal sciences and to have found out the use of wool about which a Lydian Virgin named Arachne contesting with her was overthrown and turned into a Spider also to her is attributed the first finding out of the use of Oyl she was called in Greek Athenaea and from her the Citie of Athens took its denomination Miniature a drawing of pictures in little which is many times done with Minium i. red lead A Minime a certain quantity in musick containing one time up or down from the Latin word Minimus i. least also Minime friars are a certain order instituted by Fran. de Paul A Minion or Mignon French one that is in highest credit and esteem with a great
person above any one besides but especially in an amorous sence it is also used adjectively for neat spruice polisht or adorn'd Minious lat of a red or Vermilion colour Ministery lat service or charge in any imployment but used more especially in a spiritual sence for the Priestly function Miniver see Menivâ—r The Minor in a syllogisme the latter part or assumption Minoration lat a diminishing or making lesse Minority lat nonage or being under age Minos a King of Creet the son of Jupiter or as some say of Xanthus and Europa he having great wars with the Athenians and Megareans because they slew his son Androgeus had Megara delivered to him by the treachery of Scylla he intertained Daedalus an Athenian being banisht from his Country who being an excellent Artist made that famous Labyrinth into which the Minotaur was put But afterwards for making a wooden Heifer into which Pasiphae the wife of Minos being included received the Bull again by which she had formerly had the Minotaur he was shut up into the Labyrinth himself together with his son Icarus but he making waxen wings for himself and his son fled away into Sicily where he was stifled in a Bath by the daughter of King Crocalus his son having melted his wings by the way and fallen into the Sea which was thence called the Icarian Sea Minotaurus the Monster which Pasiphae the wife of Minos brought forth having had carnal copulation with a Bull it had partly the form of a man partly of a Bull to this Monster the Athenians overcome by Minos were bound by covenant to sent yearly seven of their noblest youths to be devoured but in the third year Theseus the son of Aegeus was sent to slay the Minotaur which having done he escaped with the help of Ariadne out of the Labyrinth by a clew of thread Minouery from the French word Main-ovre i. handy-work is a trespasse committed by a mans handy-work in the Forrest as an engine to catch Dear c. Minster a Saxon word signifying a Monastery Mint a certain herb so called from Minthe the daughter of Cocytus who being taken away with Proserpina by Pluto was changed into a plant of the same name also the place where the Kings coin is formed which at present is at the Tower of London but in ancient times it was at Caleis Minute lat little small whence Minution a diminishing or making little also a Minute is substantively used for a moment or the smallest part of time †Mirabile lat wonderful strange to be admired Miraculous lat the same Mirmillions lat a sort of gladiators or sword-fighters Mirour or Mirrour French a looking-glasse Misanthropy Greek a man-hateing a flying the company of men Mirach the Girdle of Adromeday Misaventure in Common Law is the killing of a man partly by negligence and partly by chance as by throwing a stone carelessely shooting an arrow or the like Misbode old word wrong Miscellanies lat a mixture of several things together a collection of divers notions treating of different matters Miscreant French an Infidel or unbeliever Mise a French word signifying in an action of right or property the point whereupon the parties proceed to trial either by Assize or Battle as issue is in an action personal Misericordia in Common Law is an arbitrary punishment very moderate and rather lesse than the offence Miskenning is a changing of speech in Court The Misne or Misen-sail of a Ship is that which is between the poop and the main-sail Misogamy Greek a hating or contempt of marriage Misoginy Greek a hating of women Misprision from the French word mespris signifieth in Common Law a neglect or oversight as a misprision of Felony c. is a neglect or light account had of Felony committed by not revealing it when we know it to be committed To Misqueam old word to displease Missale lat a breviary or masse-book Misseltoe or Misseldin in Dutch Mistel a certain plant which grows not upon the ground but upon other trees of which it is reported that Thrushes eating the berries of this plant and afterwards sitting to roust all night and shitting upon it causeth it to bear bird-lime whence cometh the Proverb The Thrush shits her own sorrow Missile lat a dart or arrow also a term in Heraldry being a mixture of several colours together Mission lat a sending it is also taken peculiarly for a power given by the Church of Rome to go into other Countries and preach the Catholick Faith and those that are thus sent are called Missionaries or fathers of the Mission A letter Missive lat a letter which is sent from one friend to another Mister old word need want Mistery French Mistier Latin Magisterium a craft trade or occupation but coming from Mysterium it signifieth a secret or hidden businesse Mithridates a King of Pontus who spake 22 Languages he rebelling against the Romans was overcome by Sylla near Dardanus and afterwards by Lucullus near Cyzicus and flying to Tigranes King of Armenia he renewed the war but at length was totally overthrown by Pompey and besieged in his own Palace where having in vain attempted to poison himself he assisted Gallus the Executioner when his hand trembled in the murdering of himself He was the first inventour of that excellent Antidote against infection and poison called from his own name Mithridate Mitigation lat a pacifying or asswaging Mittins in French Mitains certain winter gloves made of cloth or furs Mittimus a Justice of peace his warrant to send an offender to the Goale or prison Mitylene an ancient City of Lesbos not far from Methymna from this City the whole Island now takes its denomination Mixen old word from Meoxe i. dung a dunghill Mixture lat a mingling of several things together Mizmor Span. a Dungeon M N Mnemosyne a certain Nimph who being got with child by Jupiter brought forth the nine Muses the word signifieth in Greek memory Mnesteus see Menesteus M O Mobbi a certain drink made of Potato roots much used in the Island of Barbado's Mobility lat moveablenesse inconstancy Modality lat a School-term signifying the manner of a thing in the abstract Modder from the Dutch word Modde or Moddekin i. a Maid or Virgin a young girle or wench Moderation lat temperance government discretion Moderatour lat a discreet governour a decider of any controversie Modern lat of late time Modicum lat a little matter a small pittance Modification lat a qualifying a setting a measure or limit to any thing Modulation lat an exact singing a keeping time and measure in singing Mogontus a certain heathen god worshipped by the ancient Brittains in Northumberland like as Bellotucardus in Cumberland and Andates in Essex Moguntia a City of Germany now called Mentz the Arch-Bishop of this place is one of the three spiritual Electors of the Empire Moiles in Latin Mallei a kind of highsoaled-shooes worn in ancient times by Kings and great persons Moitie French the
half part of any thing Mokel Sax. bignesse Molar lat belonging to a Mill whence the molar-teeth are those five most extreme teeth on either side of the mouth both above and beneath which are called Grinders Molendinarius lat belonging to a Mill. Molestation lat a vexing a troubleing Moliminous lat requiring strength force stresse or indeavour Molition lat a trying endeavouring or attempting Mollification lat a making soft or tender Mollitude lat softnesse tendernesse effeminatenesse Mollock or Meore old word dirt dung excrement Molochite see Malachite Moly a certain herb of very great vertue mentioned by Homer Momus a certain deity among the Ancients reputed the god of carping and reprehension he is feigned by the Poets to have been born of Nox and Somnus and that his whole businesse was to reprehend and carp at all the other gods Mona see Anglesey Monachal lat belonging to a Monk Monarchy Greek the government of a Common-wealth by a Monarch or one man alone Monas Greek the number one Monasterial lat belonging to Monasteries i. solitary places where Monks live it comes from the Greek word Monos i. alone A Mond a ball of Gold being one of the Ensigns of an Emperour who challengeth a kind of right to the whole World Monedule lat a jackdaw Monmouth the chief Town of Monmouthshire called in the Brittish tongue Mongwy because it is seated at the confluence of the Rivers Munow and Wye This Town is famous for the birth of King Henry the fifth and of Geffry ap Arthur Bishop of Asaph the compiler of the ancient Brittish Story Moneth Sax. Monad Dutch Maendt from Maene i. the Moon the space of 28 dayes in which time the Moon compleateth her circle There are four sorts of moneths First a moneth of Apparition i. the space of 26 dayes and 12 hours wherein the Moon appears the other three days being deducted wherein it is obscured by the Sun Secondly Medical or Decretorial i. the space of 26 days and 22 hours Thirdly of Consecution or Progression i. the space of one conjunction of the Moon with the Sun and the other being 29 dayes and a half Fourthly of Peragration i. the space of the Moons revolution from any part of the Zodiack unto the same again being 27 dayes and 8 hours Monger or Manger a Saxon word anciently used for a Merchant whence Woodmonger c. i. a Woodmerchant Moniers a word anciently used for ministers of the Mint coiners of money Monition lat an admonishing or giving warning Monkeshood a kind of flower called in Latin Consolida Regalis Monoceros Greek a Unicorn or beast having but one horn Monocular lat having but one eye Monodical Greek belonging to Monody i. a kind of Funeral-song wherein one sings alone Monogamy Greek a single marriage a having but one wife or one husband Monogram Greek a writing or sentence consisting of one line or verse Monology Greek a talking alone a discourse held by one man onely Monomachy Greek a single combate or fighting of one couple onely hand to hand Monophagy Greek an eating alone or of one kind of meat Monopoly Greek the ingrossing of any saleable commodity by one man that no body can gain by them but himself A Monops Greek a kind of beast of Paeonia otherwise called a Bonasus which voideth a kind of sharp and fiery ordure deadly to whomsoever it lights upon Monoptote Greek a term in Grammar being a Noun that hath but one Case Monostick Greek a sentence consisting onely of one single verse A Monosyllable Greek a word consisting onely of one syllable Monothelites Greek a sort of Hereticks living in the year 640 who held that there was but one will in Christ. Monstrosity lat monstrousnesse that which is beyond the ordinary course of nature Montanists a sort of Hereticks so called from their first Author Montanus they held that the Holy Ghost was not given to the Apostles but to themselves Montanous lat full of mountains belonging to a mountain Montchensy a great sirname in Kent and Suffolk stiled in Latin records de Monte Canisio Montefiasco a sort of rich wine made at Montefiascone a City in Italy Montera Span. a kind of cap used by Hunters and Seamen Monticulous lat full of Monticles i. little mountains or hillocks Montivagous lat wandering up and down the hills and mountains Montfichet a name of great note stiled in the Latin records de Monte Fixo Montgomery the chief City of Montgomeryshire so named from Roger de Montgomery Earle of Shrewsbury who built the Castle It is called in Latin Mons Gomericus Monument lat from the verb Mâ—nere i. to admonish a memorial of any famous person or action by Sepulchre Statue Pillar or the like Monychus the name of one of the Centaurs whose strength was such that he could pull up the strongest trees by the roots and use them instead of darts Monyma the wife of King Mithridates who when her husband was overthrown attempted to have strangled her self by tying her Diadem to her neck but the rope breaking she cursed her Diadem as being neither useful in prosperity nor adversity and delivered her self up to an Eunuch to be slain To Moor a ship a term in Navigation to lay out her Anchors as is most fit for the Ship to ride by in that place where she is Moorland a part of Staffordshire so called from certain barren places thereabout which have been anciently called Moores To Moot from the French word Mot i. a word or the Dutch ghe-moet i. a meeting together a term used in the Innes of Court and signifieth to handle a case in Law and those that handle these cases are called Mootmen who after 7 or 8 years study are chosen Utterbaristers Moral lat pertaining to manners or civility also the moral of a fable is used substantively for the application of it to mens lives and manners whence to moralize is to give the moral sense or interpretation of any thing Moration lat a tarrying or staying Moravia a Country of Germany anciently called Marcomannia it is now joyned to the Kingdom of Bohemia Morbidezza Ital. tendernesse effeminacy Morbiâ—ical lat causing sicknesse bringing diseases Mordacity lat bitingnesse sharpnesse also bitternesse of speech taunting terms Mordication lat a biting or fastning the teeth deep into any thing Moresk work French a kind of antick work in painting or carving wherein there is a wild resemblance of birds beasts trees c. intermingled Morgan a proper name of a man signifying in the ancient Brittish tongue as much as Seaman Morglay from the French words Mort i. death and Glaive i. a sword a mortal or deadly sword Moris a proper name in Latin Mauritius from Maurus a Moor. the most famous man of this name was St. Morice a Commander in the Theban Region martyred for the Christian Faith under Maximianus Morigeration lat as it were a bearing manners an obeying a yeilding obedience Morion Ital. a steel-cap or head-piece Morisco Span. a Moor
also a kind of Dance which seemeth to be the same with that which the Greeks call Pyrricha we vulgarly call it the Morris Dance as it were the Moorish Dance Morkin a term in Hunting a Deer that dies by mischance or sicknesse Morling or Mortling the wool which is taken from the skin of a dead sheep Morology Greek foolish speaking talking like a fool Morosity lat peevishnesse frowardnesse waywardnesse Morphew a kind of white scurfe upon the body from the French word Mort-feu i. dead fire because it lookes like the white sparkes that fall from a brand extinguished Morpheus the minister of sleep used also metaphorically for sleep it self Morta the name of one of the three Destinies according to the Latins See Parcae Mortal lat deadly bringing death Mort d' ancester is a Writ that lieth where a mans father mother brother or Uncle die seised of land and a stranger abateth or entreth the land Mortgage French a pawn of land or goods bound for money borrowed to be the Creditours for ever if the money be not repaied at the time agreed on Mortiferous lat bringing death Mortification lat as it were a making dead a quelling or subduing but it is peculiarly used in Divinity for an humbling or bringing down the flesh by fasting and prayer A Mortise French a term in Carpenters work being a fastning a piece of wood as it were by biting into another piece Mortmain French signifying a dead hand is in Common-law an Alienation of Lands or Tenements to any Corporation or Fraternity and their Successours with the Licence of the King and the Lord of the Mannour Mortresse a kinde of made dish of meat consisting of several ingredients A Mortuarie lat a Funeral a burying place also a gift left by a man at his death to his Parish in recompence of his Tythes not duely paid in his life time Mosaical Musaique or Musive work a kinde of curious work in Architecture consisting of small inlayed pieces of stone glasse sundry coloured shells or other materials Moscovia a large Countrey of Europe otherwise called Russia bordering upon Tartary it is governed by the great Duke of Muscovie called also Emperour of Râ—ssia Moses Hebr. drawn up A Mosque the same as Meskite A Mosstick a word used in painting being a round stick about a yard long which the Artist doth rest upon when he paints Mot or Motto French and Italian an Emblem Impresse or devise as it were a a short sentence comprised in a word also a certain note which hunts-men wind on their horn Motet French a verse in Musick a stanza of a song also a short posie Mouch old word to eat up Mougnon French the brawny part of the arm also the brassel or that part of a Coat of Armour which covereth the Arms. Mound q. Munimentum a Fence or Hedge Mounster a Province in Ireland containing these following Counties Kerry Desmond Kork Waterford Limmerick Tipperary Mountain of piety a certain stock or bank of money which used to be raised out of voluntary contributions and treasured up to be lent upon occasion to poor people who were ruined by the usury and extortion of the Jews Mountebank from the Italian word Montimbanco because he monts upon some high bench or form a Drugseller or one that buys Drugs of Apothecaries and by much boasting of their vertues sells them again for choice Medecins He is called in French Charlatan from his great talking and bragging A Mowe from the French Amas i. â— heap a pile or stack of corn or hay M U Mucilaginous or Mucculent lat full of snotty or slimy substance Mucidity or Mucour lat mouldiness hoarinesse filthinesse A Muefor Hawks a kind of cage or aviary where Hawks are kept when they change their feathers it comes from the from the French word Muer to change whence that place called the Mues near Charing-crosse came to be so called it having been anciently appointed for the keeping of the Kings Hawks Mufti the chief Priest among the Turks who is created by the Emperour himself Mugwort a kind of herb which being carried about a man taketh away wearinesse it is called in Latin Artemisia from Artemisia the Queen of Caria or from Artemis i. Diana Mulato Span. one whose father is a Blackmore and his mother of another nation or contrarily Mulct lat a fine penalty or amerciament Muleto Ital. a beast called a Moile or great Mule made use of in some parts for the carrying of Sumpters Muliebrity lat womanishnesse softnesse effeminacy Mulier in Common Law is a word taken contradistinct to a bastard as if a man have a son by a woman before marriage and then marrying the mother of that son who is called a bastard have another son this second son is called Mulier and being compared together they have this addition Bastard eldest and Mulier youngest but the most proper signification of Mulier is a woman that hath had the company of man Mullar in French Mulleur the upper stone wherewith Painters use to grind their colours Mullet in Latin Mullus a kind of fish called a Barbel also a term in Heraldry being like a spot falling from above and divided into five ends Mulse lat a kind of wine mingled with honey Multifarious lat of divers sorts divided into many parts Multifidous lat having divers slits cleft into several parts Multiformity lat a having divers forms or shapes Multiloquous lat talking much of many words Multiparous lat bringing forth many young ones at a birth Multiplicious lat manifold consisting of divers wayes or things Multiplication lat an increasing a making much or many Multipotent lat having much power able to do much Multiscious lat having much skill or knowledge Multisonant lat sounding much making much noise Multivagant lat straying or wandering much Multure in Common Law is a toll that a miller taketh for grinding of corn Mumme a kind of Dutch Beer made originally at Brunswick Mummery French a personating of any one in a mask Mummy lat a kind of pitchy substance arising from the moisture which is sweat out of dead bodies that have been embalmed with divers sorts of spices and is called in Greek Pissasphaltus Muncerians a sort of Anabaptists that made a great insurrection in Germany so called from their Ringleader Muncer Mundane lat worldly belonging to the world Mundification lat a making clean purging or purifying Muneration lat a recompencing or rewarding Municipal lat injoying a freedom or the right of a free City Munificence lat bountifulnesse liberality Muniment lat a Fence or Fortress also a house of Strength where the Deeds or Plate of a Colledge are kept Munite lat fenced made strong Munkseam a term in Navigation a kind of sowing the canvasses of sails the edge of the one over the edge of the other Murage lat a toll to be levyed for the building or repairing of publick walls Mural lat belonging to a wall Mural Crown a Crown which among
the ancient Romans was given to him who first scaled the walls of an enemies City Murder in Common Law is a wilful and felonious killing of any man upon premeditated malice Murengers certain officers in Westchester that look to the City walls Muricide lat a mouse-killer a cowardly fellow Muriel the Christian name of divers women from the Greek Myron i. sweet ointment Muring a term in Architecture the raising of walls Murrain from the Greek word Maraino a kind of rot or consuming disease among cattel Murnival French the number 4. Murray a Country in the North part of Scotland called in Latin Moravia A Murrey colour from the Greek word Maurus a dusky blackish or dun colour Musach cassa a certain chest in the Temple of Jerusalem wherein Kings were wont to cast their offerings Musaph a certain book containing the Laws of the Turks Muscadel wine French a sort of wine brought from the Island of Candy having a sweet odour like to that of Musk. Musâ—hamp a name formerly of great note in Northumberland stiled in Latin records de Musko Campo Muscheto a kind of Insect so called somewhat resembling a gnat Mussack a kind of drink much in use among the Chineses Muscous lat mossy or full of mosse Musculous lat belonging to or full of Muscles i. certain organick parts of the body being of a fleshy and tendinous substance and interlac't with filaments and little veines and arteries and serving as the instruments of motion to every part Musen a term among Hunters is when a Stag or male Deer casts his head Muses the 9 daughters of Jupiter and Mnemosyne born in the Country of Pieria whence they are called Pierides and inhabiting Helicon a hill of Boeotia they were accounted the goddesses of Musick and Poetry and the rest of the ingenuous Arts and Sciences their names were Calliope Clio Erato Thalia Melpomene Terpsichore Euterpe Polyhymnia and Vrania Musive see Mosaical Musket the tassel or male of a sparrow-Hawk Muskinne a kind of bird otherwise called a finch in Latin fringillago Musmon the name of a certain beast resembling partly a sheep partly a goat Mussitation lat a muttring or speaking between the teeth Mussulmans or Mulsulmans an Arabick word signifying a people faithful in their Religion being an attribute which the Turks or Mahumetans arrogate to themselves Must lat wine newly pressed from the grape Mustache or Mustachio French from the Greek word Mystax the beard of the upper-lip Mustaphis certain Prophets or Learned men among the Turks Musteline lat belonging to a weasel Mustriche a Shoomakers last Mutability lat changeablenesse inconstancy Mutation lat a changing Mute lat dumbe speechlesse also Mutes used substantively for those consonants which have no sound of a vowel before them also certain Executioners among the Turks appointed to strangle offenders are called Mutes Also a Hawk is said to mute not to dung Mutilation lat a maiming or curtailing of any thing Q. Mutius a stout Roman who in the war with Porsenna King of the Hetrurians went into the enemies Camp with an intent to have killed the King but being taken and threatned with extraordinary punishments he thrust his right hand into the fire and burnt it off to shew his contempt of torments whence he was called Scaevola and telling Porsenna that 300 youths had in like manner conspired against him he was so terrified that immediately he made a peace with the Romans Mutual lat passing between two interchangeable M Y Myriad Greek the number of ten thousand Myrmidons a certain people of Thessaly who went under the conduct of Achilles to the wars of Troy They were so called from Myrmidon an ancient King of Thessaly the son of Jupiter and the Nimph Corymosa or else from a certain Virgin called Myrmice who for contemning Ceres was changed into an Ant from which there springing up a multitude of Ants they were by the prayers of Aeacus when Thessaly was almost depopulated changed into men Myrobalanes a sort of medicinal fruit by some called Egyptian acorns of which there are five sorts Bellerick Chebule Citrine Emblick and Indian Myropolist Greek a seller of ointments or sweet oiles Myrrha the daughter of Cynaras King of Cyprus who by the help of her Nurse coming to lie with her father was got with child by him and brought forth Adonis the Paramour of Venus but Cynaras afterwards being sensible of what was done would have slain her with his sword whereupon she fled into Arabia Felix and was changed into a Tree of her own name from which there distilleth a sweet aromatick Gum called also Myrrhe Myrrhine lat belonging to myrrhe made of myrrhe Myrsilus the son of Myrsus a King of Lydia called also Candaules the last of the race of the Heraclidae See Candaules Myrtilus the son of Mercury and Phaethusa he was the Chariot-driver of Oenomaus who being to run a race with Pelops Myrtilus being promised a great reward loosened the axeltree so that the Chariot being overturned Oenomaus fell out and broke his neck but before he died he intreated Pelops to revenge his death whereupon when Myrtilus came to demand his reward he was thrown into that Sea which from thence was called Mare Myrtoum now Mar de Mandria Myrtle a kind of low tree which beareth a little blackish leaf of a very fragrant scent and groweth onely in hot Countries this tree was by the ancients acounted sacred to Venus Mysia a Country of Asia the Lesse anciently divided into Higher Mysia and Lower Mysia it containeth those Countries which are now called Servia Bulgaria and Wallachia Mystagogical Greek belonging to a Mystagogue i. e. he that interprets Divine mysteries or ceremonies also he that hath the keeping of Church relicks and shewing them to strangers Mysteriarch Greek a chief overseer of sacred mysteries Mystical Greek mysterious secret hidden Mithology Greek a discourse and exposition of fables N A NAam from the Dutch word Memmen i. to nim or take hold on in Common Law is the taking of anothers moveable goods which if it be by reasonable distresse proportionable to the value of the thing distrained for it is called lawful Naam Nacre French mother of pearle Nadir an Arabick word oft used in Astronomy signifying that point of heaven directly under our feet and opposite to the Zenith Naenia lat Funeral-songs Funeral-prayers or praises Naiades the Nimphs of Rivers and Fountains from the Greek word Nao i. to flow Naiant French swimming or floating a term in Heraldry Naif French a term in Jewelling and is spoken of a Diamond or other Stone which looketh quick and natural and hath all its properties as in water cleannesse c. Nantwich a Town in Cheshire famous for the pits of brine or salt water which are called Wiches it was named by the ancient Brittains Hellath Wen i. the white Wich or Salt pit and by Latin Writers Vicus Malbanus perhaps from one William Malbedeng or Malbanc anciently Lord thereof Napaeae the Nimphs of the woods and
mountains from the Greek word Nape i. a wood Napthe lat a kind of sulphureous substance called Median oile or Babylonish bitumen Narcissus a youth of great beauty the son of Cephisus and Liriope of whom the Prophet Tyresias foretold that he should live so long as he should abstain from beholding himself he being beloved of many Nimphs and especially of Echo was insensible to all their loves at length coming to drink of a clear Fountain and beholding his image in the water he fell in love with it and seeing no hopes of injoying it he pined away for grief and was changed into a Flower of the same name vulgarly called a white Daffadilly and Echo seeing her self despised likewise pined away and was changed into a voice Also the name of a Bishop of Jerusalem who when oil was wanting at Divine service for the Lamps by his prayers turned water into oil Narcotique Greek of a stupefying and benumming quality whence divers things which are used in physick to that end are called Narcotic Medicines Nares a term in Faulconry the holes in the Hawks beake A Narration or Narrative lat a report discourse or relation of any thing Narses an Eunuch who being General of the Emperour Justinians Army in Italy after Belizarius performed very great service against the Goths but at last being affronted by Sophia the Empresse he called in the Lombards into Italy †Nasicornous a made word which signifieth having a horn upon the nose from the Latin Nasus i. a nose and Cornu i. a horn Natalitious lat belonging to ones nativity or birth-day Natation lat a swimming Nathaniel a proper name signifying in Hebr. the gift of God Nativity lat the birth or first entrance into the World Nativo habendo a Writ for the apprehending and restoring to a Lord his villain claimed as his inheritance who in Common Law is called Nief Naturalist lat one that understandeth natural causes a natural Philosopher Naturalization lat an admitting of strangers into the number of Natural Subjects Naval lat belonging to a Ship or Navy To Naucifie lat to set at naught The Nave of a wheele the middle or that part into which axeltree is put Naufrage lat shipwrack losse at sea See Wreck Navicular lat belonging to ships Navigable lat passable by ships Navigation lat a sailing also the Art of Seafaring the knowledge of Sea-affairs Navity lat diligence stirringnesse Naulage French the fraight or passage money for going over the Sea or any River Naumachy Greek a fighting at sea a sea battle Nauplius the son of Neptune and Amymone the daughter of Danaus he was King of Eubaea and father of Palamedes who being by the means of Vlisses stoned to death Nauplius in revenge made a great fire upon the Mountain Caphareus which the Greek Navy taking to be the light of some near Harbour sailed so near that they were cast away upon the rocks Nauseous or Nauseative lat going against ones stomack making one ready to vomit Nausicae the daughter of Alcinous and Arete she going out of the City one night with her maid-servants to bath her met with Vlisses who was shipwrack't upon that shore and almost naked whom she brought to her fathers Palace gave him cloths and entertained him with a great deal of respect Naustible lat a Haven for ships Nautical or Nautic lat belonging to Mariners or to Ships Naxos one of the Cyclades Islands in the Aegean anciently called Strongyle and Dia in this Island Ariadne being left by Theseus married Bacchus Nazal French the nose-piece of a Helmet Nâ—zarites Hebr. a sort of Jews who separated themselves from all others and vowed themselves to God for a certain time in which they abstained from wine and suffered their hair to grow also the Disciples were called Nazarites from Nazareth the place where Christ was born N E Neades a certain kind of beast whose bones are of a miraculous greatnesse Neaera the name of a very fair Nimph who being got with child by Phaebus brought forth two daughters Lampetia and Phaethusa who kept the flocks of their father the Sun in Sicily many of which were killed by the companions of Vlisses for which they were cast away at sea Neale-too in Navigation is when it is deep water close to the shore Neapolis the City of Naples situate in Campania in Italy upon the Mediterranean Sea-side it was built first of all by the Citizens of Cuma and called Parthenope from the name of one of the Syrens who was there buried afterwards it was destroyed then rebuilt and called Neapolis which in Greek signifieth the new City from this City the Kingdom of Naples takes its denomination containing all those Countries of Italy which are called Campania Apulia Lucania Magna Graecia and part of Latium Neap-tides those smaller tides which happen 7 dayes after the change and 7 dayes after the full of the Moon whereas the greater tides which happen 7 dayes before the change and full are called Spring-tides Neat from the Dutch Nieten i. to but an Oxe Cow or Stear Nebule a term in Heraldry bearing a representation of the clouds Nebulous lat misty foggy cloudy Necromancy Greek a divination by calling up deceased bodies also the black art or any kinde of conjuration by dealing with the Devil or evil spirits Nectarean Greek pleasant immortal from Nectar i. a certain pleasant drink which the Poets faign to have been the drink of the Gods and that whosoever drunk of it would become immortal Nefandous lat hainous horrible not to be mentioned Nefarious lat very wicked abominable Negative lat denying or gainsaying Negative pregnant in Common-law is when a man being impleaded to have done a thing upon such a day denies that he did it after the manner and form declared Negotiation lat a merchandizing trafficking or mannaging of affairs Negro Ital. a black-more Neif see Nativo habendo Nemoea a certain wooddy Countrey of Achaia between Cleonae and Phlius here it was that Hercules slew a Lyon of a Monstrous bignesse which from the place was called the Nemaeâ—n Lyon in remembrance of which exploit he instituted certain games called also Nemaean games Nemesis the goddesse of reward and revenge and the daughter of Jupiter and Necessity she was also called Adrastia and Rhamnusia and placed by the Aegyptians above the Moon Nemoral or Nemorous lat belonging to woods wooddy shaded with trees Nenuphar Arab. a certain flower commonly called a water-lilly Neogamist Greek one newly married Neophyte Greek a plant newly set or planted also metaphorically one newly entred into any profession or one newly converted to the Faith Neoterical or Neoterique Greek new or of a late time Nepenthe a certain herb mentioned by Pliny which being put into wine expeleth sadnesse Some think it to be the same with Buglosse Nephglian Crookhorn is Aries Nephritick Greek troubled with a disease which causeth a pain in the reines of the back Nepotation lat riotousnesse or luxury Neptune the son of
Government of the Danes Norwich the chief Citie of Northfolk heretofore called Northwick i. Northerly Creek Wick signifying in the Saxon tongue the Creek or Cove of a River it was set on fire by Sweno the Dane in the time of King Ethelred but it flourisht again after the Conquest and the Castle was re-edified by Hugh Bigod Earle of Northfolk Lewis the Frenchman won it by assault from King John Notarie lat one that takes Notes and makes a short draught of Contracts Obligations and other instruments a Scribe or Scrivener Note a Term in faulconory vide Pruneth Notification lat a making known a a giving information or advertisement Notion lat understanding or knowledge Notius vide Pisces Nottingham the chief Town of Nottinghamshire it is so called by a mollified pronuntiation from the Saxon word Snottengaham i. a house of Dennes or Caves it hath a strong Castle which the Danes held out against Aethered King of the West-Saxons and his brother Aelfrid who were stirred up by Burthred King of the Mercians against them Novae tabulae lat certain Tables among the ancient Romans whereby old debts or obligations were cancelled and made void Novatians a sort of Hereticks who condemned second marriages and held that those who had once fall'n ought not to be received into the Church although they afterwards repented they were seduced by one Novatus in the year 215. Novation lat a renewing or making new Novels certain volumes of the Civil-law in number 168. they were set out by the Emperour Justinian after the Codex also certain little tales or Romances November so called because it is the ninth moneth from March Novempopulana the Countrey of Gascoin in France whose chief Cities are Bourdeaux and Tolouse Novendial lat continuing the space of nine dayes Novennial lat continuing the space of nine years Novercal lat belonging to a stepmother Novice lat Tyro Greek Neophyte one newly entred into Orders also a young beginner in any art or profession Novity lat newnesse strangenesse Nowed French tied in a knot a Term in Heraldry Noxiâ—us lat guilty also hurtfull or offensive N U Nubiferous lat cloud-bearing bringing or causing obscurity Nubilous lat cloudy or tempestuous Nude contract in Common-law is a bare contract or promise of any thing without assigning or agreeing what another shall give Nudation lat a making bare Nudity lat nakednesse barenesse Nugation lat a toying or trifling Nuisance or Nusance see Annoyance Nullifidian lat one of no faith or honesty Nullity lat nothing or a being of no effect Nullo Arithm. a Cipher that stands for nothing Numa Pompilius the second King of the Romans a Sabine born he built the Temple of Janus created the Dial Martial and Quirinal Flamins he made the twelve Salii or Priests of Mars and the High-Priest consecrated the Vestal Virgins distinguisht the dayes into hallow'd and unhallowed and divided the year into twelve moneths and that these things might gain the greater credit with the people he faign'd that every night he had private discourse with the Nymph Aegeria and that what he had instituted was by her appointment Numbles French the entrailes of a Stag or Dear Numeration lat a numbring Numerical lat belonging to number also a Term in Logick as Numerical difference is that difference which together with the lowermost species constitutes the Individuum Numitor the son of Procas King of the Albanians he was driven out of his Kingdom by his younger brother Amulius Nun Dutch a Virgin that by holy vow obligeth her self to perpetual virginity and espouseth her self to the Church Nuncupation lat a pronouncing or calling by name A Nuncupative Will or Testament is that which is declared by words and not written Nundinary lat belonging to fairs or markets whence Nundination a Trafficking or Trading Nuntio Ital. a Messenger Legat or Ambassadour it is a word most peculiarly appropriate to the Popes Legat. Nuper Obiit the name of a Writ which lieth for a Coheir being deforced by her Coheir of Land or Tenements whereof any of their Ancestours died seised in fee-simple Nuptial lat belonging to a marriage or wedding Nurture for nouriture i. a nourishing a teaching of good manners Nutation lat a nodding Nutrition lat a nourishing N Y Nycteus the son of Neptune and Celene the daughter of Atlas he married a Cretan Nymph called Amalthaea by whom he had Antiope and Nyctimene the latter of which falling in love with her father came by the help of her Nurse to injoy him but being afterwards known and flying from her fathers wrath she was changed into an Oake Nymphs see Nymphal Nymphal lat belonging to the Nymphs which were accounted by the ancients certain rural goddesses of which some were called the Nymphs of the woods or Dryades some of the mountains or Oreades some of the waters or Naiades c. Nymphet French a little Nymph Nysa a Citie built by Bacchus in India being situate in a very fruitfull soyl also one of the tops of the mountain Parnassus consecrate to Bacchus Nysus a King of the Megarenses whose Citie was betrayed to Minos by his daughter Scylla see Scylla O A OAxis a River of Creet so called from Oaxis the son of Apollo who lived there Oaxus the son of Acacallis daughter of Minos also a Citie of Creet which took its denomination from the above mentioned Oaxus in this Citie Etearchus the father of Phronima who was the mother of Battus raign'd O B †Obaceratio lat a stopping ones mouth Obambulation lat a walking abroad about or against Obarmation lat an arming against Obduction lat a covering about Obduration lat a hardning a growing obstinate against Obedientia hath been used in Law for a certain Rent paid in ancient time also in Canon-law it is taken for the administration of an Office whence Obedientiales are those that execute an Office under their Superiours Obelisk Greek a great stone waxing smaller and smaller from the bottom and ending in a point at the top differing onely from a Pyramid in that it is four-square and all of one stone also a long stroke in writing signifying that something is amisse and better left out then inserted Obequitation lat a riding about Oberration lat a straying or wandring about Obesitie lat grosnesse or fatnesse Objection lat a casting against also a laying to ones charge An Obit lat a trental an obsequy or funeral Objuration lat a binding by Oath against any person or thing Objurgation lat a chiding rebuking or reproaching An Oblat French a Souldier who being maimed in the wars is maintained in an Abbey it is also taken for the maintenance it self Oblation lat an offering more especially that which is offered by religious persons to the Church or to pious uses also a toll or subsidy Oblatration lat a barking or exclaiming against Oblectation lat a delighting pleasing or recreating ones self Obligation lat a binding or obliging ones self to any thing Oblimation lat a
Polybius King of Corinth and bred up by the Queen as her own son when he came to age he unfolded the riddle of Sphnix slew his father and married his mother See Creon and Jocasta Oenâ—maus see Pelops Oenopolist Greek one that sells wine a Vintner O F Offertory lat a part of the Masse also a place where offerings are kept An Official lat is used in the Canon Law for him to whom any Bishop doth commit the charge of his spiritual jurisdiction Officine lat a shop or workhouse Officious lat dutiful or serviceable Offton a Town in Suffolk so nam'd from Offa King of the Mercians as it were Offa's Town Offuscation lat a shadowing a making dark or dusky O G Ogdastick Greek an Epigram or a Stanza consisting of 8 verses Ogive or Ogee French a wreath circlet or round band in Architecture Ogyges an ancient King of Boeotia who built the City of Thebes in his time hapned a very great flood called the Ogygian flood bigger than that of Deucalion but lesse than Noahs Flood O I Oisterloit a certain herb otherwise called snakeweed in Latin Bistorta O K Oker a colour used in painting whereof are several kinds Oker de lace or yellow Oker burnt Oker and brown Oker O L Oleaginous lat belonging to an Olive-tree Oleander a certain shrub called Rose-bay in Greek Rododendron or Rododaphne Oleity lat the time of gathering Olives also oilynesse Olfactâ—ry lat belonging to the sense of smelling Olicana the ancient name of a Town in Yorkshire re-edified by Virius Lupus then Propretor in Brittain and is thought to have been the same with that which is now called Ilkely Olidous lat rank-smelling having a strong savour Oligarchy Greek the government of a Common wealth by a few Olivaster lat of an olive colour also a wild olive-tree Oliver the proper name of a man derived from the peace-bringing Olive as Daphnis from the Laurel Oliviferous lat olive-bearing bringing forth Olives Olivity see Oleity Olla podrida Span. a hotchpot or dish of meat consisting of several ingredients being somewhat like that which the French call a Bisque Olympia a City of Greece near unto which were solemnized the great Games instituted by Hercules in honour of Jupiter they were from the name of this City called the Olympian Games and were celebrated every fifth year which space was observed as an Epoch of time by the Greeks and called an Olympiad Olympias the Christian name of divers women so called from Olympus Olympus a hill in that part of Thessaly that lieth against Macedon the top of this hill toucheth the clouds and therefore it hath been taken by the Poets for Heaven or the seat of the gods Olynthus a City of Thrace which Philip of Macedon won from the Athenians by corrupting the souldiers with money Olysippo the chief City of Portugal vulgarly called Lisbon O M Ombrage French a shadow also a colour or pretence Omega Greek the last letter in the Greek Alphabet It is also used metaphorically for the end of any thing Omelet French a pancake or froise Ominous lat portending good or ill luck but most commonly it is taken in the worst sense Omission lat a neglecting or letting a thing passe Omnifarious lat divers sundry of all sorts Omniparent lat bearing or bringing forth all things Omnipotent lat all mighty all-powerfull Omnipresent lat present in all places Omniscious or Omniscient lat knowing all things Omnivagant lat wandring every where or in all places Omnivâ—rous lat eating or devouring all kind of things Omology Greek agreeablenesse or proportion also a confession Omphale a Queen of Lydia by whom Hercules was highly rewarded for killing a great Serpent upon the River Sangaris and afterwards he falling in love with her and desiring to be intertained in her service she compelled him to sit and spin while she leaving her distaff put on his armes and Lions skin others say that he was sold to her by Mercury at the command of Jupiter for having slain Iphitus the son of Euritus O N Onagre lat a wild asse also a certain Engin used by the Ancients out of which they used to shoot great stones Onerary lat serving for burthen or carriage Oneration lat a loading or burthenning Onomancy lat a divination by names also a repeating of many names by the Art of memory Onomatopy Greek the faining of a name from any kind of sound as Bombarda i. a Gun from the sounding of bom Onpresse old word downward Onyx a certain pretious Stone so called from the Greek word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. a naile of a mans hand because it is of a kind of whitish colour resembling the colour of a mans naile Some say it is the congealed juyce of a Tree called Onycha it is also called a Chalcedonie O P Opacous lat shady obscure darkned Opal Greek a precious stone of divers colours yellowish green and purple Opening of Gates is when a Planet applies it self to another who ruleth the figure opposite to his house or when one Planet separates from another and applies immediately to one that hath dominion by house in the signe opposite to these ruled by the Planet with whom it was joyned either by body or aspect Opera a kinde of Dramatick Poem in use among the Italians performed by voyces and instrumental Musick in a recitative stile and adorned with Scenes by Perspective Operation lat a working or labouring Operiment lat a covering Operosity lat busie work great pain or travel Ophthalmy Greek a certain disease of the eye rising from an inflammation of the uttermost skin of the eye called Adnata Ophites lat a kinde of marble variegated like a Serpent Ophiuchus a constellation in Sagittary Ophiusa an Island in the Balearick Sea so called from the abundance of Serpents which are in it An Opiate lat a confection of Opium i. the juyce of black Poppy which is used to cause sleep or asswage excessive pain Opiferous lat bringing aid help or succour Opifice lat workmanship Opimous lat fat or grosse also rich or plentifull Opination lat a thinking or supposing Opiniatrecy French opiniativenesse obstinacy a wilfull persisting in any opinion Opisthograph Greek a book or paper written upon on the back-side Opitulation lat a helping or aiding Opobalsame Greek the gumme or liquor that distilleth from the Balm-tree Oppication lat a covering over with pitch Oppignoration lat a pawning or laying inpledge Oppilation lat an obstruction or stoppage in the inward parts Oppletion lat a filling up An Opponent lat a withstander or contradicter one that maintaineth a contrary argument in the Schools to what is generally held Opportune lat fit seasonable convenient whence opportunity due time or season Opposite lat contrary or over-against also opposites substantively used signifie in Logick things relatively opposed as master and servant or privately as light and darknesse or contraries as knowledge and ignorance Opposition lat a contrary setting against also a resisting in
Astrology it is when two Planets are in houses opposite to one another it is 180. d. distance or six signes and is thus Charactered o o. Opprobrious lat reproachfull upbraiding or reviling Oppugnation lat a fighting against an assalting or laying siege unto also a violent opposing Ops the daughter of Coelus and Vesta the wife and sister of Saturn Opsimathie Greek a learning late Opsonation lat a catering a purveying or buying of meat Optation lat a wishing desiring or looking for Ophthalmie Greek a certain disease in the eye occasioned by the inflammation of the annate Tunicle Optick Greek belonging to the sight also substantively used for that science whereby the reason of sight is known Optimacie lat a governing of the Common-wealth by the Nobler sort of persons Option lat election choice wish or desire Opulencie lat riches wealth plenty Opuscle lat a little work or labour O R Or French a Term in Heraldry expressing the colour of Gold Orache or Orage a certain Pot-herb of an insipid taste called in Latin Atriplex Oracle lat an answer or Counsel given by God a foretelling of things to come by Divine revelation a saying whose truth is unquestionable Oracles were anciently very frequent among the Gentiles but they all ceast immediately after the coming of Christ. Oral lat belonging to the mouth face or visage Oration lat a praying also a speech Oratory lat eloquence also a Chappel or place dedicated to prayer Oratorians an Order of Fryars so called from the Oratory of St. Hierom in Rome where they used to pray they were instituted by St. Philip Nerius a Florentine Orbation lat a bereaving depriving or making desolate Orbe a body contained under one round superficies those Orbs that belong to the coelestial firmament are either with or without Stars that without Stars is the primum mobile the other are all stellified either with fixed Stars or Planets Orbicular lat round in fashion of a Ball or Globe Orbity lat the lack of Parents or Children generally any want Orbona a certain goddesse among the ancient Romans to whom Parents or Children used to pray against Orbity Orcades certain Islands in the Brittish Ocean thirty in number vulgarly called the Isles of Orkeney An Orch or Ork. a monstrous fish vulgarly called a whirle-pool also a Butt for wine or figs. Orchall see Corck Orchamus see Leucothoe Orchanet Arab. Alcanet a certain Herb called in Spanish Buglosse or wilde Buglosse in Greek Anchusa Orchel or Orchal a certain stone like Allum wherewith Dyers use to colour red in some old Statutes it seemeth to be the same thing with Cork Orchester Greek that part of the Scene in a Theater where the Chorus useth to dance it is also sometimes taken for the place where the Musicians sit Orcus a River of Thessaly flowing out of the Lake Styx whose waters are so thick that they swim like Oyl upon the top of the River Peneus into which it flows it is oft times taken by the Poets for Hell Ordeal a Sax. word signifying judgement a kinde of purgation practised in ancient times whereby the party purged was judged free from Crime it is called in Common-law purgatio vulgaris of this purgation there are several kindes as Camp-fight wherein he that overcame in single Combat was judged to have the right on his side Fire-Ordeal i. a passing blindfold with bare feet over red hot plough-shares and Water-Ordeal i. e. a putting ones arms up to the elbows in seething water Ordinary lat in the Civil-law signifieth any judge that hath authority to take knowledge of causes in his own right as he is a Magistrate and not by deputation in Common-law it is usually taken for him that hath ordinary Jurisdiction in Causes Ecclesiastical also in Heraldry Ordinaries are those charges that by a certain property do belong to that art and are of ordinary use therein they are also called proper charges Oreads Greek Nymphs of the Mountains Oredelf ore lying under ground also a liberty whereby a man claims the ore found in his own ground Oreford a Town in Suffolk where in the reign of King Henry the second a certain hairy creature perfectly resembling a man in all parts and proportions was taken out of the Sea by fisher-men in a Net who after he had been kept awhile secretly slipt away into the Sea and was never seen after this Ralph Cogeshall an old Writer recordeth Orestes the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra he was preserved from Aegisthus by his sister Electra and sent to Strophius King of the Phocences where he remained twelve years after which returning disguised to Argos he slew Aegysthus who had murthered his father Agamemnon together with his mother Clytemnaestra with whom Aegysthus had lived in adultery he also with the help of Macarus the Priest slew Pyrrhus in the temple of Apollo because he had taken away Hermione the daughter of Menelaus who had been first espoused to him for which crimes being strucken with madness he was cured at the Altar of Diana being brought thither by Pylades who was so faithfull a friend to him that when Thoas King of Taurica had designed to sacrifice Orestes he affirmed himself to be Orestes that he might die for his friend but Orestes slaying Thoas freed both himself and Pylades with the help of his sister Iphigeneia who had been made the over-seer of those sacrifices at last he was bitten by a Viper in Arcadia at a place called Orestion of which wound he died and his body being digged up was found to be seven Cubits in length Orewood a kinde of Sea-weed Orfgild a restitution made by the hundred or County of any wrong done by one that was in Plegio Orfraies French a certain frisled Cloath of Gold much worn heretofore in England both by the Clergy and Kings themselves Orgal the lees of wine dried used by Dyers Organical Greek belonging to or consisting of Organes i. instruments also the substantial parts or Members of the body Organie a kinde of Herb growing much upon the Mountains called in Latin Origanum Orgeis a word used in some old Statutes signifying the greater sort of North-sea fish Orgies lat certain feasts and revels instituted by Orpheus to the honour of Bacchus Orial Colledge a Colledge in Oxford built by King Edward the second Oriental lat belonging to the Orient i. the East or that part of the world where the sun riseth Orifice lat the mouth or utmost brim of any thing the outward hole of a wound Oriflambe French the great and holy Standard of France having on the top a purple Flag or Ensign born at first onely in the wars against infidels Original lat a beginning or fountain also a stock or pedigree also a first draught Orisons French prayers Orion the name of a great hunter who vaunting himself to be of that strength of body that there was no wilde beast that he could not kill the earth brought forth a Scorpion which stinging him
to death he was placed together with the Scorpion among the heavenly constellations some say he was the son of Oenopion King of Sicilie and that lying with his sister Candiope he had his eyes put out by his father others deliver him to have been born by a very strange way of which see more in Hyreus Orithyia the daughter of Erectheus King of Athens she was ravish't away by Boreas who fell in love with her and brought forth Zethus and Calais who going with the Argonauts to Colchos put the Harpies to flight Orle a Term in Blason being an ordinary composed of a threefold line doubled admitting a transparency of the field through the innermost space Orlop a Term in Navigation signifying the second and lower deck of a ship Ormus a famous Citie of Persia being most pleasantly situated in an Island and abounding with shells which breed the fairest and clearest Pearles that are it was taken by the Lieutenant General to the King of Portugal in the year 1506. Ornature lat a setting forth trimming or adorning Ornomancy Greek a kinde of Divination by birds Orontes a River of Coelosyria which rising out of the Hill Libanus runs under ground till it come to Apamia and falleth into the Sea near Seleucia Orphanisme lat the state of an Orphane i. a fatherlesse Child Orpheus a famous Poet and Musician of Thrace the son of Calliope and Apollo he took so heavily the losse of his wife Euridice of which see Euridice that he utterly abandoned the company of women for which he was torn in pieces by the Maenades at the Feast of Bacchus and his several members being cast down the River Hebrus were gathered up by the Muses and buried and his Harp translated up to Heaven Orpiment a certain drug found deep in the earth being a kind of Arsenick or Ratsbane and is called in Latin Auripigmentum from its golden colour Orpine a kind of herb called in Greek Telephion from Telephus the first discoverer of it Orque lat a hulk or huge Ship also the same as Orch. Orrice a certain flower called in Greek Iris because it resembleth the Rainbow in diversity of colours it is vulgarly called a flower delice Orsilochus the son of Idomeneus who following his father to the wars of Troy was at the taking of Troy slain by Vlisses Ortelli a word used in the Forrest Laws signifying the claws of a dogs foot Orthodox or Orthodoxal Greek of a true and right opinion of a sound faith Orthogonal Greek having even or right angles Orthography Greek the manner of right and true writing Also in Architecture or Fortification it is taken for the upright erection of any work as it appears when it is finisht Ortygia one of the Cyclades Islands called also Delos sacred to Apollo and into which the Poets feign Asteria the sister of Latona to have been turned after she had been turned into a quail called in Greek ortyx Orval a certain herb otherwise called Clary or Clear-eye An Oryx or Orynx Greek a kind of wild Goat in Africa O S Osbert a proper name among the Saxons signifying Light of the Family Osborn another proper name signifying in Saxon House-child Oscillation lat a hanging or tottering motion a swinging upon a rope whose ends are tyed to several beams Oscines lat those kind of birds by whose feeding or voices the Augures used to fortell things to come Oscitation lat a yawning or gaping also idlenesse Osculation lat a kissing or imbracing Osiris the son of Jupiter and Niobe the daughter of Phoroneus whom he succeeded in the Kingdom of Argos but after a while leaving that Kingdom to his brother Aegialeus he went and subdued Aegypt and married the daughter of Inachus called Io or Isis who first taught the Egyptians Letters and sundry Arts and Sciences he was at length slain by Typhon his brother and after his death was worshipped by the Egyptians in the shape of an Oxe St. Osith a Town in Essex so called for it was anciently named Chic from Osith a Virgin of a Royal Family who having consecrated her self to the service of God was here slain by Danish Pirates Osmund the proper name of a man signifying in the Saxon tongue House-peace Osprey a kind of Eagle called in Latin Ossifraga in Greek Perenopterus Ossicle lat a little bone Ossifrage lat a kind of Eagle which breaketh bones with her beak the same as Osprey Ostensional lat a souldier attending the Prince in publick Shews Ostent lat a wonder a monster or strange thing Ostentation lat a boasting vain-glory Ostiary lat one that keeps the hoasts in a Church a doorkeeper or porter Ostomachy Greek a playing at bones Ostracisme Greek a kind of punishment among the Athenians which was a banishing for ten years by delivering shells to the condemned persons wherein their names were written Oswestre in Brittish Croix Oswalds a Town in Shropshire so called for it was anciently named Masserfield from Oswald King of Northumberland whom Penda the Pagan King of the Mercians after he had slain him in a bloody battle tore to pieces in a barbarous manner Oswold a proper name of a man signifying in Dutch House-ruler or Steward and equivalent to the French le Dispencer O T Othes in Latin Otho or Eudo the proper name of a man from the Saxon word Hud i. Keeper Othryades a certain Lacedemonian who in a combat of 300 Lacedemonians to 300 Argives being the onely man of all his party left alive put to flight those two who were the onely men left alive of the Argives and writing upon his shield these words I have overcome he slew himself as being ashamed to return to Sparta all the rest of his companions being slain Otraque a certain drink which is made of a Nut growing among the Molucca's Ottadini the ancient name of a people inhabiting that part of Brittain which is now called Northumberland Otterbourn a Town in Northumberland near which was fought a famous battle between the English and Scots in which William Douglas the Leader of the Scottish Army was slain and Sir Henry Percy called Hotspur Commander of the English having lost 1500 of his men was taken prisoner himself Otus and Ephialtes the son of Neptune by Iphimedeia the wife of Aloeus they were of those Gyants that made war with heaven throwing huge rocks and hills against the gods and were at last shot to death by Apollo they were reported to have grown the length of nine acres in nine years O U Oval lat belonging to or in the shape of an egge Ovation lat a kind of petty Triumph for a Victory obtained with the slaughter of a few men onely it is so called from the souldiers following their Commander shouting and singing O O or from Ovis i. a sheep which used to be sacrificed by him whereas in a greater Triumph the General sacrificed a Bull and his souldiers following cryed out Io Io Triumpho also Ovation from Ovum i. an egge
signifying the season wherein hens lay egges An Ouch a collar of Gold a Jewel or Tablet it is also caled a brooch Oviary lat a flock of sheep Oviparous animals lat those creatures that bring forth egges or spawn Ounce a certain weight being the twelfth part of a pound Troy weight but in a pound aver du pois it is the sixteenth part also a kind of spotted beast called a Lynx Ounding old word rising like waves Ourage French work or labour Outborow see Inborow Outfangthef see Infangthef Outlawry in Latin Vtlagaria the losse or deprivation of the benefit belonging to a subject of the Kings protection and the Realm Outparters a sort of theeves about Ridesdale that ride about to fetch in such cattel or other things as they can light on O W Owelty of services an equality when the Tenant paravail oweth as much to the Mesen as the Mesen doth to the Lord Paramount Owen in Latin Audoenus the proper name of a man being the same with the Latin Eugenius as appeareth by severall Records O X Oxford the chief City of Oxfordshire which some say hath been anciently called Caer Vortigern and Caer Vember as being thought to have been built by Vortigern and Memprix but the Saxons called it Oxenford corresponding to Bosphorus among the Greeks from a foard of Oxen. Leland deriveth it from the River Ouse and supposeth it may have formerly been called Ouseford It is chiefly famous for its University which Cambden calleth Our most noble Athens the Muses seat the Sun the Eye and the Soul of England This University was begun as most Authors agree in the year of our Lord 806. three Colledges being built by the learned Aelfred who then reigned Oxgang of land see Bovata terrae Oxygon Greek a term in Geometry being a Triangle having three acute Angles Oxymel Greek a certain kind of potion made of honey vinegar and water boyled together being good to attenuate grosse phlegmatick humours O Y Oyer and terminer French signifieth in Common Law a Commission granted to certain men for the hearing and determining of one or more causes O Z Ozene Greek a kind of disease or putrified stinking sore in the nostrils P A Pabular or Pabulatory lat belonging to forrage provender or fodder for cattel Pacation lat a stilling or appeasing Pace a measure of two foot and a half or the distance from the toes of the fore-foot to the heels of the hinderfoot but a Geometrical pace consisteth of 5 foot a thousand of which paces make up a mile Pachynum a Promontory of Sicily lying toward the Peloponnesus Paciferous lat bringing peace Pacification lat a making peace an asswaging or appeasing Paction or Pact lat a bargain covenant or agreement also a truce in war Pactitious lat done by bargain or upon condition Pactolus a River of Lydia rising out of the hill Tmolus the gravel whereof hath been said to be of a golden colour ever since Midas washt himself in the streams Paddock from the Dutch word Padde a toad Padelion a kind of plant otherwise called great Sanicle in Latin Pes leonis Padua a famous City and University of Italy now under the jurisdiction of the Venetian It was anciently built by Antenor the Trojan and called Antenorea Paduentage French common of pasture in one or more Parishes Padus a famous City of Italy rising out of the Hill Vesulus it is now called Po. Paean Greek a certain Hymn which the ancient Greeks used to sing to Apollo Paedagogue Greek a school-master a bringer up of youth in learning Paeonia a part of Macedon was formerly so called from Paeon the son of Endymion Paganical lat belonging to country villages whence Paganals i. Wakes Country-Holidayes Ploughmens Feasts also belonging to a Pagan i. a paynim Heathen or Gentile Paganism heathenism gentilism also the manner or fashion of the Country Paginal lat belonging to a page i. the side of a leaf in a book Pagod a kind of Idol Paigles a sort of flower otherwise called Oxlips Paillardise French lechery whoredom Pain fort dure signifying in Common Law an especial punishment for those that being arraigned of felony refuse to put themselves upon the ordinary trial of God and the Country and thereby are mute and dumb Paisage French the discription of any part of the Country in painting or drawing See Landskip Palamedes the son of Nauplius King of Eubaea he was the occasion of Vlisses being forced against his will to go to the Trojan wars but was himself by a forged accusation of Vlisses stoned to death by the Graecian Army He is said to have been the first that accomodated the year to the course of the Sun he is also said to have found out the use of weights and measures and to have added to the Greek tongue these 4 letters 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Palate lat the roof of the mouth being the uppermost hollow part wherein the sense of tasting lies Palatinate the Country or chief Seat of a Count Palatine or Paladine i. a Supream Officer in a Sovereign Princes Palace but it is more especially taken for one of the Electors of the Roman Empire called the Palsgrave or Prince Palatine of the Rhene also certain Knights of this Island in ancient times called Knights of the round Table were called Paladines also Palatine signifieth adjectively belonging to a Princes Palace Palaemon the son of Aâ—hamas and Ino called also Melicerta See Ino. Pale a term in Heraldry being an Ordinary consisting of two lines drawn perpendicularly from the top to the bottom of the Escutcheon Pales the goddesse of Shepherds to whom certain Feasts were consecrated called Palilia Palestine a Country of Syria thought by some to have been that Country called Phoenicia whereof Cadmus was King it containeth Judea Samaria and Galilaea Palestrical or Palaestrical Greek belonging to wrestling Palfray French a horse of state for a Princesse or great Lady Palici or Palisci two twins the sons of Jupiter and the Nimph Thaleia whom he ravisht by the River Simethius when she was with child she wished that the earth would open and hide her from the wrath of Juno whereupon the earth immediately opened and received her within its bowels and as soon as she was delivered it opened again and let out the two twins into the World Palindrome Greek a certain verse or sentence which being read forward or backward the words and sense are the same as Sator arepo tenet opera rotas Palingenesie Greek regeneration or new birth Palinode or Palinody Greek a recantation or unsaying what one had spoken or written before Palinurus a Promontory of Lucania so called from Palinurus the Pilot of Aeneas who sleeping fell into the sea and being taken up and rifled by the inhabitants of this place had a Grove consecrated and Cenotaph built unto him to appease his ghost Palisado Span. a defence made with stakes posts piles c. to keep out an enemy Pall lat a certain robe or long
garment which hath usually been worn by persons eminent either in learning or in war Palladium a certain Image of Pallas which was kept by the Trojans in a Tower that was built on purpose but this Image being stollen out of the Temple by Vlisses and Diomede the City was soon after taken by the Greeks it was at last brought to Rome and placed in the Temple of Vesta Pallas the same as Minerva A Pallat a word used in Painting being a thin peice of wood which a Painter makes use of to place his colours upon Pallemaille French a certain Game wherein a round bowle of box is with a mallet strook through a hoop of iron into which he that can strike it at the fewest blows wins Pallet a term in Heraldry being the moity or one half of the pale See Pale Palletoque or Pallecoat French a cassock or short cloak with sleeves such as Pages wear Palliardize see Pailliardize Palliation lat a cloaking hiding or concealing Pallid lat pale whitish bleak Pallification lat a term in Architecture it signifies the piling of the ground-work or the strengthning of the ground-work with piles of timber driven into the ground when they build upon a moist or marshy soile Palmar lat belonging to a Palm i. the inward part of the hand called the Palm of the hand also a measure containing the breadth of 4 fingers a hand breadth Palm-tree lat a certain tree bearing the fruit called Dates it is reported to be both male and female the male bearing blossomes onely the female both blossoms and fruit The leaves shoot upward though oppressed with never so much weight Whence the Palm is metaphorically used for Victory Praise and Commendations Cleop. Palm-Sunday the Sunday before Easter so called because on that day the people went to meet our Saviour with Palm and Olive-branches in their hands when he rode solemnly into Jerusalem Palmer a certain instrument wherewith school-boys are struck on the palms of their hands otherwise called a Ferular also a kind of caterpillar or worm with many feet also a poor Pilgrim that travels up and down to visit Holy places with branches of Palm in his hand Palmestry the same as Cheiromancy Palmeto-tree a certain tree in the Isle Mauritius of whose juice they make a very pleasant sort of wine Palmiferous lat bearing Palms Victorious Palmipedous birds lat those that are whole footed or have plain and flat feet as water-foule Palpation lat a gentle handling or feeling also a flattring or fair speaking Palpitation lat a panting or trembling or moving up and down Paltsgrave a Dutch word signifying a Count of a Palace being more especially the Title of the Prince Elector Palatine of the Rhene Paludament lat a certain Military garment which used to be worn by none but chief Captains also a Heralds Coat of Arms. Palumbine lat belonging to a Ring Dove otherwise called a Wood Culver Pamphylia a Countrey of Asia the lesse wherein are two famous Rivers Eurimedon and Melas Pampination lat a lopping off of superfluous branches from a Vine from Pampinus a Vine-branch Pan the son of Demogorgon he was worshipp'd in Arcadia as the God of sheapherds being smitten by Cupid he fell in love with the Nymph Syrinx who passing over the River Ladon was turned into a Reed which Pan beholding made him a Pipe with the same Reed whence he is said to have first found out the use of the Pipe and Oaten Reed Panado Span. a certain kinde of meat made of crums of bread boyled in water Pancart French a paper containing the particular rates of Tolls or rates due to the King or Common-wealth Panchaia a Countrey of Arabia where Frankincence grows in great abundance Pancratical Greek expert in all kind of Games and exercises of activity A Pandar one that procureth the hire of a strumpet a baud or pimp Pandects lat books that handle all subjects or all the part of the subject whereof they treat there is also a volume of the Civil-law so called Pandiculation lat a gaping stretching out of the whole body Pandion the son of Erectheus and King of Athens whose daughter Progne was married to Tereus King of Thrace by whom her sister Philomela was ravish't Pandora by the Poets fained the first of all women made by Vulcan at the command of Jupiter and endowed with several gifts by all the gods and goddesses she was espoused to Epimetheus to whom she was sent with a box shut which he unadvisedly opening filled the world with all manner of diseases and calamities Pandure lat a kinde of Musical instrument called also a rebeck Panegyrick Greek a solemne convention of people at some publick solemnity also an Oration in the praise of some great person Panel from the French word Panne i. a skin it signifieth in Common-law a Schedule or Roll containing the names of such Jurors as the Sheriffe provideth to passe upon any tryal Pangonie Greek a kinde of precious stone so called from its multitudes of Angles A Panguts as it were all guts a drossel a gorbelly an unweildy fellow Panick or Painick lat a certain kinde of Grain like unto Millet also Panick fear a sudden fear or distraction from god Pan who was the first that coming on a sudden upon his enemies with much noise and tumult cast a mighty terrour and amazement into them Panifice lat a making of bread Pannade French the curvetting or prauncing of a lusty horse Pannage in French Pasnage the money taken by Agistors for feeding of Hoggs with the mast of the Kings Forrest Pannicle lat a little piece of Cloath also the fleshy Pannicle a Term in Anatomy being the membrane or skin which lies next under the fat of the paunch Pannier French a dosser or basket to put bread in Pannonia see Hungaria Panomphaean an Epithete of Jupiter it comes from the Greek words Pan. i. all and Omphe i. a voice because he was worship'd in all languages Panoply Greek compleat Armour or Harnesse Pansie a kinde of flowr vulgarly called hearts-ease Pansâ—phie Greek wisdom or knowledge in all things Pantagruelist French a merry drunkard or good fellow Pantarb a precious stone called in Spanish Pantarva in English the stone of the Sun Panters toiles to take deer with Pantheologie Greek the whole summe of divinity Pantheon Greek an ancient Temple in Rome dedicated to all the heathen gods and since by Pope Boniface the 4th to the Virgin Marie and all the Saints Panther lat a kinde of spotted beast the Leopard or Libard being the Male the Panther the Female Pantomime Greek a player one that can act all parts and counterfeit all kinde of persons Panurgie Greek craft or skill in all kinde of matters Papal lat belonging to the Pope who is called Papa being a contraction of the two words Pater Patrioe Papaverous lat belonging to Chestoul or Poppy Papelardise French hypocrisie or dissembling Paphus the son of Pygmalion the son of Cilix and Eburnea for
Pygmalion being an excellent graver came into the Island of Cyprus made the statue of a woman so admirable that he fell in love with it and prayed to Venus that he might have a wife as like as might be to the statue he had made which prayer was granted and he coming home one time found the statue enlivened with whom having lain he begat Paphus who became King of Cyprus and built a Citie which he called by his own name and dedicated it to Venus who was thence called the Paphian Queen Papian Law see Popaean Law Papulosity lat a fulnesse of blisters or pimples called in Latin Papulae Papyrius Cursor a famous Roman Captain who in the war against the Samnites was made Dictator and gave a totall overthrow to the Enemy after they had beat the Romans at a place called â—urcae Caudinae Parabien Span. a congratulation or bidding of joy Parable Greek a declaration or exposition of one thing by another which is like a similitude or comparison Paracelsian a Physician that in curing of diseases followeth the Method of Paracelsus Paraclete Greek a comforter the holy Ghost is sometimes so called in Scripture Parackmastical lat diminishing or declining by little and little from the violence of a hot fit in a feaver Parade French a Term in Military Discipline being an appearance of Souldiers at a set time to receive Orders also any great preparation or appearance Paradigme Greek a pattern or example Paradise Greek a place of pleasure Paradox Greek a thing which seemeth strange and absurd and is contrary to common opinion Paradoxologie Greek a speaking by Paradoxes Paradrome Greek a walk or gallery that hath no shelter over head Paraenetical Greek apt to perswade or admonish Parage old word parentage Paragogical Greek belonging to the figure Paragoge which is an adding of a letter or syllable at the end of a word Paragon French a Compeer an equal also a Peerlesse Dame one without compare A Paragraphe Greek a full head or title in any kinde of writing as much as is comprehended in one section it is also called a Pillkrow Paralipomenon Greek a title commonly given to such books as briefly contain those things which are either omitted or imperfectly handled in others in the Old Testament there are two books so called Parallax the difference between the true place or apparent place of a Comet Eclipse or Planet by reason we behold it from the superficies not from the center Parallels Greek a Term in Geometry lines running at an equal distance one from the other and never meeting in Astronomy they are certain imaginary Circles in the Globe for the better Calculation of the degrees of Northern or Southern Latitude Parallel Greek to compare Parallelogram Greek a certain Geometrical figure wherein on each side the lines run parallel one to another Paragolisme Greek a fallacious or deceitfull way of arguing wherein from true extreams a false conclusion is brought out Paralytick Greek sick of a Paralysie or palsie being a disease which causeth a resolution or loosening of the sinews Paraments robes of state Lord Paramount in Common-law is the highest Lord of the Fee as he that holdeth of a Superiour Lord yet hath a Tenant under him is called Lord of the Mesne but the lowest Tenant is called Tenant paravail Paramour a Lover or Sweetheart Paranymph Greek he or she that is joyn'd with the Bridegroom or Bride to see all things well ordered at a Wedding also one that maketh a speech in commendation of those that are to commence Doctors Parapet French a Term in fortification a wall or battlement of a wall brest to defend from the enemies shot Paraph Greek a subsignature or flourishing mark set under ones name in signing a letter or deed also a mark in the margent of a book Paraphonalia or Paraphernalia a word in the Civil-law signifying those goods which a wife bringeth her husband over and above her dowr as Jewels Apparel Plate c. Paraphrase Greek an exposition which altereth the words yet holdeth the sence of the thing expounded Parasang a certain measure of ground containing thirty stades or furlongs Paraselinii the same that Paretii and those happen to the Sun and these to the Moon Parasite Greek a smell feast a flatterer a belly-friend Paravaile see Paramount Parazon a wood-knife Parbreak old word vomit A Parbunkle a Term in Navigation a roap seased together at both ends and so put double about the Cask to holse it in by Parcae the three Destenies Clotho Lachesis and Atropos Parcinarie in Common-law is a holding of Land by two or more pro indiviso or by Joynt-Tenants otherwise called Copartners Parciloquy Lat. a moderation in words a speaking little Parcity lat thrift sparingnesse frugality Pard lat a certain beast called a Libard Pareil the name of one of the sorts of Characters or Letters used by Printers the rest being Nonpareil Brevier Long-primer and Pica Parental lat belonging to Parents or ancestours Parentation lat a celebrating of funerals Parelii mock-suns appearing on each side of the Sun occasioned by a thick Cloud gathered together toward the side of the Sun in which the broken beams of the Sun being gathered the very same of the Sun is represented to us therein Parenthesis Greek the interrupting of a sentence by interposing a clause which being removed the sence would neverthelesse remain intire Parenticide lat a killing of ones Parents Parergie see Lantskip Parian Marble see Paros Paricide lat from Paricida a murtherer of his father or mother also any hainous murtherer but from paricidium it signifieth the act it self Parilian or Palilian feasts see Pales Paris the son of Priamus and Hecuba he was also called Alexander whom his mother caused to be nursed up privately on the Mountain Ida by the shepherds where coming to age he fell in Love with the Nymph Oenone and lying with her had two Children by her afterwards there growing a contention between the three goddesses Juno Pallas and Venus they agreed to submit themselves to the judgement of Paris Juno proffering him a Kingdom Pallas wisdom and Venus the handsomest of women whereupon he gave his judgement for Venus soon after he was returned home he was sent into Greece as an Ambassadour to demand Hesione and being intertained by Menelaus he fell in Love with Helena his wife and Menelaus being absent about some affairs he soon won her to his desires and carried her away with him by stealth whereupon there immediately grew a violent warre between the Greeks and the Trojans wherein after nine years siege Troy was taken and Paris having shot Achilles in the heel with his Bow and Arrows in the Temple of Apollo whither he had led him under pretence of marrying him to his sister Polixena was himself slain by Pyrrhus the son of Achilles Parish or Parochial Church is that which is instituted for the saying of Divine Service to the people dwelling within a certain compasse of ground near unto it
the other Churches being either Cathedral that is where the Bishop hath his chair or seat and conventual consisting of Dean and Chapter or of regular Clerks professing some order of Religion Parisyllabical Nounes a term in Grammar those Nounes which consist of equal syllables or those Nouns that have not more syllables in one Case than in another Parity lat equallity or evennesse Park an Inclosure or place fenced about for the keeping of Deer or any other sort of wild beasts it seems to be derived from the Latin word Parcus which Varro useth in the same sense Parliament Ital. q. parlar la mente the chief Assembly and Council of a Kingdom met together to make or correct Laws and to debate matters touching the Common-wealth in this Kingdom it used to consist of the King and the three Estates of the Realm i. the Lords Spiritual Lords Temporal and Commons Parmacety a pretious and very excellent confection so called from Parma a City of Italy between Placentia and Cremonia or because it is made of the seed of the Whale which is called Sperma Ceti Parmesan an inhabitant of Parma also a sort of cheese so called because it is made in that City Parnassus a Mountain of Phocis in Greece sacred to Apollo and the Muses who are thence called Parnassides it hath two tops whereof one is called Tithorea the other Hyampeus A Parnel a pretty woman-lover Parochial see Parish A lease Parole in Common Law is a lease made onely by word of mouth also when a prisoner of war hath liberty given him upon his word to return at such a time he is said to go upon his Parole which in French signifieth a word or saying Paros an Island of the Aegean Sea one of the Cyclades it is so called from Paros the son of Jason in this Island there is an excellent sort of Marble called Parian Marble Paroxysme Greek the accesse or fit in an Ague or Feaver Parrells a term in Navigation those things made of trucks ribs and ropes which go about the mast and are at both ends made fast to the yard Parrhasius a famous Painter the first that painted by the life he drew the picture of a linnen Tablecloth so admirablely that Zeuxis looking on it bid him take away the cloth that he might see the picture underneath it Parsimony lat sparingnesse frugality good husbandry Partage French a partition sharing or dividing Parthenian Greek belonging to Virgins or Virginity Parthenope the name of one of the Syrens that indeavoured to insnare Vlisses and his companions also the ancient name of a famous City of Italy now called Naples Parthia a Country of Asia whose inhabitants were anciently a very warlike people it is now called Arach Partiality lat an inclining more to one part than to the other Participation lat a being partaker a giving or taking part with any one Participle lat one of the parts of speech in Grammar so called because it partakes both of the Noune and of the Verb. Particle lat a parcel a small part or portion Partile aspect when two Planets are both in the same number of degrees and minutes either by conjunction or aspect Partition lat a parting sharing or dividing Partisan French a partaker or partner also a leading-staff or javelin Partlet a word used in some old Statutes signifying the loose collar of a dublet to be set on or taken off by it self without the bodies also a womans neckercheif Partners those timbers which are bolted to the beams and do compass the shoot in the mast at the deck Parturient lat travelling or being about to bring forth Parvity lat littlenesse smallnesse Pas a pas French leasurely Pascage French grazing or feeding of cattel Paschal lat belonging to the Pasche i. the Jewish Passeover also the Feast of Easter Pascuous lat belonging to pasturage or feeding of cattel Pasiphae see Minos Pasquil or Pâ—squin a certain statue or image in Rome whereon all Satyricall invectives were wont to be fixt and father'd as the Author whence it is commonly used for any slanderous libell or defamatory book Passade French an alms or benevolence given to a passenger also a posture in the management of a horse Passant French going or passing by a term in Heraldry A Passartdo a rope wherewith we hale down the sheat-blocks of the main and fore sails when they are haled aft the clew of the main sail to the cubbridge head of the main mast Passe-flower a certain kind of flower otherwise called Pulsatil Passenger a kind of small trained hawk called in French Pellerin Passeport French q. passer le port a licence made by any that hath authority for the safe passage of any man from one place to another a passe or safe conduct Passibility lat an aptnesse or ableness to suffer Passion lat a suffering also an affection of the mind also in Poems and Romances it is more peculiarly taken for the passion of love Artam Passive lat suffering or bearing Pastill lat a lump of any kinde of paste made up into a little long rolle also woade Pastern the huckle bone of any beasts foot Pastilication lat a making any thing into the form of a pill or round ball Pastination lat a digging or delving of ground Paston a Townlet in Northfolk giving sirname and residence to an honourable Family of this County Pasture lat a feeding Pastophories Greek the most honourable order of Priests among the Egyptians Pastoral lat belonging to a shepherd or rural life whence a pastoral Song Pasvolant French one that is foisted by a Captain into his Company on a muster-day whence it is taken for a hireling or base fellow Pataque French a Neapolitan com worth a hundred quadrins Patart a Dutch coin five whereof amount to six pence Patee a term in Heraldry as a crosse Patee i. e. a crosse whose ends are broad and opened Patefaction lat a making open also a discovering or making manifest Patelena see Matura Patelin French a flatterer cogger or deceiver Paten a kind of wooden shooe from the Greek word Pateo i. to tread under foot also a little flat saucer used by the Priests with the chalice at Masse Letters Patents see Letters Patency lat a being uncovered a lying open Paterguardian a title given to the chief of the Franciscan Fryars in their Monasteries Paternal lat fatherly belonging to a father Pathetical Greek apt to perswade or move the affections Pathology Greek that part of physick which treats of the causes and differences of diseases Patible lat to be suffered or indured Patibulary lat belonging to a gallows Patin lat a kind of platter charger or bason Patonce a term in Heraldry as a crosse Patonce i. e. whose ends are both broad and as it were three wayes hooked Patration lat a doing any thing a finishing any work Patriarchate lat the estate dignity or chief seat of a Patriarch i. the first father of a Family or Nation Patricians lat
Superiour Petrary the same as Maâ—gonel Petreius a famous Roman Captain who was Caesars Legat in Gallia but afterwards taking part with Pompey he was overthrown in Mauritania together with King Juba whereupon they consented mutually together to kill one another Petrification lat a making stony a turning to stone Petrobusians a sort of Hereticks that denied the keeping of Feasts Petrol lat a sort of marle or chalky clay some take it for a kind of Bitumen or Naphta Petronel a kind of Harquebuse or Horsemans piece so called because it is to aime at a horses brest Petropolis a Town in Northamptonshire commonly called Peterborow from a Monastery dedicated to St. Peter begun by Penda a Christian King of the Mercians finisht by his brother Wolpher to expiate the crime of murdering his two sons Wolphald and Rufin This Town was anciently called Medeswelhamsted or Medeshamsted from Medeswell a deep whirlpool Pettifogger a silly Advocate Attorny or Lawyer fogen signifying in Dutch to comply or insinuate Pettisergeantry a certain tenure of Lands holden of the King by yeilding him a shield bow arrow c. Petulancy lat saucynesse impudence wantonnesse Pexity lat the roughnesse of the web P H Phaedra the daught of Minos King of Creet and the wife of Theseus she contrived the destruction of her son in Law Hippolytus because he would not yeild to her allurements See Hippolytus Phaemonoe a Virgin who first invented Heroick Verses and who was the first Priestesse of Apollo at Delphos Phaenomena Greek appearances of Meteors or any other Signs in the Aire or Heavens Phaeton the son of Sol and Clymene he when Epaphus the son of Jupiter and Isis had objected to him that he was not the son of Phoebus requested of his father that he might have the guidance of his chariot for one day which being granted he set the Heavens all of a flame for which Jupiter struck him down with his thunder into the River Padus or Po. Phaetontiades the sisters of Phaeton See Heliades †Phagedaenick Greek troubled with pimples pushes or breakings out in the body Phalanx Greek a Military squadron consisting of 8000 men most in use among the Macedonians some think it was first invented by Phalanx and from him so called he was the brother of Arachne and was instructed in Military discipline by Pallas and taught his sister the use of the needle but afterwards lying with his sister they were both turned into vipers by Pallas Phalaris a Tyrant of Agrigentum who caused Perillus a rare Artificer to make a brazen Bull wherein he tormented many by putting them into the belly of the Bull after it had been heated with a vehement fire and among many others Perillus the author of it was served in the same manner Phalerated lat dressed or adorned with trappings Phaleucian verse a verse consisting of eleven syllables and five feet viz. a dactyle spondee and three trochee's Phanatick lat See Fanatick Phantasie Greek a representation of things to the phancy or imagination a conceiving of things in the mind Phantasm Greek the same also a false imagination or apparition a vision of night-ghosts Phao a Lesbian youth who receiving from Venus an Alabaster box of ointment became therewith so beautiful that the chief Dames of Mitylene especially Sappho fell in love with him Phare Greek a watch-tower or high place by the sea coast wherein lights continually shine to light Seamen to their Haven so called from Pharos an Island in the Canopick mouth of Nile where such a tower was built by Gnidius the Architect Pharetriferous lat bearing a quiver of arrows Pharisaism hypocrisie the profession and opinion of the Pharisees who were a sect of the Jews so called from the Hebrew word Pharesh i. to separate because they were Interpreters of the Law and separatists from the rest of the Jewish Church pretending more holinesse than the rest of the people Pharmaceuticâ— Greek belonging to Medicines or 〈◊〉 also that part of physick which treateth of Medicines Pharnaces the 〈◊〉 of Mithridates King of Pontus who coming with a great army into Cappadocia was overthrown by Caesar. Pharsalus a Town of Thessaly seated upon the banks of the River Enipeus near unto which are those famous fields where the great battel was fought between Caesar and Pompey and between Augustus Brutus and Cassius Phasm Greek a surprising vision or dazeling appearance of light Phegeus the father of Alphesibaea he purged Alâ—maeon of his crime when he had slain his mother by his fathers command and gave him his daughter Alphesibaea in marriage Pheon the head of a dart a term in Heraldry Pheron the son of Sesostris King of Egypt he being strook blind for shooting a dart into the the stream of Nilus was advised by the oracle to wash his eyes in the urine of a woman that had known but one man which having done he recovered his sight Phial lat a pot or glasse with a wide mouth also a certain measure Philadelphia a City of Misia in Asia the Lesse also the proper name of a woman signifying in Greek brotherly or sisterly love Philanthropy Greek humanity the love of mankind Philargyry Greek the love of silver covetousnesse Philauty Greek self-love Philibert the proper name of a man signifying in the German tongue Bright and Famous Philippolis a City of Macedon near which are the Philippick fields where Augustus and M. Antony got the great victory over Brutus and Cassius Philippus the name of many famous men especially the father of Alexander the Great the word signifieth in Greek a lover of horses there is also a coin of gold so called worth three shillings sterling Phillis the proper name of a woman signifying in Greek Lovely Philoctetes the son of Paeas and the companion of Hercules to him Hercules dying left his bow and arrows dipt in the Lernaean poison and because the Delphian Oracle admonished that there was need of the arrows of Hercules he was brought to the wars of Troy where he received an almost irrecoverable wound by letting fall one of his arrows upon his foot whereupon being ashamed to return lame into his own Country he went into Calabria in Italy where he built Petilia at length by the help of Machaon he was cured Philology Greek the love of learning or study Philomela the daughter of Pandion King of Athens her sister Prâ—gne was married to Tereus King of Thrace the son of Mars by the Nimph Bistonis who having ravisht Philomela and cut out her tongue that she might not declare her sufferings to any one she wrought the story of them with her needle and sent it to her sister Progne who in revenge caused her son Itys to be killed at the Feast of Bacchus and set before Tereus who following Progne with his sword drawn was changed into a Moorcock Itys into a Pheasant Progne into a Swallow and Philomele into a Nightingale †Philomusous Greek a lover of the Muse. Philonomia the daughter of Nyctinus and
Arcadia she as she went a hunting one day with Diana was got with child by Mars and after she had brought forth twins she cast them into the River Erymanthâ—s who being a little after found by the Shepherd Tyliphus sucking a she Woolf they were brought up by Tyliphus and being called Lycastus and Parrhasius succeeded in the Kingdom of Arcadia Philosâ—phical Greek belonging to a Philosopher or Philosophy i. the love and study of wisdom knowledge of natural causes Philotimy Greek the love of honour Philtre Greek a potion powder or any kind of Medicine procuring love Philyra the daughter of Oceanus with whom Saturn lying in the shape of a horse begat the Centaur Chiron who being wounded with one of the arrows of Hercules that had been dipt in Lernaean poison wished to die but being immortal was placed among the heavenly Signs and called Sagitarius Phineus the son of Agenor or as others say of Phoenix and Cassiopaea he was King of Thrace and had by his first wife Cleopatra Orythus and Crambus whose eyes he put out at the perswasion of his second wife Harpalice the sister of Zethes and Calais for which he was strucken blind himself and the Harpyes were sent against him who continually defiled his meat as it came to his table but at last they were driven by Zethes and Calais into the Strophades Islands and Phineus himself was killed by Hercules after he understood that the children were blinded without a cause Phlebotomy Greek a cutting of a veine a letting blood Phlegmatick Greek full of phlegm or fleam i. one of the four humours of the body being cold and moist Phlegmon Greek a hot and red swelling of the body caused by an inflammation of the blood Phlegraean fields certain fields of Thessaly where the Gyants fought against the gods Phlegyas son of Mars and King of the Lapitheans in Thessaly he was the father of Ixion and the Nimph Coronis who being ravisht by Apollo Phlegyas in revenge burnt his Temple for which being cast into Hell he remained in continual fear of the falling of a great stone which hung over his head Phoebus the son of Jupiter and Latona born at the same birth with Diana he is also called Apollo and Sol. Phoenix Greek an Arabian Bird of which it is reported that there is but one of them in the World at a time and that having lived 500 years it builds a nest of combustible spices which taking fire from the Sun she fans it with her wings and burns her self therein out of whose ashes there springs up a new Phoenix It is also an ancient name of several famous men Phorbas the son of Priamus and Epithesia the daughter of Stasippus King of Mygdonia he was after many great atcheivements performed in the Trojan war slain by Menelaus Phâ—rcys the son of Neptune and the Nimph Thesea and father of Medusa he was King of Corsica and Sardinia and being overthrown by Atlas in a Sea-fight was turned into a Deity of the Sea Phospher Greek as it were a bringer of light the morning 〈◊〉 Phrase Greek a 〈◊〉 peculiar manner and form of speech Phrenetick 〈◊〉 possessed with a Phrensie i. a certain kind of madnesse arising from an inflammation of the membranes of the brain Phrygia a Country of Asia the Lesse bounding upon Caria Lydia and Bithynia it is divided into the Greater Phrygia and the Lesser Phryxus the son of Athamas and Nephele and the brother of Helle. See Ino and Helle. Phtisick Greek a kind of Consumption accompanied with a Cough and Ulceration of the body Phylarch Greek the Govenour or chief Ruler of any Tribe or Family Phylacteries Greek scrolles of parchment having the ten Commandments written upon them which the Pharisees were wont to wear about their necks and arms also preservatives against poison or witchcraft also places to keep things safe in Phyllis the daughter of Lycurgus King of Thrace she hanged her self for the love of Demophoon who she thought had neglected her and was turned into an Almond tree Physick Greek natural Philosophy also the Art of curing by Medicines Physiognomy Greek an Art which teacheth to know the dispositions of men by looking on their countenances it is vulgarly called Phisnomy Physiology Greek a discourse of natural things a handling of natural causes P I Piacular lat able to absolve or clear a man from some hainous sin or offence Pia mater lat a film or skin which encompasseth the brain Piation or Piacle lat a satisfaction for sin a purging by sacrifice or intercession Piazza Ital. a great open place or broad street a market-place Picardy a Province of that part of France called Gallia Belgica whose chief City is Amiens Piccage money paid in a Fair for breaking up the ground to set up a standing or booth Picenum or Picentum a Region of Italy between the Apennine hills and the Adriatick Sea vulgarly called Marca Anconitana Pickadil from the Dutch word Pickedillekens the hem about the skirt of a garment also the extremity or utmost part of any thing also an Ordinary at St. James's so called To Pickear French picquer is when particular persons fight between two Armies before the main Battle is begun Picle or Pitle from the Italian word Piccolo i. little an inclosure or small close Piepouders court from the French word pied i. a foot and pouldreux i. dusty a Court held in Fairs for the redresse of all disorders committed within them Pierced a term in Heraldry as a crosse pierced i. e. bored in the middle Pieria a Country in the confines of Macedonia by the Rivers Axius and Haliacmon Pierpoint a sirname of great note and antiquity stilled in Latin records De Petrae Ponte Pight old word propped setled Pigment lat a kind of painting wherewith women colour their faces it is also used metaphorically for deceit or guile Pigneration lat a gaging or laying to pawn Pignitis a certain kind of Mineral commonly called black chalk Pigritude lat lazinesse slothfulnesse Pilaster French a little pillar also an inflammation of the Uvula Pilchard or Pilcher a kind of fish called in Latin Sarda in Greek Trichis Pile a term in Heraldry being an Ordinary consisting of a twofold line formed after the manner of a wedge Pilgrim from the Ital. Pelegrino one that travelleth out of devotion thorough strange Countries to visit holy places Pilkrow see Paragraph Pillaw a kind of meat made of rice used among the Turks Pilosity lat hairinesse roughnesse Pilotage the office of a Pilot or Steersman of a Ship called in Dutch a Lootsman Pilumnus the son of Jupiter and King of Daunia he married Dane the daughter of Acrisius and mother of Perseus Pimpernel a kind of little flower called in Latin Pimpinella Pimpompet a kind of antick dance wherein three hit each other on the bum with one of their feet Pimplea a mountain in Macedon near which was the Pimplean Fountain and Den sacred to the Muses from whence they were called Pimpleides Pingres or
Pingles French a kind of play wherein they use Ivory balls Pinguedinous lat fat or grosse Piniferous lat bearing Pine-trees Pink a kinde of yellow colour used in painting Pinnace a kinde of small ship so called q. Pennata i. winged or from Pinus i. a Pine-tree of which it is commonly made Pinnigerous lat finned like a fish bearing fins Pioners certain underminers and casters up of trenches in an army from a certain people of Mysia called Piones who used to digge them houses in Rocks Pipation lat a kinde of shrill crying or weeping Pipe a measure of wine or oyl containing 26 gallons or half a tun Clerk of the Pipe an Officer in the Exchequer who having all accounts and debts due unto the King drawn out of the remembrancers Office chargeth them down into the great Roll. Pâ—quant French sharp biting or quick-tasted Pique French a quarrel or distaste Piqueron French a Javelin or Dart. Piquy a Term in printing see Pareil Piratical belonging to a Pirate i. a Robber on the Sea so called from the Greek word Peiran i. to passe the Seas Pirene see Pyrene Pirithous the son of Ixion he was join'd with Theseus in a perpetual league of friendship and assisted him against the Centaurs that would have ravisht away Hippodamia at last they going together to Hell to fetch away Proserpina Pirithous was slain by Cerberus and Theseus being taken prisoner by Dis was freed by Hercules Piscarie in Common-law is a liberty of fishing in another mans waters Piscation lat a fishing Piscinal lat belonging to a fish-pond Pisces the 12th and last figure of the Zodiack the one is Northerly the other Southerly and is called Notios Pisistratus a King of the Orchomenians who for too much favouring of the people was slain in the Senate-house by a faction of the Nobility his son Telesimachus being chief of the conspiracy also the name of a famous Tyrant of Athens the son of Hippocrates he was a man oâ— singular eloquence and a great favourer of the Arts and Sciences Pissaphalt Greek a kinde of mineral consisting of pitch and the lime Bitumen incorporated together Pistachoes or Pistack Nuts a kinde of small Nuts growing in Aegypt and Syria being often used in Physick Pistolado Ital. a shot or wound given with a Pistol Pistrine lat a grinding house or mill also a bake house Pittacus a Philosopher of Mitylene and one of the seven wise-men of Greece who in a war between the Athenians and Mitylenians overcame Phrynon Captain of the enemies by intangling him in a Net from whence arose the faction of the Retiarii and the Myrmillions Pituitous lat flegmatick full of waterish humours P L Placability lat easinesse to be pacified or appeased Placard French a Licence whereby a man is permitted to maintain unlawfull Games also a decree or Mandate of a Prince also any Table hung up wherein Laws or Orders are written Placence see Greenwich Placidity lat gentlenesse mildnesse quietnesse Placit lat an opinion or decree Plagiary lat he that steals people out of one Countrey and sells them into another also a stealer of other mens works or writings The Plain Table a certain Mathematical instrument used for the surveying of Land Plaint in Common-law is the propounding of any action real or personal in writing whence Plaintiffe see Demandant Planetarie lat belonging to a Planet i. a wandring star whereof there are seven in number which take their names from the chief heathen deities Saturn Jupiter Mars Sol Venus Mercury Luna Planiloquy lat plain and free speech Planimetry Greek a measuring of plains as lands boards c. Planisphaere lat an Astrolabe or plain Sphere Plantation lat a planting or setting Plastick Greek the art of making or forming the figure of any thing out of earth †Plastograph Greek counterfeit writing Platanine lat belonging to a Platane or Planetree Platonick belonging to or affirm'd by Plato whence Platonick love or Platonick year i. the space of 36000 years he was the chief of the Academick Philosophers he was at first called Aristocles was a great wrestler and much given to painting afterwards became a hearer of Socrates then he sayl'd into Italy to hear Pythagoras and took many things out of the books of Philolaus Crotoniatos next he went into Aegypt to hear the Gymnosophists and as some say read the books of Moses he was called Divine Plato was esteemed the most famous Philosoper of the world his chief opinion being that the abstract Idea's or images of all virtues and of all forms had a peculiar subsistence by themselves A Plaudite lat a clapping of hands for joy a sign of rejoycing it being a substantive made of a verb. Plausible lat acceptable received with praise favour or joy Plea a Term in Law that which either party alleadgeth for himself in Court Plebeian lat belonging to the common people also mean vulgar inferiour Plebiscite lat a decree statute or law made by the common people Pledge French a surety whence to pledge one in drinking is to be his surety or to ingage that he shall receive no harm while he is drinking which custom was first occasioned as some say by reason of the practice of the Danes heretofore in this Kingdom who used frequently to stab the Natives while they were drinking Pleget a long plaister of Leather or Linnen Cloath Pleiades the seven daughters of Atlas and the Nymph Pleione whose names were Electra Alcynoe Celaeno Taygete Asterope Maia and Merope they were placed by Jupiter among the stars and called by the Latins Virgiliae Plenarie Fr. full intire Plenartie a word used in Common-law signifying a benefice supplied Plenilunarie lat belonging to the Plenilune or full Moon Plenipotentiaries Ambassadours that are invested with full power and authority to conclude with that state to whom they are sent about those thingâ— contained in their Commissions Plenitude or Plenity lat fulnesse Pleonasme Greek a certain Rhetorical figure wherein some superfluous word or sentence is added Plethorick Greek troubled with a Plethora i. an abounding or being too full of humours Pleurifie Greek an inflammation of the inward skin of the Ribs caused by too great an abundance of bloud Pliant French flexible easie to be bent Plicature lat a plaiting or folding Plimouth a famous Port Town in Cornwell so called as it were the mouth of the River Plime in this place the fable goeth that Corinoeus threw down the Gyant Gogmogog from a steep Rock it was anciently called Sutton and was divided into two parts Sutton Prior as belonging to the Priors and Sutton Vautort belonging to the Vautorts stiled in old Records de Valle Terta Plinth Greek the lowermost part of the foot of a pillar being in the form of a Tile or square brick Plisthenes the son of Pelops and Hippodaemia he dying young recommended his two sons Agamemnon and Menelaus to the care of his brother Atreus whence they were called Atreides Plonkets a word used in some old
statutes signifying woollen cloath Plottons a Term in Military Discipline consisting of eight in front Plumage French a bunch of feathers Plumbagin lat silver mingled with lead stone or oar Plumbeous lat leaden of the colour of lead also blunt or dull A Plumestriker a parasite or flatterer so called from pulling hairs or feathers off from other mens Cloakes Plumigerous lat bearing feathers having feathers on Plunder Dutch to rob or take away by violence in time of war Plurality lat a being more then one Pluries the name of a Writ that goeth out the third time if the Original Capiâ—s and the sicut alias speed not Plutarch a famous Philosopher of Cheronea who liv'd in the time of the Emperours Trajan and Adrian and wrote many excellent books he was in such high esteem with Adrian that he was sent with Consular power into Illyria Pluto the son of Saturn and Ops to whom in the division of the World betwen him and his two brothers Jupiter and Neptune there fell the infernal Empire by lot Pluvial or Pluvious lat rainy full of rain or watery clouds P N Pneumatical Greek belonging to wind or spirits P O Pocillation lat the waiting on a great mans cup. Poculent lat that may be drunk Podagrical lat having the gout in the feet Podalirius and Machaon the sons of Aesculapius they were Physitians in the Grecian Army that went against the Trojans Podarge the swiftest of Mares that fed in a place called Vernum Pratum on whom Zephyrus begat the Horses of Achilles Podestat Ital. or chief Magistrate of a City Podimetry Greek a measuring by the foot Poesie or Poetry Greek the art of making a Poem i. any kind of subject consisting of Rythm or Verses Points in Heraldry are certain places in an Escutcheon diversly named according to their several positions A Poinard or Poinado French a daggar or short sword Pointblanck punctually absolutely from the French words poinct a prick and blanc white Polar or Polary lat belonging to the Poles i. the ends of the axeltree about which Astronomers imagin the heavens to be moved The North Pole is called the Arctick Pole the South Pole the Antarctick whence the Polar-circles are two little circles near the Poles of the World described by the Poles of the Zodiack Polemical Greek Military belonging to War Policy of Assurance a giving to some or other a certain rate or proportion to secure the safe arrival of a ship and so much wares at a place agreed on Political Greek belonging to policy or the government of a Common-wealth Politure lat a polishing or trimming Pollard a â—heven or cod-fish also a stag or male Deer having musen'd or cast his head Pollicar lat containing the measure of an inch which is the breadth of a thumb or toe Pollicitation lat a promising Pollinarious lat belonging to or made into fine flower Pollincture lat the embalming of dead bodies Poltron French a knave or rascal also a coward or lazy fellow Polycrates a Tyrant of Samos being a man of very great wealth and of that fortune that having let fall into the Sea a ring of great value it was found the next day in the belly of a fish but in his later end he was taken by Orontes the Persian and crucified Polydamas the son of Antenor and Theano the sister of Hecuba he marryed Lycaste the daughter of Priamus by a Concubine and is said together with his father Antenor and Aeneas to have betrayed the City Troy to the Greeks Also the son of Panthous the master of Hector he was a man of vast strength Polydorus see Polymnestor Polygamy Greek the having more wives than one Polygony Greek the having many angles or corners also an herb called knot-grasse Polyhymnia or Polymneia the name of one of the nine Muses she is said to have been the first inventour of History Polymnestor a Tyrant of Thrace who when Priamus fearing the Trojan War had committed his youngest son Polydorus to his tuition with a great summe of Gold for greedinesse of the money killed the child Polymorphean Greek having many shapes or forms Polynices the brother of Eteocles and son of Oedipus King of Thebes by his mother Jocasta Polyphagian Greek one that eats much a great feeder Polyphemus the son of Neptune by the Nimph Thoosa the daughter of Phorcus he was one of the Cyclops and faling in love with the Nimph Galatea slew the youth Acis whom she preferred before him he devoured four of the companions of Vlisses when they were cast upon that shore and would have served the rest in like manner but that Vlisses made him drunk with black wine and put out that one eye which he had in the midst of his forehead Polyptâ—te term in Grammar a Noun that is declined with many Cases Polypus a kind of fish that hath a great many feet called also Pourcontrel also a tumour or swelling in the nose Polysyllabical Greek having many syllables Polysyndeton Greek a certain figure wherein a sentence is joyned with many conjunction copulatives Polyxena the daughter of Priamus whom Pyrrhus the son of Achilles slew upon his fathers Tomb and sent her to the infernal shades to his father who for her sake had been slain by Paris Pomander in Dutch Pomamber as it were an apple of Amber a little round ball made of several fragrant perfumes to smell to or hang about the wrist Pomarious lat belonging to a Pomary i. an Orchard or place set with Apple-trees Pomegranate a kind of round fruit so called because it is full of graines or because it groweth chiefely in Granata a Region of Spain Pomelegryse old word dapple-gray Pomeparadice a fruit called a John-apple In Greek Melimelum as it were a Honey-apple Pomeridian the same as Postmeridian Pomiferous lat bearing apples or other kind of round fruit Pommade French a kind of sweet ointment also a trick in vaulting Pomaery lat a certain space about the walls of a City or Town Pomfret or Pontfract a Town in Yorkshire so called for in the Saxons time it was named Kâ—rkby from a wooden bridge over Are broken by the confluence of a great multitude of people that accompanied William Arch-Bishop of York King Stephens Nephew when he returned from Rome This place hath been stained with the blood-shed of many Great men here Thomas Earle of Lancaster was beheaded by King Edward the second King Richard the second was here made away by the appointment of King Henry the fourth Also Anthony Earle Rivers and Sir Richard Grey were here beheaded by King Richard the third Pomona the goddesse of Orchards with whom Vertumnus falling in love courted her in several sâ—apes at last in the form of an old woman he spake so effectually for Vertumnus that he prevailed and returning to his own shape he married her â—neus Pompeius sirnamed the Great which title was given him by the Army of Sylla for Triumphing over Iarbas a King of Africa then joyning with Metellus
he overcame Sertorius in Spain next he was chosen Emperour in the Pyratick War which he finisht in three moneths afterwards he triumphed over Mithridates and restored Tigranes to the Crown of Armenia Lastly he quelled the Iberians Albans and Jews taking prisoner their King Aristobulus at length in the Civil War between him and Julius Caesar he was overcome at the Battle of Pharsalia and flying into Aegypt was slain by Aquila through the treachery of Ptolomy the young King Pompetts Printers balls wherewith they put the Ink upon their letters Pompus lat full of pomp stately Ponderosity lat weightinesse heavynesse Pone a Writ whereby a cause depending in the County Court is removed to the Common Bank Pontage a contribution toward the reedifying of bridges or keeping them in repair Pontes a Town in Buckinghamshire so called from the 4 bridges over the 4 channels into which the River Cole is divided This Town is now calld Col-Broke Pontfract see Pomfret Pontick lat belonging to Pontus i. the Sea between Meotis and Tenedos as also the Country joyning to that Sea containing Armenia and Cappadocia Pontifical or Pontificial lat belonging to a Pontif or Pontifex i. a Bishop or Praelate who being clad in his Episcopal vestments or those ornaments with which he performeth Divine Service on Festival dayes as also those who have on their richest apparel are commonly said to be in their Pontificalibus Popelin French a little finical darling Popination lat excessive eating or drinking also a haunting Popinas i. Taverns or Victualing houses Popingey a kinde of Parret also an Herb so called from being of the colour of that bird being a kinde of greenish colour this Herb is called in Latin Symphonia Poplemans a sort of Hobgoblins so called from Popleman a cruel Tyrant anciently of Polonia Poplet old word a young wench Poplitick lat belonging to the ham or leg Poppaean Law a certain Law among the Romans against single life Populace Fr. the vulgar or meaner sort of people Popularity lat familiarity with the common people Population lat a wasting destroying or unpeopling of any place Populiferous lat bearing poplar Trees Populosity lat abundance or fulnesse of people Porcelane a kinde of Sallet-herb called in Greek Andrachne also the cream or flowring on the top of a certain chalky earth in China steeped in water of which they make China dishes Porcine lat belonging to a Hog Porculation lat a fatning of Hogs or Swine Porcupine a kinde of beast called in Latin Histrix which casteth out of her body certain sharp bristles like darts against the Dogs when they hunt her Porosity lat fulnesse of Pores i. certain little holes in the skin through which sweat and vapours do exhale out of the body Porpaise a kinde of fish of aâ—duskish colour called in Greek Phocaena Porphyretick lat belonging to Porphyrie i. a fine reddish marble streaked with divers colours whence the Porphyrie Chair of St. John Lateran at Rome wherein the Pope is inaugurated Porrection lat a stretching out Portable lat to be carried or born Portcullis French the falling gate of a Citie which is made to slip down to keep out the enemy Portegue a certain Coyn in Gold valuing three pound ten shillings Portemote from Port i. a Haven and the Dutch word Gemetan i. to meet a Court kept in Havens or Port Towns Portentous lat prodigious portending or betokening some ill to come Portglaive French a sword-bearer Portgreve a preâ—ect or chief Governour of a Port Town in ancient times the chief Magistrate of London was so called Portguidon French the Cornet or Ensign-bearer to a Troup of horse or men at Arms. Portmantean French a kind of Cloak-bagge Portmen a name commonly given to the inhabitants of the Cinque Ports Portpain French a kinde of Towel used at Court wherein they carry their bread to serve for the Table Portsale a sale of fish presently upon return into the haven also a publick sale like that of the ancient Romans who used per praeâ—onem sub hasta vendere Posade French a respite or breathing also a lighting down of birds Pose see Catarre Position lat a putting also a Term in Logick a foundation upon which an argument is built Possession lat an absolute injoyment of any thing in Common-law it is taken for Lands Inheritance or for the actual injoyment of them Possibility lat likelyhood Posteriority lat a being after or behinde also in Common-law a man holding Tenements of two Lords is said to hold of the first by Priority of the last by Posteriority Posthume lat a Child born after the death of the father also Posthume works are writings publish't after the death of the Author Postick lat being behinde or on the back-side Postil a compendious exposition containing more then hath been observed before from the Latin post illud i. after that Postillon French a Posts guide or fore-runner also he that rides upon one of the foremost of the Coach-horses when there are six Postliminie lat the return of one who was thought to be dead Postmeridian lat done in the afternoon Postnate lat the same as Posthume Postpone lat to set behinde to esteem lesse then another Postposure lat a setting behind Postvene lat to come after Postulation lat a requiring or demanding Potable lat fit to be drunk Potatoes a sort of Indian fruit whose root is of great virtue Potent or Potential lat powerfull able indued with might Potent in Blazon expresseth the resemblance of the top of a crowtch Potentate lat one powerfull or mighty Potulent lat that may be drunk Pouches a Term in Navigation small bulk-heads made in howld either thwart-ships or longst ships Poul-davies or Ouldernesse see Medrinacles Pounce Spanish Poncar Latin pungere to jagge or cut in and out Pounces of Hawks the claws from the Latin Pungere Poundage a subsidie granted to the King out of all Merchandizes to the value of twelve pence in the pound Pourcontrel the same as Polypus Pourmenade French a walk or Gallery open over head To make Pourparty to sever the Lands that fall to partners which before partition they held joyntly Pourpresture French an inclosure also an incroaching upon any Land or Jurisdiction that belongs to the King Pâ—ursuivants French followers also messengers attending the King in wars or to be sent upon any special occasion or message the four Poursuivants at Arms are those that attend the Heralds and are called Bluemantle Rougecrosse Rougedragon and Percullis Pourtraiture French a delineating or drawing a Pourtraict i. a picture or image of any thing Pourveyour French an Officer of the King or other great personage that provides Corn and other victual for the house Power of the County the attendance of all Gentlemen Yeomen Labourers c. within the County above the age of fifteen that are capable to bear arms Pownd in Common-law signifieth an inclosure to keep beasts in but more especially a place of strength where Cattell distrained for
name of men contracted from Rodulph i. help counsell Ramagious French wilde belonging to Ramage i. boughs or branches Rambooz a kinde of compound drink Ramberge French a kinde of swift Gally or long ship Ramist a follower of Ramus a modern writer famous for reducing many of the arts into a handsom method and abridgement Ramosity lat fulnesse of branches or boughs Rampant a Term in Heraldry being spoken of a beast climbing or rearing up his fore-feet Rampier or Rampert French a Term in fortification the wall of a bulwark or fortresse Ramsey a famous Abby in Huntingtonshire so called as it were Rams Island it was built in the time of King Edgar by his Kinsman Ailwin sirnamed Healf-Koning i. half King and inlarged by Bishop Oswald Rancidity or Rancour lat mouldinesse rottennesse mustinesse also malice or inward grudging Randal Sax. a proper name from Ranulph i. fair help Ransome French contract a redemption a summe of money paid for the redeeming of a Captive or for the pardoning of some hainous Crime Rapacity lat ravenousnesse extortion greedinesse Rapes certain divisions of the County of Sussex as Kent is divided into Wapentakes these Rapes are six in all namely of Chicester Arundel Brembe Lewise Pevensey and Hastings Raphael a proper name signifying in Hebrew the physick of God Rapidity lat swiftnesse quicknesse hastinesse Rapine lat Robbery Pillaging a taking a thing by open force or violence Rapsodie Greek a contexture or joyning together of divers verses or sentences Rapture lat a snatching away by violence also an Ecstasie or Transportment Rarity thinnesse it is by the Phylosophers opposed to Density and that body is said to be rare whose quantity is more and its substance lesse Rarefaction lat a rarefying or making thin Raskail old world trash Raspatory French a Butlers instrument wherewith he chips bread Raspis a kinde of fruit growing on a shrub called in French Framboise as it were a wood Strawberry Ras-Algense a Star in the Twin Ras-Alden the head of Junonius Rasure lat a shaving or scraping Ratiocination lat a reasoning arguing or discoursing Ratification lat a ratifying confirming or making sure Rational lat reasonable indued with reason it is also substantively taken for a certain Priestly attire among the Jews Ravage French havock spoyl ransack Raâ—city lat hoarsnesse Ravenna a famous Citie of Italie where anciently the Exarchs belonging to the Emperour of Constantinople had their residence it is situate upon the Adriatick Seashore Ravishment or Rape the violent deflouring of a woman also in Common-law it is used for the taking away either of a woman or an Heir in Ward Raunge Fr. the Office of a Raunger who is to drive back the wilde beasts of the Forest as often as they Raunge out of the same into any of the Purlues Ray French a beam of the Sun or any other Star also Metaphorically taken for the lustre of any glorious object Cleopatra R E Reach a Term in Navigation the distance of any two points of Land which bear in a direct line one towards another Reading the chief Town in Bark-shire so called from the River Rhea or from Brittish word Redin i. Fern which groweth thereabout in great plenty here anciently the Danes fortified themselves and made a Rampier between Kenet and Tamis when they were defeated by King Aethelwolf Read or Rede old word councel advice help Real Span. a kinde of Spanish Coyn valuing about six pence of our money Ream a certain measure of paper consisting of twenty quires Reasonable aid in Common-law is a duty that the Lord of the fee claimeth holding by Knights service or in soccage to marry his daughter or make his son Knight Rebate see Chamfering Rebate a Term used among merchants to allow so much as the interest of any summe of money amount to for the time of antepayment also a Term in Faulconry vide to Bate Rebecca Hebr. fat and full a proper name of women Rebeck an old Trot Chaucer also a certain Musical instrument of 3 strings called in Latin Sistrum or Fidicula Rebellion Lat. as it were a rewarring a second resistance of such as being formerly overcome in battel by the Romans had yielded themselves to their subjection Rebus the expressing of any name conceit motto or devise by a picture see Camdens Remains Rebutter a Term in Law is when the Donnee by virtue of a Warrantry made by the Donour repelleth the Heir Recalcitration lat a striking back with the heel Recantation lat a revoking or unsaying what was said before Recapitulation lat a brief Repetition a summing up the heads of a former discourse Recargaison French a lading of a ship homeward a backfraught Recede lat to retire to go back Recent lat fresh new lately done Recension lat a rehearsing reckoning or numbring Receptacle lat a place fit to receive or contain any thing a ware-house or store-house Reception when two Planets are in each others dignity then they are said to receive one another and it is manifold by house by exaltation by triplicity term or face Recesse lat a recoyling or going back a place of recreat or retirement Recheat a certain lesson which Hunters wind on their Horn when the Hounds have lost their Game Recidivous lat falling or sliding back to the same passe as it was before Reciprocal lat mutual or interchangeable whence Reciprocation Recision lat a cutting away Recitation lat a reciting or rehearsing whence Recitative stile in Musick is a kinde of singing wherewith Heroick or Dramatick Poems are rehearsed upon the stage Reck old word to care Recluse lat shut up retired cloyster'd up in a solitary place Recognisance Fr. signifieth in Common-law a Bond of Record testifying from the Recognisour to the Recognizee a certain summe of money which is acknowledged in some Court of Record before a Judge or other Officer of the Court. Recognition lat a revising re-acknowledging or calling to minde Recollects a certain Order of Fryars Recommendation lat a commending any one to another Recopilation Span. a picking or choosing out the best from among a great many things Record French in Common-law signifieth an authentical or uncontroulable testimony in writing Recordation lat a remembring or calling to minde Recorder one whom the Magistrate of a Town doth associate unto him for his better direction in matters of Justice and proceedings according to Law Recovery in Common-law signifieth an obtaining of any thing by Judgement or Tryal of Law Recourse lat refuge or retreat Recoyle French Reculeer as it were retrahere culum i. to draw back the tail to retire or go back Recreant French fainthearted not standing to ones challenge also treacherous Recreation lat as it were a making or creating anew a refreshing reviving or restoring Recrement lat the drosse scum or dregs of any thing Recrimination lat a retorting back a fault upon the accuser Rectangle lat a right or streight angle or corner which is made by the falling of one line
perpendicular upon another Rectification lat a rectifying a making right or streight Recto sur disclamer a Writ that lieth where the Lord in the Kings Court doth avow upon his Tenant and the Tenant disclaimeth to hold of him Rectour lat a Governour also he that hath the charge or cure of any Parish Church Rectus in curia he that standeth at the Bar and hath no man to object any thing against him Reculade French a recoiling or going back also a secret corner Reculver an ancient Town in Kent heretofore called Regulbium here the Captain of the first Band of the Vetasians lay in Garrison it is also famous for the Palace built by Aethelbert King of Kent and the Monastery built by Brightwald the eight Arch-bishop of Canterbury from which the Town came to be called Raculf-minster Recuperation lat a recovering Recurvation lat a crooking bowing or bending backward A Recusant a Roman Catholick so called from refusing to submit to the Discipline of the Reformed Church Redamation lat a loving again Redargution lat a disproving a convincing of falsity by solid arguments Redborn signifying as much as redwater a Town in Hertford-shire seated upon the Military High-way commonly called Watling-street it hath been famous heretofore for the Reliques of Amphibalus who suffered Martyrdom under Dioclesian and who converted St. Alban to the Christian faith Reddition lat a restoring or giving back Redevable French being in arrearage or behinde in payment whence it is used in a translate sence for obleiged or beholding to Cleopatra Redhibition lat the causing of any one by Law to take that again which he sold. Rediculus a certain God worshipt among the ancient Romans without the Porta Capena upon occasion of Hannibals returning from Rome being frighted with certain apparitions Redintegration lat a renewing a making whole again Redition lat a returning or coming back Redituaries a certain Order of Fryars being a branch of the Franciscans Redolent lat yielding a sweet smell fragrant Redonation lat a giving back that which was taken away Redoubt a Term in fortification the jutting out of the angles or corners of any work A Redstert a certain bird otherwise called a Robin Redbreast in Latin Rubicilla Redshanks the Irish-Scots are so called from Reuda an Irish Captain who anciently by force of Arms seated himself in a part of Scotland Redubbours those that buy Cloath which they know to be stollen and turn it into 〈◊〉 other form or fashion Reduction lat a reducing or bringing back Redversies commonly called Rivers's the name of an honourable Family in Cornwal who have been heretofore Earles of Devonshire and Barons of Plimpton they are stiled in Latin Records de Ripariis Redundancy lat an overflowing abounding or exceeding Reduplication lat a redoubling a Rhetorical figure called in Greek Anadiplosis wherein a verse or sentence ends in the same word as the following begins Reentry in Common Law is a resuming or taking again possession of what we had last forgon Reev or Greve from the Saxon word Gerefa the Bailiff of a Franchise or Manour To Reeve a term in Navigation and spoken of ropes signifieth as much as to put in or to put through Refection lat a repast or meale Refectory or Refectuary a place in Monasteries where the Monks and Fryars eat together To Refell lat to disprove by arguments to confute to prove false Referendary lat an officer who makes report of Petitions or Requests exhibited to any Prince more particularly one under the Master of Requests in France Reflection lat a bowing or bending back a beating or striking back also by metaphor a casting back ones minde upon things past Reflux lat a flowing back an ebbing of the Sea or any River Refocillation lat a cherishing comforting or reviving also a kindling or keeping warm Reformado Span. an officer who having lost his men is continued in pay as an inferiour souldier To Reform a term in Faulconry for a Hawk is not said to prune but to reform her feathers Refractary lat as it were irrefrangible i. unbreakable stubborn or obstinate Refranation is when a Planet is applying to another either by conjunction or aspect and before he comes joyned he becomes retrograde Refret French Refrain the burthen of a Ballade or Song Refrigeration lat a refreshing or cooling again Refuge lat a flying for succour or safety a place of respite or succour Refulgent lat shining bright To Refund lat to dissolve or melt again also to pay back Refutation lat a confuting by arguments a disapproving Regal lat Kingly Royal Stately also a Regal signifieth a Ring or Jewel of great value To Regale French to fare like a King to intertain Royally Regalia lat the rights and priviledges of a King Regardant French looking back a term in Heraldry Regarder of the Forrest is an officer of the Kings Forrest who is sworn to make the regard of the Forrest to surview all other officers and to inquire of all offences as well of Vert as of Venison within all that ground that is parcell of the Forrest which is called the Regard Regards French attentive markings or observings of men and actions Cleopat Regency lat a ruling but more particularly the Protectourship of a Kingdom Regeneration lat a new-birth a being born again spiritually Regermination lat a sprouting forth or budding again Regicide lat a King-killer Regifugium a certain Feast celebrated by the ancient Romans the seventh Calends of March on which day Tarquin and Kingly government were banished Rome Regiment a body of souldiers consisting of 10 Companies or Troops Register lat a Memorial or Record more particularly our ancientest Book of the Law containing the Original Writs of the Common Law Reglâ—tination lat a glueing again Regrater a word anciently used in the Common Law for him that bought by the great and sold by retaile also one that trimmes up old wares for sale a huckster Regression or Regresse lat a returning or going back Regret French desire also sorrow or reluctance Regularity lat order rule or prescript also a Canonical life Marcus Attilius Regulus a famous Roman who being taken by the Carthaginians had leave given him to treat about the exchange of prisoners upon his word given to return by such a time which having performed he was put to death with exquisite torments Regurgitation lat a swallowing up again Rejection lat a casting off To Reinbosce Span. to return to the wood to lie in ambush again Rejoynder in Common Law signifieth a second answer made by the defendant or an exception to a replication the Civilians call it Duplication Reister French or Ruyter Dutch a horseman whence Swartrutter a horseman with black armour also a long horsemans cloak Reiteration lat a saying or doing the same thing over again a repeating Relaps lat a falling back into any sicknesse Relative lat having relation or nearnesse to some other thing Relaxation lat a loosening a releasing a setting at liberty Relay a term
Waggon or Cart. Rhesus a King of Thrace the son of Strymon and Euterpe he came with his white horses to the aide of the Trojans and was killed by Diomed and Vlisses with the help of Dolon those white horses upon which the fate of Troy depended being brought away by the Greeks Rhetorical lat eloquent full of Rhetorick i. the art of speaking well and eloquently Rhinoceros Greek a kinde of Indian beast having a horn on his nose Rhodus a famous Island in the Carpathian Sea formerly consecrated to the Sun in honour of whom a mighty Colossus was made 50 Cubits in length Rhomb or Roumb lat a certain Geometrical square figure consisting of equal sides but unequal angles also a spinning wheel also a Mariners Compasse or Sea Chart. Rhonchisonant lat sounding like one that snorts in his sleep Rhythmical Greek belonging to Rhythme or Meeter in verse as also to proportion or harmony in Musick R I Rialto a stately place in Venice like to our Royal Exchange Ribadavia a Town in Gallicia a Province of Spain from whence is brought a sort of wine much esteemed Riband is lesse then a Cost and contains the eighth part of a Bend. Ribauldry Ital. whoredom uncleannesse or the carriage of a Ruffian Ribibble old word a Fiddle or Cittern Richmond q. rich mount the chief Town of Richmondshire it was walled about and fortified with a strong Castle against the Danes by Allan the first Earle thereof also the name of one of the Kings houses in Surrey where King Edward the third died Ribolla a kinde of strong wine so called Riches by the Hunters taken for a Company and so they say a riches of Marterns Richard a proper name of a man signifying in the Saxon tongue powerfull disposition Ricture lat a grinning or shewing the teeth like a dog also a fretting or chasing inwardly To Ride in Navigation is when a ship is held in so fast by her Anchors that she doth not drive away by the tide or winde Riding Clark one of the six Clarks of the Chancery who takes his turn for his year to have the controling of all Grants which passe the great Seal Rier County a publick place which the Sheriffe appointeth for the receit of the Kings money after the end of his County Rigation lat a bedewing watering or sprinkling Rigidity or Rigour lat stifnesse with cold or frost also surlinesse strictnesse severity Rigel the left foot of Orion Rigols a certain Musical instrument called a Clericord it comes from the French Regalliadir i. to rejoyce Ringtail a kinde of Puttock or Kite having whitish feathers about his tail Ringwalk a Term in hunting being a round walk made by Hunters Riot in Common-law is the forcible doing of an unlawfull act by three or more persons assembled together for that purpose Riphaean-hills certain Hills of Scythia so called from the Greek word Ripe i. the violent force of windes blowing from those parts they are also called Hyperborean Mountains Ripiers those that use to bring fish from the Sea-coast to the inner parts of the land it comes from the Latin word Ripa a Bank or Shore Risible lat subject to laughter Risingham signifying in the Brittish tongue the Gyants habitation a certain Town in Northumberland of which the old Brittains fabulously reported that it was defended by their god Magon against a Soldan or great Prince in those times Rituals certain books which prescribe the Rites and Ceremonies of the Roman Church Rivage French the water-side or Sea-Coast Rivality lat envy between Rivals i. two persons loving one and the same woman being a Metaphor borrowed from those that fetch water from the same river Rivulet lat a Brook or little river Rixation lat a brawling or wrangling Rizon a Citie of Illyria seated upon a River of the same name R O Roan colour a kinde of dark or Chesnut colour being most properly spoken of a Horse Robert the proper name of a man signifying in Dutch famous in Councel Robigalia certain feasts kept in May by the ancient Romans in honour of Robigus who was worshipt as a God among them for that he was thought to keep the Corn from blasting Robiginous lat full of rust also blasted as Corn. Roboration lat a strengthning or making strong from Robur i. an Oak Robustous lat strong as an Oak Roch old word a Rock Rochester a Citie in Kent called in Latin Roffa from one Rhufus but more anciently Durobrevis in the year 676. it was laid waste by Aetheldred King of the Mâ—rcians and many a time afterwards sacked by the Danes Rochet a kinde of fish so called also a kinde of surplice or Bishops Robe Rod a certain Land measure see Pearch Rode a station for ships from the Dutch word Reed Rodknights or Radknights certain servitours which hold by serving their Lord on hors-back Rodnet a Net to catch Black-birds or Wood-cocks in Rodomontade Span. a vain-glorious bragging or boasting Roe or Roebuck a kinde of Deer called in French la Chevrelle Rogation lat an asking demanding or intreating whence Rogatiâ—n week the next week but one before Whiâ—sunday so called from the duty of fasting and prayer injoyned at that time by the Church as a preparative to the feast of the Ascention it is also called Gang week and by some Grasse week Roger the proper name of a man from the Dutch word Ruger i. quiet or Rodgar i. strong Councel Rogitation lat an asking often an intreating earnestly Roiston a Town in Hertfordshire anciently called Roises Crosse from a Crosse built by Dame Roise as some think Countesse of Norfolk but being augmented by Eustace de Marck it came to be called Roiston q. Roises Town The Rolls a place appointed by Edward the third for the keeping of the Rolls or Records of Chancery the master whereof in the absence of the Lord Chancelour sitteth as Judge Rollo a famous Captain who with a select Company of Danish youths going to seek out new habitations setled in that part of France which is now called Normandy the French at last after much War were glad to make a league with them and to allow them quiet possession of what they had conquered and Rollo marrying the daughter of Charls the simple was both himself baptised and likewise caused all his people to imbrace the Christian faith Roma the chief Citie of Italy and most famous of the world built by Romulus and Remus the Grand-children of Numitor the inhabitants of this Citie and parts adjacent called the Romans were anciently a people renowned both in warre and peace and masters of a great part of the world Romance a feigned history from Romant the most eloquent sort of French or Roman which hath heretofore been used to signifie any thing written or expressed eloquently Rome old word to wander or walk up and down Romescot or Romefeoh a certain tribute paid to Rome commonly called Peter-pence Romulus and Remus the sons of Sylvia as some suppose by Mars the daughter of
stone and 14 pound Sacramental lat belonging to a Sacrament or Oath Sacrificial lat belonging to a Sacrifice or holy offering Sacrilegious lat committing Sacriledge i. a robbing of Churches or violating of holy things Sacristie or Sacrary lat a Vestry a place where the Priests Vestments and things belonging to the Church are kept Sadduces a Sect among the Jews so called from Sadock their first Author they denied the being of Angels and the Resurrection of the body Safe conduct see Passeport Sagacity lat quicknesse of understanding or apprehension sharpnesse of judgement or wit Sagamore a King or Supream Ruler among the Indians Sagbut Span. a kinde of Musical instrument somewhat resembling a Trumpet Sagination lat a cramming or making fat Sagittal lat belonging to an Arrow Sagittarius one of the 12 signes of the Zodiack see â—hiron Sagittipotent lat powerfull in darts or arrows Saguntus a Town of Valentia a Province of Spain now called Morviedro situate upon the River Ibero it was destroyed by Hannibal which was the cause of the second Punick war Saker a kind of Hawk called in Greek Hierax i. holy also a great piece of Ordnance Saie a kinde of stuffe to make Cloaths of called in Spanish Saietta Saint Anthonies fire see Erysipely Salacity lat wantonnesse or inclination to Venery perhaps from Salacia a goddesse of the water whom the ancients held to be the wife of Neptune and that she caused the fluctuation or moving up and down of the Sea also the Ebbing and flowing of the Sea was called by the Romans in old time Salicia and Venilia Salade French a kinde of head-piece or helmet called also Salet Salamander a kinde of little beast like a Lizard vulgarly believed to subsist in the hottest fire and to quench it Salarie lat a servants stipend or wages so called as Pliny saith from Sal i. Salt both being alike necessary Salenae the ancient name of a Town in Bedfordshire now called Salndy Sandy Salebrous lat rugged rough uneven Saliant lat leaping a Term in Heraldry Saligot Fr. a water-nut or Caltrop Salii the 12 Priests of Mars instituted by Numa Pompilius Marcus Livius Salinator a famous Roman Captain Consull with Claudius Nero he overcame Asdrubal in the second Punick warre Salique Law a Law whereby the Crown of France cannot fall from the Lance to the distaffe i. cannot be inherited by women it is so called either from these words si aliqua often mentioned in the Law which as some say was made by Pharamond others by Philip the fair or else from the River Sala near unto which the Francks anciently inhabited Salisbury the chief Citie of Wiltshire risen up out of the ruines of a very ancient Town called Sorbiodunum and by vulgar Latinists Sarum and Sarisburia this place is famous for a stately Minster built here in the reign of King Henry the third by Richard Poor then Bishop of Salisbury this Cathedral hath as many windows as there are dayes in the year as many pillars as there are hours in a year and the gates are answerable in number to the 12 moneths Salivation lat a fluxing or drawing humours out of the mouth by spettle Salligot French a kinde of fruit called water Nuts Sallow latin Salix the Goats willow-tree Sally to issue out of a besieged Town from the Spanish word Salir Salmacis a Fountain of Caria near Halicarnassus so called from Salmacis a Nymph who falling in love with Hermaphroditus the son of Mercury and Venus when she could by no other means draw him to her love she leapt into the Fountain and imbracing him prayed unto the gods that they might grow into one whereupon they immediately became one person having both Sexes also at the prayers of Hermaphroditus the Fountain contracted this quality that who ever entred into it were transformed into both Sexes and called Hermaphrodites Salmoneus a King of Elis the son of Aeolus who aspiring to be a god drove his Chariot over a brazen bridge which he had made that he might imitate Thunder at which Jupiter inraged struck him down to Hell with a Thunderbolt Salomon a proper name signifying in Hebrew peaceable Salsamentarious lat belonging to salt things brine or pickle Salsure lat a salting seasoning or powdering Saltation lat a dancing or leaping Saltimbanco Ital. a Mountebank or Quacksalver Saltire a Term in Heraldry see Sautoir Salvatel Vein see Vein Salubrity lat wholsomnesse or healthfulnesse Salutatory lat a place where people stand to salute great men Salutiferous lat bringing health or safety Samaria a Countrey of Palaestine bordering upon Judaea Sambenito Span. a Coat of course sackcloth in which Paenitents are reconciled to the Church Sambuke a Musical instrument called also a Dulcimer also a warlike Engine Samonds the sirname of a very ancient family of Barons who heretofore had their chief habitation at Bromham in Wiltshire they are stiled in Latin Records de Sancto Amando Samos the name of two Islands the one near Ionia over against Ephesus sacred to Juno anciently called Parthenia the other in the bay of Ambracia over against Epirus anciently called Cephalenia Samothracia an Island of the Aegaean Sea not far from Thrace heretofore called Dardania Samplar corrupted from Examplar a pattern or coppy Sampson a proper name signifying in Heb. there the second time Samuel another proper name signifying in Heb. placed of God Sanable lat to be healed or cured Sanchia a Christian name of divers women from the Latin Sancta i. holy Sanctification lat a sanctifying hallowing or making holy Sanctimony or Sanctity lat the profession of holinesse Sanction lat a decreeing enacting or establishing any Law or Ordinance Sanctuary lat a sanctified or holy place also a place priviledged by the Prince for the safeguard of offenders lives founded upon the great reverence which the Prince beareth unto the place whereunto he granteth such a priviledge Sanctum Sanctorum the innermost and holiest place of the Jews Temple where the Arke was kept Sandal a kind of pantofle or slipper also a pretious sort of Indian wood A Sandapile lat a coffin or beer to carry dead bodies on Sandarach a kind of red painting otherwise called Orpine or red Arsenick A Sand-bag in Etching or Graving is that on which they use to turn their plate Sanglant French bloody or imbrued with blood Sanglier French a Bore of five years old Sanguin or Sangnineous lat full or abounding with blood also of a complexion where that humour is predominant also in Heraldry it is taken for a kind of ruddy or murrey colour Sanguinolent lat bloody or cruel Sanhedrim Heb. the Supream Council or Court of judicature among the Jews consisting of the high Priest and 70 Seniors or Elders who were to consult about the greatest matters of the Common-wealth both Ecclesiastical and Civil Sanity lat health soundnesse Sanjacks the Governours of Cities among the Turks Sanicle a kind of herb called self-heal Sankfin from the French words Sang i. blood and fine
i. ended a finall end of any lineal race or descent of kindred Saphaena vein see vein Saphick verse a kind of verse consisting of a trochee spondee dactyle and two trochee's and having at the end of every three verses an Adonic which consists of a dactyl and spondee This kind of verse was first invented by Sapho a famous Poetesse of Mitylene Saphire a kind of Gem or pretious Stone of an azure colour Sapidity or Sapor lat savorinesse well season'dnesse pleasantnesse of taste or savour Sapience lat wisdom or prudence Sapphick see Saphick Saraband Ital. a kind of Lesson or Air in Musick going with a quick time Sarah a proper name of a woman signifying in Heb. Mistresse or Dame Sarcasm Greek a bitter jest scoff or taunt Sarcell the pinion of a Hawk Sarcenet a kind of thin Taffata Sarcination lat a loading with packs or fardells Sarconia Greek a bunch of flesh growing upon the nose Sarcophage Greek a certain stone wherein dead bodies being inclosed do consume away within a short time also a Tomb or Sepulchre Sarcotick Greek breeding new flesh Sarculation lat a weeding or plucking up of weeds whence the time that Countrymen weed their corn in is vulgarly called Sarcling time Sardanapalus the last King of Assyria against whom for his luxury and effeminacy Arbaces the Satrap of Media and Belochus of Balylon rebelling transferred the Empire to Media and Babilonia Sardanapalus as soon as he saw himself in danger throwing himself and all his riches into a burning Pyre which he built for that purpose Sardel or Sardine a kind of fish called a pilcher Sardinia an Island in the Ligustick Ocean so called from Sardus the son of Hercules who planted himself here Sardonick laughter an immoderate and deadly laughter from the herb Sardon which being eaten causeth it Sardonyx a kind of Gem or pretious Stone of a dark or blackish colour being also called a Corneol or Onyx of Sardinia Sarmatia a very large Country reaching from the borders of Germany and the River Vistula as far as Hircania and is divided into Sarmatia Europaea and Sarmatia Asiatica Sarmentitious lat belonging to branches or twigs Sarpedon a King of Lycia he was the son of Jupiter by Laodamia the daughter of Bellerophon and going to help the Trojans was killed by Patroclus and carried out of the field by Apollo at Jupiters command Sarplar or Serplath a quantity of wool consisting of 80 Tod each Tod being two stone and each stone 14 pound A Sarse a sive of hair Sarsaparilla the root of a certain tree called Smilax Peruviana Sassafras the wood of another Indian tree very useful in Physick Satanical belonging to Satan i. the Devil from the Hebrew word sitnath i. hatred It Sate me sore old word it touch't me greatly Satellite lat a Yeoman of the Guard also a Catchpole Satiety lat fullnesse glutting whence satiation a filling or cloying Satisdation lat a putting in bail or surety Satisfaction lat a satisfying or making amends also a taking great content or pleasure in any thing Satorious lat belonging to sowing or sowers Satrap Greek a title anciently given to the chief Governour of any Province under the King of Persia. Saturity lat the same as Satiety Saturnals lat Feasts dedicated to Saturn an ancient heathen deity the son of Coelus and Vesta who married his sister Ops and cut off the genital members of his father Coelus and threw them into the Sea out of the froth of which sprung Venus from thence called Aphrodite he sought to devour all his male children wherefore Ops as soon as she was delivered of Jupiter and Juno at a birth she gave him instead of Jupiter a great stone wrapt up in swadling-clouts which he devoured next she brought forth Neptune whom she concealed as also Pluto and Glaucus whom she had at a birth He was overthrown by his brother Titan who made war against him for the Kingdom and shut up him and his wife in prison whence he was delivered by his son Jupiter against whom also making war himself he was driven out of his Kingdom and fled into Italy to Janus whom he taught Husbandry and the use of the Vine Saturn is also the name of one of the 7 Planets the slowest in motion and of the melancholiest influence also among Chymists it is taken for lead Satyre from Satyrus a certain deity of the Wood much spoken of by ancient Poets resembling in the upper part of their bodies the shape of a man in the lower part of a goat and being all over hairy from Satyra a kind of sharp and invective Poem full of taunting expressions against any person or thing Satyrical lat bitter invective taunting or scoffing Sauciation lat a wounding Saucidgâ— in French Saucisse a kind of pudding made of meat chopped very small Savine a kind of herb so called because it was had in great veneration among the Sabines an ancient people of Italy Saultoir or Sautoir French a term in Heraldry being a figure resembling St. Andrews crosse Saunders a kind of spice or sweet wood called in Latin Santalum Saws old word sayings Saxony a Country of Germany lying between the Rivers Albis and Rhine whose inhabitants anciently under the conduct of their Queen Angela vanquisht Brittany and called it England Saxifrage from the Lat. Saxum i. a stone and frangere i. to break a kind of herb so called because it breakes the stone in the kidney S C Scabious lat scabby or mangy Scabrous lat rough rugged unpolished Scaevity lat left-handednesse unluckinesse Scaevola see Mutius Scalary lat belonging to a scale or ladder but in Geometry scale is also taken for a measure proportionable to the draught Scalion a kind of Plant otherwise called an Onion or Chibbol or young Cive Scaldis a river of the Low Countries running by Antwerp called in Dutch Scheldt Scallop Span. Chalupe a ship-boat called also a shallop also a kind of fish called in Latin Pecten Scalp the hairy part of the head which encompasseth the skull it is called in Greek Pericranium Scalper or Scalping Iron from the Lat. Scalpere i. to scrape or scratch a Chirurgions Instrument to scrape or cleanse wounds withall Scamander see Xanthus Scammony a kind of herb otherwise called purging Bindweed Scandalous lat giving scandal i. offence ill example or occasion of other mens sinning Scandalum Magnatum signifieth in Common Law a wrong done to any of the Nobles of the land as Prelates Dukes Earles c. Scanderbeg a name attributed to George Castriot the son of John Castriot Prince of Epirus and Albania who having been brought up by Amurath the second the Turkish Emperour at last caused Epirus and Macedonia to revolt and valiantly kept Croia against a mighty power of the Turks which caused Amurath to die rageing mad Scandia or Scandinavia a great Island in the North Ocean near ajoyning to the Continent of Russia it was anciently called Beltia or Basilia Scapular lat belonging to the
shoulders whence Scapulary a Monks hood or cowl reaching down to the shoulders Scar an old word signifying a steep rock whence Scarborow Castle in Yorkshire is denominated as it were a Burgh upon the Scar or steep Rock Scarabee lat a kind of fly commonly called a beetle Scarf a term in Navigation when the end of one timber is let into the other very close and even or as they term it wood and wood Scarification lat a launcing a sore or making an incision Scariole a kind of herb otherwise called broadleaved endive Scarpe a term in Fortification the slopenesse of the wall also in Heraldry it is the resemblance of a scarf worn by Commanders in the field To Scathe to hurt from the Dutch word Schaed i. damage Scaturiginous lat overflowing or running over Scavage or Shewage a kind of toll or custom exacted of Merchants by Mayors or Bailiffs of Towns for wares shewed to be sold within their Precincts which are forbidden by Statute Scavenger from the Dutch word Scaven i. to pare away an officer that makes clean the streets and pares away the dirt Scedasus a certain rich Boeotian whose two daughters Hippone and Milesia were ravished in his absence and afterwards thrown into a Well and drowned whereupon he killed himself for grief Sceleton Greek the whole structure of the bones of a mans body the flesh veines and muscles being taken away Scellum or Schellum Dutch a rogue villain or vagabond Scenical lat belonging to a Scene i. the changing of persons in every Act of a Comedy or Tragedy also the forepart of a Stage or Theater Scenography lat a term in Perspective the model or description of a Scene or any work presented with its shadows Sceptical Greek contemplative whence Scepticks are a sort of Philosophers who onely consider and contemplate of things without determining any thing Sceptriferous Latin bearing a Scepter Schediasm Greek a sudden invention Schedule lat a little leaf bill or scrowl of paper Scheme Greek the form or outward draught of any thing Schirrus a hard swelling without pain yet not without sences Schiph Latin Scapha a ship-boat whence Schipper or Scipper a Sea-man or Mariner Schisme Greek a cleaving rending or dividing in two but more peculiarly a division or separation in the Church caused by a dissenting in opinion Schismatical inclining to schisme Scholastick Greek belonging to a School or Schollar Scholiast Greek a Writer of a Scholy i. a short exposition upon any Author Sciagraph Greek a platform or description of a house with the contrivance of every room Sciater lat a certain instrument made use of for the better designing out the situation of a Citie Sciatica lat the Gout in the hip Science lat knowledge skill or learning Scilcester a Town in Northumberland by some thought to have been the same with that which in old time was called Cilurnum here Ethwald King of the Northumbers was treacherously murthered by Sigga a Noble-man Scintillation lat a sparkling Sciolist lat one that maketh much stir with a little knowledge a smatterer in learning Sciomanty Greek a divining by shadows Scion from the latin word Scindere i. to divide a grasse or tender shoot Scipio the name of several famous Romans as Scipio Africanus the son of Cornelius he overthrew the Carthaginians in Spain taking new Carthage afterwards waâ—ting over his Army into Africa he utterly defeated Hannibal in a mighty battel Scipio Aemilianus the adopted son of Africanus who demolish't new Carthage and Numantia in Spain and was killed by a conspiracy of the Gracchi Scipio Nasica a man very eloquent skilfull in the Law and much beloved of the people by whom he was called Corculum Scipio the father in Law of Pompey the Great first succesfull afterwards unfortunate in the wars against Caesar. Scire facias a Writ Judicial to call a man to shew a cause unto the Court from which it is sent why execution of a judgement passed should not be made Sciron a famous Pirate about Megara who was slain by Theseus Scirrous Greek belonging to a Schirrus i. a hard swelling in the body without pain Scissure lat a cutting cleaving or dividing asunder Scitament lat a pleasant witty passage in discourse Sclavonia a Countrey joyning Westward upon the Adriatick Sea divided into Istria Carinthia Croatia Carnia and Martia Slavonia vulgarly called Windishmark Scolopender Greek a kinde of venemous Worm by some called an Ear-wig also a certain fish which having swallowed a hook vomited up its entrails and rid of it sucketh them in again Scom Greek a mocking scoffing or scurrilous jest Sconse Dutch a Term in fortification a block-house or chief fortresse whence Metaphorically it is taken for the head Scopulous lat Rocky full of Rocks Scorbutical lat belonging to the Scorbute i. a disease called the Scurvy Scordium a kinde of Herb growing plentifully in Cambridgeshire called in English Water-germander Scorpion a kinde of venemous Serpent also the name of one of the 12 signs of the Zodiack also a kinde of warlike Engin. Scot and Lot a customary contribution laid upon all subjects according to their ability Escot signifying in French a Symbole shot or reckoning Scâ—tal where an Officer doth keep an Ale-house without the Forrest under colour of his Office from Scot and Ale i. paying the shot for Ale Scotomy Greek a Vertigo or dizzinesse in the head which causeth a dimnesse in the eyes Scovel see Malkin Scout in Dutch showt an Officer of an Army appointed to discover an Enemies designs Screation lat a spitting Screkingham a Town in Lincolnshire where Alfrick the second Earle of Leicester was slain by Hubba a Dane Scribe lat a Writer Notary or Srivener also an Expounder of the Law among the Jews Scriptorian lat belonging to writing or writers Scruple or Scrupulosity lat a doubting or nicenesse in point of conscience also scruple is the third part of a dram i. seven grains and a half troy weight Scrutation lat a searching or inquiring Scrutiny lat the same Sculpture lat a graving or carving Scurrility lat offensive jesting or scoffing Scut a Term in Hunting the tayl of a Hare or Cony Scutchion see Escotchion also the bud of a Tree cut off for inoculation Scutiferous lat bearing a sheild or buckler Scuttle a square hole cut through the hatch or deck of a ship to go down by into any room Scyld Saxon debt or default Scylla the daughter of Nysus King of Megara which being besieged by Minos King of Creet was betrayed into his hands by Scylla who falling in love with Minos cut off her fathers purple lock upon which the fate of the Citie depended and sent it to him but afterwards seeing her self despised and dying for grief she was turned into a Partridge and Nisus into a Hawk also the daughter of Phorcus who falling in love with Glaucus was envied by Circe who poisoning the water wherein she used to bath her self the lower part of her body became altogether like the grinning
a kind of herb otherwise called Houseleek in Latin Sedum also Sempervivum i. alwayes green Senie the leaf of a medicinable herb which purgeth cholerick and melancholick humours Seniour lat elder Sensiferous lat bringing sense or feeling Sensory lat an organ of the sense Sensuality lat a pleasing or indulging to the sense a satisfying the carnal appetite Sententious lat full of sentences i. grave or wise sayings Sentiment French sensiblenesse apprehension also passion or a tender feeling of the effects of love Cleopatra Sentinell French a Military Scout or Watchman from the Latin Sentire i. to perceive because he is to perceive and look narrowly into the enemies designs Senvie a certain plant called in Latin Sinapis of whose seed mustard is made Separation lat a setting apart a putting asunder also when two Planets have been in partile aspect or conjunction and part from it Separatory French a Chirurgions Instrument wherewith to pick splinters of bones out of a wound Sepiment lat a fence pale or hedge Seplasiary lat a compounder or seller of sweet ointments also a nice effeminate man Seposition lat a setting apart a putting asunder September so called being the seventh moneth from March Septempedal lat containing seven foot in measure Septenary lat the number 7. Septennial lat of seven years space Septentrional lat belonging to the North. Septimestre lat of seven moneths space Septuagenary lat belonging to the number of 70. Septuagesimal lat the same also belonging to Septuagesime Sunday The Septuagint translation of the Bible the most original and authentick Translation of it by the 70 Elders of the Jews at the appointment of Ptolomaeus Philadelphus King of Egypt Septunical lat containing 7 ounces Sepulchral lat belonging to a Sepulchre or Grave Sepulture lat a burying or interring in the ground Sequele lat a following a conclusion or consequence of any thing Sequence lat a following of things in order one just after another Sequestration lat a separating a thing in controversie from the possession of both those that contend for it But it is now commonly taken for a seizing upon the rents of Delinquents estates for the use of the Common-wealth Seraglio Ital. the Grand Signors Palace at Constantinople Serain French the fresh evening air also a mildew or damp vapour Seraph a Turkish coin of gold Seraphical celestical bright divine like a Seraphim or one of the highest order of Angels Seraphis a kind of Serpent anciently worshipt by the Aegyptians Serenade French an evening-song sung by a Lover under his Mistresses window Serenity lat clearnesse of the skie fair weather Serge a kind of woollen cloth called in Italian Sargia in Dutch Rasch Sergeanty see Petty Sergeanty and Grand Sergeanty Sergreant a Griffin so termed in Heraldry Sericated clothed in silk which is called in Latin Sericum Series lat an order row Sermocination lat communing or holding a discourse Serosity lat the thinner or waterish part of the masse of blood Serotine lat late done about the evening time Serpentary a kind of herb called vipers-grasse Serpentine lat belonging to serpents or snakes whence Serpentine verses those that begin and end with the same word Serpet a kind of basket Serred lat sawed also from the French Serre compact joyned close together Sertorius a famous Roman Captain who took part with Marius and Cinna after Scylla returning from the Mithridatick War had got possession of Rome he fled into Spain and being chosen Captain by the Lusitanians overthrew the Romans in several battles at last having stoutly defended himself against Pompey he was slain by Perpenna as he sate at supper Diana is said to have attended him in all his designs in the form of a Hart. Servile lat belonging to a servant slavish whence Servitude slavery or thraldom Serviteur French a serving-man or waiter also a poor schollar in the University Seselie Greek a kind of plant otherwise called Hartwort Sesostris a King of Aegypt the son of Moeris he indeavoured to make a navigable River out of the Mediterranean into the Red Sea Sesquipedal or Sesquipedalian lat containing a foot and a half in measure Sesquitertian lat containing a third part over and above another thing Session lat a sitting Sessions are more particularly taken for a quarterly sitting of Justices in Court upon their Commission Sesterce lat an ancient coin among the Romans containing 4 denarii which value about a half penny of our money the Sesterce was commonly marked with this Character H-S Sestain French a stanza consisting of 6 verses Sethin see Sittim Setigerous lat bearing bristles Setterwort a kind of herb so called from settering i. curing of cattel Settwall a kind of herb growing near walls called also Valerian Severance in Common Law is the singling of two or more that joyne in one Writ Severians a kind of Hereticks that condemned Marriage and eating of flesh Severity lat gravity strictnesse sournesse or austerenesse Severn a famous River of England in Latin Sabrina so denominated as Geffrey of Monmouth affirmeth from a Virgin so called who was here drowned by the meanes of her Step-mother Guendolen Sevocation lat a calling aside a drawing apart Sewar he that cometh before the meat of any great personage and placeth it upon the table also a gutter which carrieth into the Sea or any River Sewel a term in Hunting being a thing set to keep a Deer out of any place Sexagism Sunday the Sunday before Shrove-Tuesday Sexennial lat of six years continuance Sextant lat a kind of coin of a very small value also a weight of two ounces by some called Obolus Sextary lat an ancient Roman measure containing in liquid things somewhat more than a pint in dry things 24 ounces or 2 pound Roman a pound and a half aver du pois Sexten contract from Sacristian an officer that looks to the Church and keeps the Priests Vestments Sextile lat the moneth August being the sixth from March or an aspect consisting of 60 degrees thus character'd * Sextule lat the sixth part of an ounce also a land-measure Sextuple lat sixfold or containing any thing 6 times over S H Shallop see Scallop Shafment a kind of measure containing an handbreadth Shaftsbury a Town in Dorcetshire so called from the Churches spire-steeple such as they anciently termed Scheafts in Latin Septonia This place is famous for Aquila some say a reall Eagle others a Prophet so called who foretold that the Brittish Empire after the Saxons and the Normans should return again to the ancient Brittains Shamois see Chamois Shamsheer a kind of sword among the Persians somewhat like a Scymitar Shapournet a term in Heraldry being a resemblance of that kind of hood which in French is called Chaperon Shash see Turbant Shaw Persian a King Sheen or Shene old word bright-shining To Shend old world to blame Sherbet a kind of pleasant drink much in request among the Turks and Persians Shiloh Heb. a Saviour it is a word used
in the Scripture for our Saviour Christ. Shingles from the Latin scinder i. to cleave lath's or slates to cover houses with also from cingere i. to gird a certain disease which causeth a rednesse in the brest belly or back Shireev Saxon a Questor or Prefect of a County or Shire of whose office and authority see Lord Cooks reports Shoares a term in Navigation pieces of timber set to bear up any other from sinking or falling Shoud a certain Magistrate among the Turks Shrew a kind of field-mouse which doth great hurt to cattel whence the word Shreud i. leud or curst Shrewsbury the chief Town of Shropshire anciently called Schroesbury for that it was a Thicket of shrubs upon a Hill it is called in the Brittish tongue Ymwithig from Mewithaw which is as much as Placentia or Plaisance in regard that for the pleasantnesse of the situation the Princes of Wales chose it in times past for their chief Seat Here Edrick Streona Duke of the Mercians lay in wait for Prince Afhelm and slew him as he rode on hunting This Town is also commonly called Salop and in Latin Salopia Shrift Saxon from the Latin Scrinium i. the inward brest auricular confession whence Shrovetide among the Catholicks is the time of shrivng or confessing of their sins Shrine lat Scrinium a chest or cabinet also the same as Roodloft S I Sib Saxon Kindred whence Gossip is commonly used for a Godfather i. a kin in God Sibilation lat a hissing Sicambre an ancient people of Germany inhabiting on either side the Rhine Some think them to be the same with those which at this day are called Gueldrois onely of a larger extent haply possessing also that part which is called Zutphany Siccity lat drouth drynesse Sicily an Island in the Mediterrean Sea so called from Siculus the son of Neptune it was of old called Trinacria Sicle Heb. Shekel a weight of Silver or Gold containing 4 drachms or 384 grains Sidelays a term in Hunting when the dogs set upon a Deer by the way as he passes Sidemen the same as Questmen see Quest. Siderated lat blasted or planet-struck Sidereal or Siderean lat belonging to Stars Siderite a Loadstone from the Greek word Siderâ—n i. Iron also a kind of plant so called Sidneys the sirname of a very honourable Family whose chief seat is Pensherst in Kent they derive themselves from William de Sidney Chamberlain to King Henry the second but the flower and chief glory of this Family was that most accomplisht Gentleman Sir Philip Sidney who valiantly fighting before Zutphen in Gelderland lost his life Sidon a City of Phoenicia so called from the plenty of fish which is there Sidon signifying in the Phoenician tongue a fish Sigalion see Harpocrates Sigillar lat belonging to a seal or sealing Sigles lat initial letters which by abbreviation are put for whole words as S. P. Q. R. Senatus Populusque Romanus Signature lat a signing marking or sealing also the resemblance of any Plant or Mineral unto a mans body or any of the parts thereof Signiferous lat bearing an Ensign or Standard Silentiary lat an Usher one that makes room or keeps silence Silerie see Cilerie Siliceous lat flinty full of flint of a flinty substance Silures an ancient name given to the people of South-Wales Similar lat like or of the same substance whence similar parts of the body are those which are altogether composed of the same substance Similitude lat likenesse Simon a proper name signifying in Heb. obedient Simoniacal lat belonging to Simony i. a buying or selling Church-livings so called from Simon Magus who would have bought the gift of the Spirit for money of the Apostles Simonides a famous Lyrick Poet of Thessaly of such an exact memory that when divers men were killed by the fall of a house and were so disfigured they could not be known he could exactly tell who every one of them was by the order in which he had observed them to have been placed Simous lat having a flat nose Simplist French one that understands the nature of Plants and Drugs Simulacre lat an Image Picture or Idol Simulation lat a faigning counterfeiting or making a resemblance of any thing Simultaneous lat bearing a private grudge or inward malice toward any one Sincerity lat purenesse uprightnesse plain-dealing Sine lat a Mathematical term used in Astronomy and Surveying and signifies the angle of meeting between the minute and the degree it being a right line falling perpendicularly from one extream of the given Arch upon the Diameter drawn to the other extream of the Arch. Singeries French apish tricks Single a term in Hunting the taile of a Buck Roe or any other Deer Sinister lat belonging to the left side also unlucky unfortunate also unhandsome or dishonest Sinister aspect is according to the succession of the Signs Sinister point in Heraldry is the place in an Escutcheon near the left corner of the chief The Sinister base point is under it at the lower part of the Escutcheon Sinon the son of Sisyphus and grandchild of Autolycus the thief he went with Vlisses to the wars of Troy and betrayed that City to the Grecians by the means of the Trojan Horse Sinoper see Cinnabar Sinople a kind of red lead so called from Sinopis a City of Pontus it is vulgarly called Ruddle Sipback Arab. the inner rim of the belly joyned to the cawl where the entrailes are covered Si quis lat i. if any one a bill stuck upon a wall or post to proclaim any thing that is lost Sirens certain Sea-deities three in number Parthenope Ligea and Leucosia the daughters of Achelous and Calliope having their upper part like maids and their lower parts like fishes they used by the sweetnesse of their voices to allure Mariners to the rocks and cause them to be cast away which Vlisses foreseeing stopt the ears of his associates with soft wax and caused himself to be bound to the mast of the ship whereupon they seeing themselves contemned cast themselves headlong into the Sea Sirius a star in the mouth of that constellation which is called Canicula or the Dog which toward the latter end of Summer casts forth a vehement and raging heat whence the Dog-dayes derive their name Siroccâ— Ital. a Southeast wind Sisamnes a Judge whom Cambyses caused to be flead for bribery and his skin to be hung upon the Tribunal Sisken or Sirkin a little bird other wise called a Finch in Greek Acanthis or Ligurinus Sisley see Cicely Sisyphus the son of Aeolus who was slain by Theseus for his robberies and is faigned by the Poets to rowl a great stone in Hell up to the top of a mountain which still falls down again and makes an endlesse labour Site or Situation lat the seat or standing of any house or building Sitient lat thirsting Sitomagus the ancient name of a Town in Northfolk now called Thetfâ—rt this Town was sack't by the Danes in
the year 1004. for the recovery whereof Bishop Arfast removed his Episcopal See from Elmham hither Sittim or Sethim Hebr. a certain wood growing in Judaea of which the Ark was made Sixain see sestain Size a Term used among the Schollars in the University of Cambridge signifying so much bread or beer set upon any of their names in the buttery book as amounts to the value of a farthing S K Skeg in Navigation is that little part of the Keel which is cut slaunting and is left a little without the stern post Skinker Dutch a filler of drink a Cup-bearer or Butler Skuppers the holes close to the decks through the ships side whereat the water runs forth of the ship from the decks S L Slay of a Weavers Loom a certain instrument having teeth like a Comb it comes from Slaegen Dutch i. to strike Slego a County of Ireland in the Province of Connaght Slockster Dutch a plagiary or one that inticeth away mens servants Slot the print of a stags foot a Term in Hunting Slough old word a Ditch S M Smalt a kinde of blue colour used in painting Smaragd a precious stone of a green colour otherwise called an Emerald Smectymnus the title of a certain book so called from the first letters of those Ministers names that composed it Smegmatick Greek belonging to Soap of a scouring faculty Smeth a certain oyntment to take away hair Smilas the name of a fair Virgin who falling in love with Crocus and being despised by him pined away and was turned into a plant of that name called in English a Kidney-bean Smired Sax. anointed Smoterlich old word snout-fair Smyrna a Citie of Ionia watered by the River Milete built as some think by Smyrna the Amazonian who possessed Ephesus in this Citie most conclude Homer was born S N Snakeweed a kinde of plant otherwise called Adderswort Snapdragon a plant called in Latin Antirrinum also a kinde of Hobgoblin Snaphaunce a Firelock a kinde of Gun that strikes fire without a match Snette a Term in Hunting the fat of all sorts of Deer S O Soccage a certain Tenure of Lands by inferiour husbandry services from the French Soc i. a Plough-share Sociality lat fellowship company Socinians a certain Sect that deny the Divinity of Christ first spred by Faustus Socinus of Siena Socome a Term in Common-law signifying a custome of grinding at the Lords Mill. Socord lat sluggish idle slothfull Socrates a famous Athenian Philosopher the son of Sophronius a statuary and Phanareta a Midwife he was approved by the Oracle the wisest of men at length being condemned to death by the Magistracy he had a Hemlock potion given him to drink which he took with much constancy and patience Sodality lat fellowship brotherhood or society Sodomitical lat belonging to Sodomy i. buggery or unnatural lust Sokmans those Tenants that hold by Socâ—age Tenure Solace lat comfort or delight Solar lat belonging to Sol i. one of the seven Planets Apollo or the Sun Solarie lat a yearly pension paid to the Prince to live free from publick businesse also a yearly rent paid for a house from Solum i. the ground or floor Soldures among the old Gauls were such as vowed friendship to any and to take part with them in their good or bad fortunes Soleated lat shod having on shooes or sandals Solegrove an old name for the moneth of February Solemnity a Pomp or Ceremony performed yearly from the Latin Solum i. alone and annus i. a year Solicitation lat a moving to do a thing Solicitude lat care anguish of mind Solidation lat a making firm or solid Solifidian one that depends upon faith alone without works Solifuge lat a certain venemous animal found chiefly in the silver Mines of Sardinia Soliloquy lat a talking or discoursing with ones self alone Solitude lat lonelynesse privatenesse Solivagant lat wandring alone Sollar lat an upper roof of a house the story next the tiles Soloecisme Greek a speaking contrary to the rules of Grammar from Soli a barbarous people of Pamphilia Solon one of the seven wise-men of Greece he made excellent Laws for the government of Athens and abolished those of Draco afterwards he flying his Countrey went first into Aegypt next to Cyprus Lastly to Craesus of Lydia see Craesus Solâ—titial lat belonging to the Solstice or Sunstead â— the time when the Sun being in Capricorn the dayes nights are at the longest which is about the midst of June Solve lat to loosen or undo whence Solution a loosning or undoing also a resolving a doubt A Sommer vide a Summer Somniferous lat bringing or causing sleep Sonorous lat sounding or making a loud noise Sontage a Tax of fourty shillings laid upon every Knights fee. Sontick lat hurtfull or noysome Sophia a proper name of a woman signifying in Greek wisdom Sophisme Greek a cunning evading Argument or Oration whence Sophister a suttle caviller in words Sophistication lat a falsifying counterfeiting or adulterating Sophronia Greek prudent and temperate a Christian name of several women Sophy Arab. Tzaophi i. pure and holy the Monarch of Persia is so called Sopition lat a laying to sleep Soporation lat the same Soporiferous lat bringing sleep Sorb lat a kinde of fruit called a Service Sorbition lat a supping Sorbonists the Divines of a Colledge in Paris called the Sorbone from one Robert de Surbonne who was the founder of it Sorcory or Sorcelery French a kinde of witchcraft or inchantment perhaps derâ—ved from the Latâ—n Sortilegium Sordet or Sordine French a pipe put into the mouth of a Trumpet to make it sound lower Sordid lat foul filthy sluttish also base or dishonest A Sore or Sore-el a Male fallow Deer of three year old A Sorel colour a kinde of a brownish dun or dark red Sorites Greek a kind of a Syllogism consisting of divers propositions heaped together Sâ—rorcation lat a swelling or becoming round and embossed like a young Virgin 's breasts Sorority lat sisterhood Sortilegie lat a divination by lots Sortition lat a casting of lots Sospitation lat a keeping safe and in health a preserving from danger Sote old word sweet Sothale a kinde of intertainment made by Bayliffs to those of their hundred for their gain it is also called Filctale Sothernwood a kinde of plant called in Latin Abrotonum Sothfast Sax. true faithfull Soâ—lack a great Officer among the Turks Sourâ—e French a spring-head also a rise or beginning of any thing from the Latin word Surgere to arise Sourd lat deaf Sourdet see Sordet Sous a kinde of French Coin valuing about a penny Southhampton or South-Anton the chief Citie of Hantshire so called as being situate on the South-side of the River Test named in times past Anton some think it to be the same with that Town which Antonine calleth Clausentum from the Brittish Cladh-Henton i. the Haven of Henton in the wars between King Edward the third and Philip Valoise it was burnt to
of verses commonly called a staffe at the ending of which the stroph is concluded Staple a City or Town where the Merchants by common order carry their commodities for the better utterance of them by the great Staple-Inne see Inne Star-chamber so called from a Chamber in Westminster beautified with Stars wherein this Court was first kept a Court consisting of the members of the Kings Council wherein are controverted all matters in which appeal is made from subjects to their Prince Start applied to a Hare when you force her to leave her seat or form for then you are said to start a Hare Starrulet diminutive a little Star Stasiarch Greek a Captain or chief Ringleader in any tumult or sedition Stater Greek a certain ancient coin valuing about two shillings in silver seventeen shillings in gold Staticks Greek a mechanick Art treating about weights and measures Station lat a standing-place also a bay or rode for ships Station-staff an instrument used in Surveying being a streight pole divided into feet inches and parts of inches from the bottom upward Stationary is when a Planet stands still and moves neither backward nor foreward Statuary lat a Graver of Statues or Images Statumination lat an underpropping or setting up Statute lat signifieth in Common Law a Decree or Act of Parliament Statute Merchant and Statute Staple are certain bonds made between Creditor and Debtor in the form of a Statute and acknowledged before the Mayor and chief Warden of any City and two Merchants assigned for that purpose Statute Sessions are certain petty Sessions or Meetings in every hundred Stecâ—ado Span. the lists a place rail'd in for the beholding of any famous Combat Stede old word place Stedship old word firmnesse or surenesse To Steer in Navigation is to govern the ship with the helm also by metaphor to govern or manage any affair Stellar lat belonging to a star Stellation lat a blasting Stelliferous lat starry bearing stars Stellion lat a little beast so called from certain little spots upon its skin almost in the fashion of stars Stellionate lat deceit cousenage counterfeiting any kinde of merchandize Stemme Greek the stalk of any herb or flower also a stock linage or pedigree Stenography Greek the Art of short-writing Stentorian voice a roaring loud voice from Stentor a Greek whose voice was as loud as 50 mens voices together Stephen the proper name of a man signifying in Greek a Crown Stercoration lat a dunging or covering with dung Sterility lat barrennesse Sterling see Easterling Stern the aftermost part of a ship also among Hunters the taile of a Greyhound is so called as also the taile of a Woolf. Sternutation lat a sneezing Sterquilinious lat belonging to a dunghil Stesimbrotus the son of Epaminondas a famous Theban Captain he was put to death by his father for fighting against the enemy contrary to his command Stews from the French word Estuve a Hot-house brothel houses or places where women prostitute their bodies for gain Sthenelus a famous Captain in the wars of Troy the son of Capaneus and Euadne Sthenobaea the daughter of Jobatas King of the Lycians and the wife of Praetus King of the Corinthians who receiving a repulse from Bellerophâ—n complained to her husband as if he would have offered violence unto her Stibium a kind of Mineral whereof there is great plenty in Darbyshire Mines it is commonly called Antimony To Stigmatize Greek to brand or mark with a hot Iron Stilletto or Steletto Ital. a sharp pointed Dagger or Ponyard Stillatory lat dropping or distilling also a place to put a Still or Limbeck in Stillicide lat a dropping from the eves of a house Stillyard a place in London where in old time the Merchants of Haunse and Almain used to reside it is so called as it were Steel-yard because Steel used to be sold there Stimulation lat a provoking moving or stirring up Stipation lat a guarding or invironing about Stipendial or Stipendiary lat serving for wages or hire paying tribute Stipone a kinde of sweet compounded drink used in hot weather Stiptical Greek stopping or binding a word used in Physick Stipulation lat a solemne Covenant made by ordinary words in the Law Stiricide lat a dropping of Isicles from the eves of a house Stirling a County in the Southpart of Scotland Stoaked a Term in Navigation when the water cannot come to the Well by reason that ballast or something else is got into the limber holes Stoccado Span. a prick stab or thrust with a weapon Stoical Greek belonging to or of the humour of the stoicks i. a certain Sect of Philosophers at Athens they were so called from Stoa i. a Porch because Zeno their first founder taught in a Porch of the Citie Stoke a Village in Nottinghamshire where Sir John de la Pool Earle of Lincoln pretending a title to the Crown of England was overthrown in a great pitched battel and slain Stole Greek a long Robe or Garment of honour among the ancient Romans it is now more especially taken for a Priestly Ornament Stolidity lat foolishnesse fondnesse dulnesse blockishnesse Stomachous lat angry disdainfull Stomatick Greek having a sore mouth Stone of Wool see Sarplar Stonefaulcon a kind of Hawk that builds her Nest in Rocks Stonehenge a wonderfull Pile of stones upon Salisbury plain erected within the Circuit of a Ditch in manner of a Crown in three ranks one within another whereof some are 28 foot high and seven foot broad upon the heads of which others lie overthwart with Mortises so as the whole frame seemeth to hang it is termed by the old Historians Chorea Gigantum i. the Gyants dance Stooming of Wine a putting baggs of herbs or other infusions into it Stork a kinde of bird so called from the Greek word Storge i. natural affection because of the care which is observed in these kinde of birds toward their Parents when they grow old To Stow a Term in Navigation to put any victuals or goods in order in the hold of a ship Stounds old word sorrows dumps Stours old word shocks or bronts Strabisme Greek a looking a squint Strage lat a felling of Trees a great ruine or fall of any thing also a great slaughter in an Army The Strake of a wheel the Iron wherewith the Cartwheel is bound Straineth a Term in Faulconry they say the Hawk straineth and not snatcheth Strangurie Greek a certain disease wherein the Urine is voided drop by drop and with great pain it is vulgarly called the Strangullion Strappado Ital. a certain kinde of punishment inflicted on Souldiers for some hainous offence by drawing them up on high with their arms tied backward Stratagem Greek a policy or subtle invention in war Strath an old Brittish word signifying a Vale or Dale whence are derived the names of several places as Strathdee i. the Vale of Dee Strathearn the Vale of Earn Stratiotick Greek belonging to Souldiers warlike A Streight a narrow passage at Sea between
league between them and of the losse of his own Kingdom Tachygraphy Greek the art of swift writing Tacite lat silent Taciturnity lat a being silent a holding ones peace Tackle a Term in Navigation the small ropes of a ship Tacticks Greek books treating of the ordering of Souldiers in an Army Taction lat a touching Taenarum a Promontory in the Countrey of Lacaedemon near which is the Den where Hercules ascended when he brought Cerberus out of the deep Tages the Grand-child of Jupiter and son of Genius he is said to have taught the Hetrurians the art of divining when he was a boy of twelve year old Tagliacotius a famous Chirurgion of Bononia who could put on new noses Tagus a river of Portugal famous among the ancients for its gravel resembling Gold Taile in Common-law is a kinde of inheritance in fee when a man holdeth certain Lands to him and the Heirs of his body Lawfully begotten and is taken opposite to fee-simple Tainct a little red coloured insect being a kinde of Spider that infesteth Cattel in the Summer time Takel old word a Feather or Arrow Talaries lat the winged shooes which the Poets faigne that Mercury wore Talent lat a certain weight of silver differing in value both among Hebrews and Greeks Tales lat i. such like it is used in Common-law for a supply of men empannell'd upon a Jury and not appearing or chalenged as not indifferent Talismannical belonging to Talismans Arab. i. images or figures made under certain constellations Tallage or Tailage French a Tax Tribute or Imposition Tallion see Lex Talionis Tally or Taley from the French Tailler i. to cut a score or stick of wood divided into two pieces for the keeping of a reckoning between two parties Talmudical belonging to the Talmud i. a certain book compiled by the Rabbins containing the Law Ceremonies and Religious Rites of the Jews Talus a sisters son of Daedalus he found out the use of the saw by seeing the Jawbone of a Serpent and invented the Potters wheel but was at length treacherously slain by his Unkle who envied his art and ingenuity Tamarinds a kind of Indian fruit somewhat like a Damascene much used in Physick Tamarisk a kinde of shrub having a red bark and a leaf like heath Tamerlane a Scythian who invaded the Dominion of the Turks with a vast multitude of men and having overthrown and taken Bajazeth the Emperour of the Turks he led him up and down all Asia in an Iron Cage he was as some say at first a Swinheard but by a full gale of fortune was blown up into the Imperial Thrown Tamesis the chief River of England which from the confluence of Tame and Isis two Rivers which meeting together joyn into one stream thenceforth assumes a name compounded of them both Tampoy a kind of pleasant drink much used in the Mâ—lucâ—oes Tampoon or Tampkin a small piece of wood serving for a bung or stopple to a piece of Ordnance Tamworth a Town so called from the River Tame and the Saxon word Weordh which signifieth a Barton Ferm-house or River Island it is situate partly in Warwick-shire partly in Stafford-shire and was anciently the chief residence of the Kings of the Mercians this Town after it had suffered much by the Danish Wars was repaired by Aethelfleda Lady of the Mercians also Edith King Eadgar's sister founded here a Religious house for veiled Virgins Tanacles certain instruments of torment like pincers Tanet an Island in Kent so called as some vainly imagin 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. from the death of Snakes here the Saxons first seated themselves but were vanquish't with a great slaughter at Stovar neverthelesse afterwards at Whipped-fleet a place so called from Whipped a Saxon there slain Hengist overthrew the Brittains and put them to flight Tangent lat a Mathematical Term used chiefly in Astronomy and signifies a right line perpendicular to the Diameter drawn by the one extream of the given Arch and terminated by the Secant and drawn from the Center through the other extream of the said Arch. Tangible lat that may be toucht Tanistry a certain ancient custome in Ireland whereby he that had most powr or policy inherited in any principality or Lordship it comes from the Saxon word Thane i. a Nobleman Tantalus an ancient King of Phrygia the son of Jupiter by the Nymph Plotis he inviting the gods to a feast killed his son Pelops and set before them to eat for which he was condemned to this punishment in Hell namely to stand up to the chin in water and to have pleasant apples hang over his head and yet to be neither able to eat nor to drink whence a man that is brought near to happinesse and yet deprived of it is commonly said to be Tantaliz'd To Tap vide to Beat. Taphus and Telebus the sons of Pterelas the son of Neptune and Hippothoe the daughter of Nestor their Successours the Taphiâ— and Teleboae inhabited the Taphian or Echinades Islands see Amphitryon Tapinage French a lurking or lying secret whence Tapissant lurking or squatting a Term in Hunting Taprobane an Island in the Indian Sea 1000 mile long and 625 mile broad now called Sumatra Taratantarize Greek to imitate the sound of a Trumpet which seemeth to expresse the word Taratantara Tarantula a kinde of venemous Creature abounding in Tarantum a Citie in the Kingdom of Naples which casteth forth a sting onely curable by the sound of Musick Tardigrade lat going a slow place Tardity lat slownesse or delaying Tarentum a Citie of Magna Graecia in Italy built by Tarentus the son of Neptune and augmented by Phalantus a Lacedaemonian Tarpawling a Term in Navigation a piece of Canvasse that is all tarr'd over to lash upon a deck or grating to keep the rain from soaking through Tarpeia a vestal Virgin the daughter of Tarpeius she betrayed the Roman Capitol to the Sabines desiring for a reward what ever they carried upon their right Arms whereupon they all threw their sheilds upon her and pressed her to death Tarquinius Priscus the son of Demaratus a Corinthian who by the perswasion of his wife Tanaquil went to Rome where by insinuating himself into the favour of Ancus Martius he at length obtained the Kingdom Tarquinius Superbus the seventh King of the Romans whose son Tarquinius Sextus ravishing Lucretia the wife of Tarquinius Collatinus was the cause that kingly Government was utterly expelled out of Rome Tarracon a famous Citie of Arragon anciently called Tarraconia a Province of Spain Tarrasse see Terrasse Tarsus a famous Citie of Cilicia where St. Paul was born which Citie together with Anchialus are said to have been built in one day by Perseus the son of Danae Tartarean lat belonging to Tartarus i. a deep place in Hell often mentioned by the Poets Tartaria a large Countrey of Asia containing Sarmatia Asiatica the two Scythia's and Cataia Tarter the Lees of Wine also a kinde of Gravelly-stone growing in the inside of Wine
vessels Tasck an old Brittish word signifying as much as Tribute from whence haply cometh our word Task which is a duty or labour imposed upon any one Tassel French a Term in Falconry the Male of any Hawk Titus Tatius a Captain of the Sabines who after great Wars with the Romans at length concluding a peace with them was received as a sharer in the Government Tavistoke or Teavistok a Town in Devonshire so called from the River Teave it hath been famous in times past for the Abbey built by Ordolph the son of Ordgare Earle of Devonshire in the year 961. he being admonished as some say by a Vision from Heaven this Abby was destroyed by the Danes but afterwards flourish'd again and in it Lectures were instituted of the English Saxon tongue Tawnton or Thonton a Town in Somersetshire so called as it were a Town watered by the River Thone here Iâ—a King of the West-saxons built a Castle which Desburgio his wife rased to the ground after she had expelled from thence Eadbritch King of the South-saxons Taurine or Taurean lat belonging to a Bull. Taurinum a Citie by the Alps in Piedmont vulgarly called Turin Taurus a very great ridge of mountains stretched out a mighty length through divers Countreys and called by several names as Imaus Parapomisus Circius Taurus Cauâ—asus Sarpedon Ceraunius c. also the name of one of the twelve signes of the Zodiack the word signifying in Latin a Bull. Tautologie Greek a repeating of one thing several times over in different expressions Taximagulus a petty King of Kent one of those that opposed Julius Caesar when he made War with the Brittains Taygetus a very steep Hill by the Citie of Sparta T E Team or Theam Sax. a Royalty granted by the Kings Charter to a Lord of a Mannour Teasels a kind of Plant called in Greek Dipsacus in Latin labrum veneris Technical Greek artificial done by Art Tectonick lat belonging to a building Tedder a tying of any beast in a roap that he may graze within a certain compasse Tediferous lat bearing a Taper or Torch Tegea a Town in Arcadia whose inhabitants having great Wars with the Phaeneatae it was decided in a Duel between the three sons of Rherimachus for the Tegeans and the three sons of Demostratus for the Phaeneatae like that of the Horatii and Curiatii Tegment lat a covering or cloathing Teifidale a Countrey in the South-part of Scotland so called as it were a Dale by the River Teif Telarie lat belonging to a Weavers Web. Teliferous lat carrying or bearing darts Tellers of the Exchequer four Officers appointed to receive all monies due to the King and to give a Bill to the Clark of the Pell to charge him therewith Telamon the son of Aeacus King of Salamis he was the first that got upon the Walls of Troy when Hercules besieged it whereupon he gave him Hesione the daughter of Laomedon Telegonus the son of Vlisses and Circe who slew his father at Ithaca not knowing him afterwards going into Italy he built Tusculum Telephus the son of Hercules and the Nymph Auge who being exposed to the Woods by his Grand-father was brought up by a Hart afterward becoming King of Mysia he was wounded by Achilles whom he denied passage through his Countrey going to the Wars of Troy but at length was cured by the same dart that wounded him Telescope Greek a certain Mathematical instrument by which the proportion of any thing is discerned at a great distance Tellus the goddesse of the earth and oftentimes taken for the earth it self Temerity lat rashnesse unadvisednesse Tempe certain pleasant fields in Thessaly five miles long six miles broad watered by the River Penâ—us which makes them so ever green and flourishing that all delightfull places are by Metaphor called Tempe Temperament lat a moderate and proportionable mixture of any thing but more peculiarly of the four humours of the body Temperance lat moderation and abstinence a restraining the violence of a mans affections or passions Temperature lat the same as temperament Tempestivity lat seasonablenesse due or convenient time Templars or Knights of the Temple see in Knight Temporaneous or Temporary lat belonging to time done suddenly or a certain time Temporalities of Bishops such Lands or Revenues as are added to Bishops Sees by great persons of the Land Temporize to live according to the times to comply with the times Temulency lat drunkennesse Tenacity lat an aptnesse to keep or hold fast Tenderlings a Term among Hunters the soft tops of Deers Horns when they begin to shoot forth Tendons lat certain small ligaments or chords in which the muscles do end Tendrells the young branches of a tree and chiefely of a vine Tenebres certain divine Services performed among the Catholicks some dayes of the week before Easter Sunday in representation of our Saviours Agony in the Garden there being put out of the 15 lamps which they light one at the end of every Psalm they repeat untill all the lights are extinguished Tenebrion lat one that lurks in the night to pilfer or steal also a night-spirit Tenebrosity lat darknesse or obscurity Tenedos an Island in the Aegaean Sea between Lesbos and the Hellespont hither the Greeks retired while the Trojans received the great horse Tenerity lat tendernesse or softnesse Tenne a kind of tawny colour a term used in Heraldry Tenon a term in Building a piece of a rafter put into a mortisehole to bear it up Tenor lat the effect or purport of any thing also a rule or proportion also one of the five parts in Musick Tensil lat easie to be bent or stretcht out Tensity lat stiffnesse or a being stretched out hard Tent among Jewellers is that which they put under table Diamonds when they set them in work it signifieth also a Pavillion also a Chirurgions Instrument to search wounds with Tentation lat a tempting trying or proving Tentorian lat belonging to a Tent or Pavillion Tenuity lat smallnesse thinnesse slendernesse whence Tenuation a making thin or slender Tenure in Common Law is the manner whereby Tenants hold Lands of their Lord. Tepefaction lat a making luke-warm Tepidity lat lukewarmnesse Tercera one of the Isles which the Spaniards call Acores Terebinthine lat belonging to Terebinth i. the Turpentine-tree as also a certain Gum issuing out of that tree Terebration lat a boring through Tereus see Philomela Tergeminous lat three born at a birth also threefold Tergiversation lat a turning ones back a flinching or withdrawing also a non-suit in Law Terminals lat certain Feasts made in honour of Terminus an ancient god among the Romans called the god of bounds because after the banishment of Saturn he used to decide the controversies of Husbandmen falling out about the limits of their grounds Termination lat a limiting ending or bounding Ternary or Ternion lat the number three Terra Lemnia an exceeding red earth of the Island of Lemnos digged from a red
anciently inhabiting the farthest part of Aethiopia of a fierce salvage nature dwelling in caves and feeding upon raw flesh Troilus the son of Priamus and Hecuba who venturing to fight with Hercules was slain by him Tromperie French deceit or cousenage Trophy Greek any thing set upon in token of victory Trophonius a certain Prophet inhabiting a Cave called the Trophonian Den into which who ever entred became incapable of laughter In this Cave there was an Oracle of Jupiter who was thence called Jupiter Trophonius Tropical Greek belonging to a Trope i. a kind of Rhetorical figure Tropicks from the Greek word trepein i. to turn two imaginary circles of the Sphear being the utmost bound of the Suns course the one is called the Tropick of Cancer the other the Tropick of Capricorn Trosque the same as Trochisk Troy weight in measuring is an allowance of 12 ounces onely to the pound Trover in Common Law is an action against him who having found another mans goods refuseth to deliver them upon demand Trowel French an Instrument used by Masons to dawbe mortar withal Truand French a vagabond or lazy loytring fellow a common beggar Truchman see Drogoman Trucidation lat a cruel murdering Truculent lat of a cruel rough or threatning countenance Trullissation lat a plaistering with mortar Truncation lat a lopping maiming or cutting short Trunck lat a stock stem or body of a tree also a mans body having the head arms and legs cut away Trutination lat a weighing or ballacing also a strict examining or considering well of a thing T U Tube lat the pipe through which the marrow of the backbone runneth also any long pipe through which water or other liquid substance is conveyed Tuberous lat having wenns or fleshy bunches also full of swellings Tubicination lat a sounding of a Trumpet Pipe or Cornet Tubulation lat a making hollow like a pipe Tudiculation lat a bruising or pounding with Smiths hammers Tuel among Hunters the fundament of any beast Tuition lat a protecting guarding or safe keeping Tulipant a Shash or Wreath worn by the Indians instead of a Hat Tullia the daughter of Servius Tullius who being married to Tarquinius Superbus incited her Husband to kill her Father that he might injoy the Kingdom himself Tullus Hostilius a warlike King of the Romans who was the first that ordained tribute and custom and most of the Ensigns of authority used among the Romans as the Sella curulis toga picta and Pâ—aeâ—exta Tuâ—brel a certain Engin for the punishing of scoâ—ds called also a cucking-stool Tumefaction lat a causing to swell Tumid lat puft up or swollen Tumour lat a swelling or rising of the flesh Tumulation lat a burying or intombing Tumultuary lat done in haste suddenly or without advice Tun a certain liquid measure containing 252 gallons Tunicle lat a little coat also a membrane or thin skin covering any part of the body there are four especially which cover the eye the Corneal or Horny the Uveal the Vitreal or glassy and the Christalline and to each of these there are foure humours answerable And four that cover the cods the Scrotum the Erythroides the Epididymis and one other which is called Dartos Tunnocellum the ancient name of a Town in Northumberland by Camden thought to be the same with that which we now call Tinmouth q the mouth of the River Tine where the first Cohort Aelia Classica was in pay for Sea-service This Town hath a very strong Castle which Robert Mowbray Earle of Northumberland holding against King William Rufus was therein closely besieged and taken prisoner Turbant a certain Wreath or Ornament for the head used among the Turks and other Oriental Nations instead of Hats it is made of a shash or whole piece of linnen called Telbent and the Turbant it self is called by the Turks Saruck Turâ—ary an interest to dig turfs upon a Common Turbervills the sirname of a very considerable Family who have had their ancient habitation at Bere in Dorcetshire they are stiled in Latin Records De Turbida Villa Turbination lat the fashioning of a thing small at the bottom and broad above like a top Turbinâ—ous lat belonging to a storm or whirl-wind Turbith a kind of plant called Tripoly also a red Mineral which being beaten to powder is used in physick Turbot a kind of fish called in Greek Rhombus Turbulent lat busie troublesome sediâ—ious Turgescence lat a swelling up or growing big Turgid or Turgent lat swelling rising puft up Tâ—rgy in Greek Thâ—urgia a conference with good Angels it is also called white Magick Turingia a Country of Saxony once a Kingdom now a Landgraviat it lyeth upon the Rivers Sala and Werra and hath the Hercynian Wood on the North the chief City of this Country is called Erdfordia Turneament see Tournement Turnsole a kind of colour used in painting Turpentine Greek terebinthina a kind of Gum or Rosin distilling from the Larch tree Turpitude lat filthinesse basenesse sordidnesse Turriferous lat bearing Towers Tuscane work in Architectâ—re one of the five sorts of pillars See Corinthian Tuscia a Country of Italy lying between the Rivers Tiâ—er and Macra it was anciently called Tyrrhâ—nia from Tyrrhenus the son of Aâ—ys also Hetruria and Toscany from Tusculus as some say the son of Hercules Tutelary lat having the guard custody or protection of any thing Tutia a Vestal Virgin who being accused of incest would not fly to any man for her absolution but putting a sive into the River Tybur prayed to Vesta that if she were free she might have power to carry water in it to her Temple which was immediately performed Tutie lat the dust or foile of brasse growing together into a kind of stone which is much used in physick Tutilina a certain goddesse among the Romans who was said to have the care and protection of Corn. Tuisco a certain Idol adored by the ancient Germans thought by some to be the same with Mercury from this Idol Tuesday took its denomination and the people were called Duytsh people T W Twibil Dutch a Carpenters Instrument to make mortise-holes withal Twilight Dutch the time betwixt day and night the dusk of the morning or evening Twight Sax. pulled To Twyer Sax. to sing T Y Tybur a City not far from Rome built as some say by Catillus the Arcadian the Admiral of Euander â—thers by Tyburtus the grandchild of Amphiaraus it is now called Tivoli Tydeus the son of Oeneus King of Caledonia he having slain his brother Menalippus fled to Adrastus whose daughter Delphile he married afterwards being sent by Polynices to his brother Eteocles King of Thebes he overcame all his guests at several Combats whereupon at his return they set 50 young men to lie in wait for him under the command of Maeon the son of Aemon and Lycophon the son of Autophonus who were all slain by him except Maeon whom he sent back to carry news of the others deaths at length he
was mortally wounded by one Menalippus a Theban Tymnaetes a great Prophet the son of Priamus and Aristia Tympanist he that playeth upon a Tymbrel Taber or Drum called Tympanum Tympany Greek a kind of disease wherein the body becomes swollen up with wind a dropsie Tyndarus a King of Oebalia whose wife Leda brought fourth two egges in one whereof was contained Pollux and Helena in the other Castor and Clytemnestra Type Greek see Typical Typhoeus the son of Titan and Terra a Gyant of a very vast bignesse who going to make War with Jupiter was by him struck with Thunder Typhon a King of Aegypt who killing his brother Osiris and cutting him into several pieces dispersed him through divers Countreys Typical Greek bearing a Type i. an example figure likenesse or shadow of any thing Typographer Greek a Printer Tyrannicide Greek the killing of a Tyrant or cruel Governour Tyrconel a County of Ireland in the Province of Vlster Tyre a famous Citie of Phoenicia anciently called Sarra which in the Phoenician language signifieth a fish that place abounding with a kind of shell-fish the liquour whereof coloureth of a purple dye Tyro a Thessalian Virgin the daughter of Salmoneus and Alcidice after the death of her own mother she was very harshly dealt with by her mother in law Sidero she being got with child by Neptune who lay with her in the shape of Enipeus with whom she was in love brought forth twins Pelias and Neleus and afterwards being married to her Uncle Cretheus she brought forth Aeson Amythaon and Pheres Tyrociny lat an apprentiship or new beginning in any Art or Faculty but more peculiarly Military discipline from Tyron a rawe young souldier one newly entred into the Art of war Tyrrheni a people inhabiting Tuscia or Tyrrhenia being that part of Italy which lieth upon the Sea called from thence the Tyrrhen Sea V A VAcation or Vacancy lat a being at leasure or ceasing from businesse It is also commonly taken for that time which is between one Tearm and another Vaccary in divers Statutes is taken for a place to keep Cows in also a certain compasse of ground within the Forrest of Ashdown Vacchoris an ancient King of Egypt who relinquisht all his riches and state to live a private austere life Vacillation lat a wavering tottering or inconstancy Vacive lat void empty Vacuity lat emptinesse voidnesse Vacuna a certain goddesse among the ancient Romans to whom the Husbandmen sacrificed at such times as they rested from their labours Vadimony lat suretiship Vafrous lat crafty or subtile Vagabond lat a wandering beggar or idle fellow Vagation lat a straying or wandering up and down Vagination lat a sheathing To Vail-bonnet to strike sail in token of submission also to put off ones Hat or give any sign of respect Vaire a term in Blazon being a Fur composed of 4 distinct colours i. argent gules Or and sable Valasca a certain Queen of the Bohemians who having made a conspiracy to shake off the dominion of men raised a great Army of women and having overcome the men reigned a good while like a Queen of the Amazons Valdombreux a certain religious Order of men instituted by Gualbert a Florentine who betook himself to a private studious life in a place called Valdombre or the shady Vale. Valect see Valet Valdo a certain pious man who was the first institutour of the Waldenses in Piemont Valentine a certain Roman Bishop in remembrance of whom every fourteenth day of February is solemnized about which time birds choose their mates whence ariseth the custom of choosing Valentines upon that day Valentinians a sect of Hereticks instituted by one Valentinianus Valerius the name of divers famous men among the Romans the chief whereof was called Valerâ—us Publicola who Triumphed over the Veiâ—ntes and the Sabines and because having built him a house in a very strong place he was suspected of affecting Tyranny he caused his house to be pulled down Valet French the Groom of a chamber also a young Gentleman under age Valetudinary lat sickly also Subst an Hospital or place to keep sick people in Validity lat strength power for e. Valtorts the sirname of a very noble Family who had their ancient residence at Saltash in Cornwall they are stiled in Latin Records De valle toâ—ta Vambrace or Vanbrace French a Gantlet Vancurriers or Vaunteourers French forerunners Vandelbiria the ancient name of a place in Camebridgeshire so called for that in times past the Vandalls or Danes there encamped themselves with a Trench and Rampire it is thought to have been the same with that which is now called Wandlesbury Vaniloqâ—ence lat a talking or babling vainly Vâ—ntguard French the foremost part of an Army in battle Vantrarius a corrupt Latin word used as a Law-term onely upon this occasion Sir Richard Rockesâ—y held Lands at Seaton by Sergeanty to be Vantrarius Regis donec perusus fuerit Pari solutarum pretii 4d. i. e. to be fore-footman to the King at some certain time e. g. when he goeth into Gascoign unâ—il he had worn out a pair of shooes prized 4d. Vapid lat casting forth an ill smack or savour Vaporation lat an exhaling or sending forth of vapours i. certain fumes or smoake drawn out of the earth by the heat of the Sun and easily resolvable into water Vapulation lat a being scourged or beaten Variegation lat a beautifying with various colours Varnish is that wherewith a picture is rubbed over to make it shine and have a glosse there is also a ground or varnâ—sh which is laid upon a plate that is to be etched Varry French in Heraldry is a mixture of argent and azure together Varry cuppy a term also of Heraldry signifying a Fur of cups it is also called Varry tassa or Meire Varvells French little rings of silver about hawks legs having the owners name ingraven on them Vasiferous lat carrying a vessel Vassal in Common Law is he that holdeth land in fee of his Lord it is also taken for a Slave or Inferiour Servant Vastation lat a wasting or destroying Vastity lat excessive bignesse hugenesse or vastnesse of stature Vatican Hill one of the seven Hills of Rome whereon there standeth a famous Palace and Library built by Pope Sixtus the fourth Vaticination lat a prophesying or telling of things to come Vavasours or Valvasours those that in degree are next unto Barons Vaudevil French a Countrey ballade roundelay or song it is also called a Virelay Vauntlay in Hunting is the setting of Hounds in a readinesse where the chace is to passe Vawmure an ancient word signifying a Bulwark or Outwork for defence Vaward see Vanguard Vayvode a Prince or chief Ruler in Transilvania and some of those Northern parts U B Vberty lat store plenty fertility Vbiquitarians a Sect of Hereticks holding Christs body as well as his Godhead to be every where Vbiquity lat a being in all places at one time V E Vecordy lat unsoundnesse of
minde dotage stupidity Vectarious lat belonging to a Waggon or carriage Vection lat a carrying To Veer in Navigation to put out more rope or more sheat Vegetable Vegetal or Vegetive Lat. living after the manner of Plants and Minerals indued with vigour moisture and growth Vehicular lat belonging to a Vehicle i. a Cart Wagon or Coach or any thing whereby another is carried or conveyed A Vein is defined by Anatomists to be a common Organ of the body round and oblong apted for the conveyance of bloud and natural spirits through all the parts and according to the several parts it passeth through it taketh several Denominations as the Basilick vein that which passeth from the Liver through the inward processe of the arm the Cephalick the head vein the Coeliacal that which runs into the blinde Gut the Cystick that which runs up toward the Neck of the Gall the Epigastrick the flank veins Gastroepiploick that which spreads it self through the bottom of the Ventricle Intercostal those which run through the upper Ribs Port vein that which is rooted in the Liver and from thence passeth into the Ventricle Mesentery and other parts Ranular that which ascends from the Throat to the tongue Salvatel that which from the Liver runnes through the wrist into the hand Saphaena that which runnes through the inward part of the Legge to the Ankle Subclavicular a branch of the hollow vein which runnes under the Neck bone Thymick a branch of the Subclavicular Torcular that which ascends by the inside of the scull to the brain Velification lat a hoising of sayls Velites lat the light armed Souldiers among the Romans see Triani whence Velitation a light skirmishing Velivolent lat flying as it were with full sayl Vellication lat a plucking twitching or giving a sudden pull In Physick they are said to be certain convulsions that happen in the Fibers of the Muscles Velocity lat swiftnesse Venality lat a setting to sale a being saleable Venatick or Venatorious lat belonging to hunting or chacing Vendible lat saleable fit for sale Vendication a challenging to ones self a claiming Venditation lat ostentation a bragging or vain setting forth of ones self Vendition lat a selling Venedotia the ancient name of all that part of Wales which is otherwise called Guinethia or Nâ—rthwales Venefick or Veneficious lat belonging to Venefice i. the art of making poysons also witchcraft or sorcery Venenous lat venemous or full of poyson Veneration lat a reverencing or worshipping Venereal or Venereous lat given to Venery i. lust or carnal desires Venereal disease lat Morbus Gallicus or Lues Venerea a certain virulent and contagious disposition of the body contracted by immoderate Venerie or coupling with unsound persons it is vulgarly called the French Pox. Venetiae a famous Citie of Italy built in the year 421. upon certain Islands of the Adriatick Sea 60 in number by the inhabitants of Aquileia and Pavia who fled thither for fear of the Huns it is now become a great Common wealth and hath large Territories both in Italy and other places Venew in Common-law is taken for a a neighbouring or near place Venial lat worthy of pardon or forgivenesse whence in Theologie they make a distinction between mortal sins and Venial sins Vent lat a winde or breath also a place for aire to come in and out at Venta Belgarum the ancient name of Winchester a pleasant Citie in Hantshire called by the Brittains Caer Guente by the Saxons Windanceaster and by the vulgar Latins Wintonia Venta giveth name also unto two other Towns Caster in Northfolk called Venta Icenorum and Caerwent in Monmouthshire called Venta Silurum Ventelet Dimin a small gale of winde Ventiduct lat a conveyance of winde by pipes or otherwayes Ventilation lat a fanning or gathering of winde also a winnowing of Corn. Ventosity lat windinesse Ventricle lat the stomack it is also taken for any round concavity of the body Ventriloquy lat a speaking inwardly or as it were from the belly Venundation lat a buying or selling Venus lat the goddesse of love pleasures and delights whom the Poets faign to have sprung out of the foam of the Sea after that the Testicles of Caelus had been cut off and thrown in by Saturn whence she was called Aphrodite also the name of one of the seven Planets or wandring Stars Venâ—station lat a making handsome or beautifull Veracity lat a saying truth Verbal lat consisting of words or delivered onely in words Verbatim lat word for word Verbeia a certain goddesse among the ancient Brittains to whom the Captain of the second Cohort of the Lingones erected an Altar near Ilekly in York-shire she is thought by Cambden to have been the Nymph or goddesse of the River Wherf which was also anciently called Verbeia Verberation lat a beating or strikeing Verbâ—sity lat a being full of words Verecund lat shamefaced modest bashfull Verdant lat green fresh flourishing Verderer lat Viridarius a judiciall Officer of the Kings Forrest who receives and inrols the attachments of all manner of trespasses of the Forrest of Vert and Venison Verdie or Verdea a kinde of rich Italian wine Verdict the answer of a Jury or Inquest made upon any cause Civil or Criminal committed by the Court to their consideration or tryal Verdigrease lat Aerugo a green substance taken from the rust of Brasse or Copper Verditure a green colour among Painters Verdoy a Term in Heraldry when a bordure is charged with leaves fruits and flowrs and other the like vegetables Verdure French greennesse Verge French a rod wand or Sergeants Mace also the compasse about the Kings Court that bounds the Jurisdiction of the Lord Steward of the Kings houshold and of the Coroner of the Kings house and is accounted twelve miles compasse also a rod whereby one is admitted Tenant holding it in his hand and swearing â—â—alty to the Lord of the Mannour and for that cause is called Tenant by the Verge Vergobert French a chief Officer or Magistrate among the ancient Hedui Veridical lat telling or speaking truth Veriloquent lat the same Verisimility lat the probability or likelyhood of a thing Vermiculate lat worm-eaten also imbroidered with several colours Vermillion French a ruddy or deep red colour Vermination lat a certain disease wherein worms are bred and cause a griping of the guts Vermiparous lat breeding or bringing forth worms Vernaccia a kind of Italian Wine Vernaculous lat proper and peculiar to a Country Vernal or Vernant lat flourishing or belonging to the Spring Vernility lat servilenesse or slavery Verona a famous City of Italy built as some say by Brennus the Gaul heretofore governed by the Family of the Scaligeri and now under the jurisdiction of the Venetians Verrey a term in Heraldry the same as Varry i. Fur consisting of Or and Azure or Or and Vert. Verrucous lat full of warts or little excrescences of the flesh Versatile lat apt to be wound
famous Portughese who from a Hunter and noted Robber became at last a great Commander he overthrew the two Roman Pretors Ventidius and Plancius but at last was vanquished by a Consular Army and slain treacherously by the counsel of Caepio Viridity lat greennesse also lustynesse strength freshnesse Virility lat mans estate manlinesse also ability to perform the part of a man in the act of generation Viripotent lat ripe for man Virtuoso Ital. a man accomplisht in vertuous Arts and Ingenuitie Virulent lat full of venome or deadly poison Visceral lat belonging to the bowels of any creature Vicidity or Viscosity lat a clamminesse a sticking to any thing like glue or birdlime Visibility lat an aptnesse to be seen or discerned Visier a Viceroy or chief Statesman among the Turks Vision lat a seeing or discerning Vistula a famous River vulgarly called Wixel running out of the Carpathian Hill and dividing Germany from Europaean Sarmatia Visual lat belonging to the sight Vital lat belonging to or sustaining life Vitation lat a shunning or avoiding Vitelline lat resembling the yolk of an egge Vitemberga the City of Wittenbergh in Germany Vitiation lat a corrupting or defiling also a deflowring Vitiferous lat bearing vines Vitoldus a cruel Tyrant of Lithuania who carried with him a bow and arrows wheresoever he went killing whomsoever he had a mind to kill though upon never so slight an occasion making it his chiefest sport and recreation Vitreal or Vitrine lat belonging to or made of glasse Vitrification lat a making of glasse Vitriolous lat belonging to Vitriol i. a kind of middle substance between stone and mettal called also Copperass Vituline lat belonging to a Calf Vituperation lat a blaming reprehending or dispraising Vivacity lat livelinesse lustinesse vigour Vivification lat an enlivening reviving quickning Viviparous lat bringing their young alive U L Vladislaus a King of Hungaria who was slain in a great battle against the Turks also the name of several other Kings of Hungaria and Bohemia Vlceration lat a bliâ—â—ering or breaking out into an ulcer or running sore Vliginous lat plashy wet full of standing water Vlisses the son of Laertes and Anticlea he married Penelope the daughter of Icarius by whom he had Telemachus he was by Palamedes forced against his will to go to the wars of Troy where he proved very serviceable to the Greeks by reason of his great subtilty for he brought Achilles to them who had hid himself among the daughters of Lycomed He stole away the ashes of Laomedon which were kept in one of the gates of the City He took away the Palladium and with the help of Diomed slew King Rhaesus and brought away his white horses He by a wile caused Palamed to whom he bore a grudge to be stoned to death and after Achilles was slain he was preferred before Ajax by the common sentence of the Greeks to have his armes after the wars of Troy intending to sail back to his own Country he was cast by tempest together with his companions upon unknown Regions being cast upon Aeolia he obtained of Aeolus the winds in a bottle which was broken by his companions thinking there had been a treasure concealed in it next coming to the Country of the Laestrigones his companions were changed into beasts by Circe whom he compelled to restore them to their former shapes and lying with her he begat Telegonus having scap't the charms of the Syrens his companions were afterward cast away for killing the flocks of Phaethusa the daughter of the Sun and he onely escaping was cast uppon Ogygia and intertained by Calypso on whom he begat Nausithous and Nausinous at length he was intertained by Nausicaa the daughter of Alâ—inous King of the Phaeacenses and his wife Arete he obtained of them a new ship and attendants with whom he arrived safe at Ithaca where he slew all his rivals and was himself slain unknown by his son Telegonus Vlophone a kind of plant called the black Chamaeleon thistle it is also called Vervilago Vle-games Christmas games or sports from the French word Noel i. Christmass or the Latin jubilum Vlâ—ter a Province in Ireland which containeth these following Counties Louth Cavon Fermanagh Monaghan Armagh Doun Antrim Londonderry Tir Owen Tirconel Vltimate lat the last extream or utmost Vltion lat a revenging Vltramarin lat beyond the Seas also a kind of colour used in painting Vltramundane lat being beyond the visible World Vlulation lat a howling like a dog or wolf U M Vmber a kind of beast also a dark yellowish colour used in painting Vmbilical lat belonging to the navel Vmbrage French a shadow also suspition also a pretence Vmbragious Vmbratical or Vmbratile Fr. Lat. shady covert obscure Vmbrello Ital. a great broad fan or skreen which in hot Countries people hold over their heads to keep off the heat of the Sun Vmple a word used in some ancient Statutes for fine Lawn U N Vnanimity lat a being of one mind or will a consenting or according together Vncial lat containing an ounce or inch Vnction lat an anointing with oil or any oily substance Vncouth Sax. unknown in Common Law it is more peculiarly taken for one for whom his Host is not bound to answer for any offence committed by him he being not counted a guest till the third night Vndation lat a waving or rising of waves Vnderâ—ide Sax. the evening time Vndulate lat Chamolet wrought or painted like waves Vndulation of the air the waving of the air to and fro Vneth old word scarse difficult Vnguent lat an ointment or liquid salve Vnicornous lat having but one horn Vniformity lat a being of one and the same form figure and fashion Vnion lat a joyning together a growing into one also a kind of pearl growing in couples also a combining of two Churches in one which is done by the consent of the Bishop Patron and Incumbent Vniparous lat bringing forth one onely at a birth Vnison French an agreement of two notes in one tone Vnity lat a being one in substance or in mind union concord Vnity of possession in Common Law is a joynt possession of two rights by several titles It is called by Civilians consolidatio usus fructus Vniversal lat general extending to all Vniversity lat in the Civil Law is taken for a body politique or corporation also an Academy Vniversity Colledge the most ancient Colledge of Oxford begun by King Aelfred who founded this Academy and reedified by William Arch-deacon of Durham Vnivocal lat consisting of one voice name or sound in Logick it is when under one name one thing is signified Vnkennel To unkennel a Fox that is to drive or force him from his hole Vnselinesse Sax. unhappinesse Vnweather Sax. a storm or tempest V O Vocabulary lat a Dictionary or Index of words Vocal lat belonging to or consisting in the voice Vocation lat a profession calling or course of life Vociferation lat a putting forth the
Wantage in the Saxon tongue Wanading a place in Bark-shire anciently a Mannour house of the Kings of England famous for being the birth-place of Alfred that prudent and learned Prince Wapentake a certain division of a County called also a hundred it is so called from an ancient custome wherein he that came to take the government of a hundred was met by all the better sort who came and touch't his Lance or Weapon by which Ceremony they were sworn and confederate Warbling of the wings a Term in Faulconry for after a Hawk hath mantled her self she crosses her wings together over her back which action is called the warbling of the wings Ward a portion of the Citie committed to the special charge of one of the 24 Aldermen also a part or division of a Forrest also the Heir of the Kings Tenant holding by Knights service during his nonage is called Ward whence Warden a Guardian or Oversee-er Warin a proper name in Latin Guarinus it comes from the German Gerwin i. all victorious Wardmote a Court kept in every Ward in London Wardstaff a kinde of petty Sergeanty which is a holding of Lands by this service namely to carry a load of straw in a Cart with six horses two roaps two men in harnesse to watch the said Wardstaff when it is brought to the place appointed Wardwit see Warwit Wardrobe Ital. Guardaroba a place where the Garments of Kings or great persons use to be kept and he that keeps the inventory of all things belonging to the Kings Wardrob is called Clark of the Kings great Wardrobe Wards and Liveries a certain Court erected in the time of King Henry the eighth Warrant or Warranty in Common-law is a Covenant made in a deed by one man unto another to warrant and secure himself and his Heirs against all men whatsoever for the injoying of any thing agreed upon between them it is called by the Civilians Aâ—tipulatiâ— Warren lat Varrenna or Vivarium a prescription or grant to a man from the King of having Pheasants Partridges Conies and Hares within certain of his Lands Warscot a contribution that was wont to be made towards Armour in the Saxons time Warwick the principal Town of Warwick-shire which with much probability is judged to be the same with that which anciently was called praesidium i. a Garrison for the Saxons called it Warringwyck the Brittains Caer Gâ—arvick both which words seem to have sprung from the Brittish word Guarth which also signifieth a Garrison here the Captain of the Dalmatian hors-men kept his residence under the command of Dux Britanniae this Town is situate over the River Avon upon a steep Rock fortified with strong walls and a Castle toward the South-west Warwit or Wardwit a being quit of giving money for keeping of watches Wassail Sax. Waesheal i. be in health an ancient Ceremonious custome still used upon twelf day at night of going about with a great bowl of Ale drinking of healths taken from Rowena the daughter of Hengistus her Ceremony to King Vortiger to whom at a banquet she delivered with her own hands a Golden Cup full of wine Wast in Common-law is where a Tenant for Term of years or otherwise doth to the prejudice of the Heir or of him in the reversion make waste or spoyl of houses woods gardens orchards by pulling down the House cutting down Timber c. Water-line a Term in Navigation that line which ought to be the depth that a ship should swim in when she is laden a head and a stern Watling street see Ikenild street Wavey a Term in Blazon bearing a resemblance of the swelling wave of the Sea W E Weald of Kent the wooddy part of the Countrey from the Dutch word Wald which signifieth a Forrest or Wood. Wega the shining Harp Weapon salve that which cures a wound by being applied to the weapon that made it Weathercoil is when a ship being a Hull layeth her head the other way without loosing any of her sayl which is done by bearing up the Helm Weed or Wede Sax. a garment or suit of apparel Wedding a joyning in marriage from the Dutch word Wed i. e. a pledge Weigh a certain weight of Cheese or Wool containing 256 pounds of Avâ—ir du pois Weights see Aver du pois and Troy weight Welken an old Saxon word signifying a Cloud also the Element or Sky Weold or Wold Sax. a Forrest Werewolf or Manwolf Were signifying in the Saxon language a man a kinde of Sorcerer who by anointing his body and putting on an enchanted girdle takes upon him the shape and nature of a Wolf worrying and killing humane Creatures Weroance a name given to any great Lord among the West-Indians Werre or Were a certain pecuniary mulct anciently set upon a mans head for killing of a man Werregelt theft a thief that may be redeemed by Werre Westphalia a Province of Germany and one of the 12 Circles of the Empire containing in it 6 Bishopricks 3 principalities 7 free Cities with divers great Earledoms W H Wharfage a fee due for things landed at a wharf or brought thither to be exported While Sax. which Whitehart silver see Blacklow Forrest Whitespurres certain Squires made by the King Whitsuntide as it were the time of the white son also Whitsunday seemeth to signify as much as sacred Sunday from the Saxon word Wihed i. sacred being a certain feast celebrated in memory of the holy Ghost descending upon the Apostles in fiery tongues it is called in Greek Pentecost as being the 50th day from the Resurrection Whole-chace-boots large hunting or winter riding bootes summer riding bootes being called demichace Whâ—odings plancks which are joyn'd and fastned along the ship-sides into the stem Whorlbat in lat Caestus a certain game or exercise among the ancients wherein they whirled leaden plummets at one another W I Wigornia the chief Citie of Worcestershire commonly called Worcester the Brittains call'd it Caer-Wrangon and CaerGuarangon the Saxons Weorgaceaster it was set on fire in the year 1041. by Hardy Cnute the Dane in revenge because the Citizens had slain his Huscarles it was also very much harrassed in the time of the Civil Wars in King Stephens reign but soon it flourish't again with greater splendour then before Wilfred Sax. much peace a proper name of men Saint Wilfrid's needle a certain narrow hole in the Church of Wakeman in Yorkshire wherein womens honesties were in times past tried for such as were chaste did easily passe through but such as had been faulty were miraculously held fast and could not get through William Dutch Wilhelm the proper name of a man the word signifying a defence to many Wilton a Town of Wiltshire in ancient times the principal Town of the whole Shire and from which it took its denomination that it was heretofore called Ellandunum appears by the Testimony of old Records when Weolstan being stiled Earle of Ellandunum it is farther added that is to say of Wilton here in a very
any running or swelling Xerxes a King of Persia the grandchild of Cyrus and son of Darius and Atossa he with an Army of 1700000 men and a Navy so vast that it filled the whole Hellespont and joyned the two Continents together was vanquisht at Thermopylae by 4000 men and afterwards in a Sea-fight at Salamis by Themiâ—tocles and his General whom he left in Boeotia was faine to retire with almost all his forces cut off he was at length slain in his own Palace by Artabanus one of his own Captains X I Xilinous lat belonging to cotton X Y Xylobalsame Gr. a certain sweet wood whereof baulm is produced Y A YArdland a certain quantity of land called in Saxon Gyrdlander in Latin Virgata terrae Y B Ybel an old Brittish proper name of a man it seems contracted from the Greek Eubulus i. Good Counsellour Y E Year and Day a certain time in construction of Common Law thought fit in many cases to determine a right in one and prescription in another as in case of an Estray of No claim of Protection of a Wreck c. Yeoman contract a youngman the next degree to a Gentleman and called in Latin Ingenuus in our Laws he is defined to be a freeborn man who can dispend of his own free land in yearly revenue to the summe of 40 shillings Sterling Y O Yonker Dutch Junker i. a Knight or Nobleman a lusty lad York see Eboracum Youthwort a kind of plant called in Latin ros solis Y T Ythel Brittish a proper name contracted from the Greek Euthalius i. very flourishing Z A ZAchary the proper name of a man signifying in Heb. Memory of the Lord. Zachynthus an Island of the Ionian Sea between Cephalenia and Achaia now called Zante Zaleucus a famous Lawgiver among the Locrians who having made a Law for the punishing Adultery and his son hapning to be found guilty of the same crime he that he might fulfill the Law and mitigate his sons punishment caused one of his sons eyes to be put out and one of his own Zameis the fifth King of Assyria the son of Ninus and Semiramis otherwise called Ninias Zany French one that in ridiculous manner imitates other mens actions to stir up laughter Z E Zebennia the wife of Odenatus King of the Palmyreni who behaved himself with much gallantry against Sapores King of Persia she after the death of her husband injoyed the Kingdom with her sons Herennianus and Timolaus Zecchine Ital. a certain Coin of Gold valuing about 7 shillings 6 pence Sterling Zelot Greek one that is envious or jealous of anothers actions also one that is hot and fervently zealous in Religion Zelotypie Greek jealousie Zenith Arab. the vertical point or that point of Heaven which is directly over our heads and opposite to the Nadir Zeno a famous Greek Philosopher who was the first Authour of the Sect of the Stoicks he strangled him self in the 72 year of his age after he had broke his finger by hitting it against a stone There was also another Zeno of Elea a hearer of Parmenides he having conspired against the Tyrant Nearchus and being put upon the rack to make him confesse who were the rest of the conspiratours he bit off a piece of his tongue and spit it in the Tyrants face whereupon the Citizens stoned the Tyrant to death Zenobia called also Zebennia a Queen of Palmyrene and the wife of Odatus she governed the Roman Provinces in Syria being reckoned among the 30 Tyrants who usurpt the government of the World in the time of Galenus she was at length overcome by the Emperour Aurelian and led in Triumph through the City of Rome with Golden Chains Yet he in compassion afterwards gave her a possession in Tybur She understood the Aegyptian Greek and Roman Languages and brought up her sons Herennianus and Timolaus in learning of whom it is not known what became whether they died a natural death or were killed by Aurelian Zephyrus the West-wind so called by the Greeks by the Latins Favonius and begins to blow as Varrâ— affirms about the beginning of February Zereth an Hebrew measure containing nine inches Zethes the son of Boreas and Orithyâ— and the brother of Calais these two brothers went with the Argonants to Colchos because they had wings they were sent to drive away the Harpys from Phineus his Table whom they pursued to the Strophades Islands Zethus the son of Jupiter and Antiope the wife of Lycus King of the Thebans who divorcing Antiope married Dirce after which Jupiter falling in love with Antiope got her with child which Dirce perceiving fearing lest she might come again into favour with her Husband she put her in prison but the time of her delivery drawing nigh she was set at liberty and flying to the mountain Citheron she brought forth twins in the high-way and the children being afterwards found by the Shepherds were brought up by them and called the one Zethus the other Amphion who coming to age and hearing of the injuries which Dirce had done to their mother they tied her to the tail of a wild Bull whereby she was draged through rough and stony wayes to a miserable death and changed by Bacchus into a Fountain Zeuxis a famouâ— Painter of Greece who contended with Timantes Androcides Eâ—pompus and Parrhasius all excellent Painters of his time he painted a Boy carrying Grapes the Grapes being done with so much life that the Birds taking them for true Grapes flew to them to peck at them whereat he grew very angry at his own work saying That if the Boy had been drawn as well as the Grapes they would not have peckt at them for fear of the Boy Z O Zodiack one of the greater imaginary Circles being 12 degrees in breadth and 360 in length and dividing the Sphere obliquely into two parts and containeth the 12 Signs which are called Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricornus Aquarius Pisces through the whole length of this Circle runneth a line just in the middle which is called the Ecliptick line or the path-way of the Sun because in that line the Sun performeth its course The word Zodiack cometh from the Greek Zodioâ— because of the representations of sundry animals which it containeth in Latin it is called Signifer Zoilus a Sophist of Amphipolis who lived in the time of Ptolomaeus King of Aegypt and writ a book against Homer whence he was called Homeromaâ—tix which he presented to Pâ—olomy expecting a great reward but when he saw that he gave him nothing he being compelled by want set on some friends to beg something of him but Ptolomy answeâ—ed that since Homer so many Ages past deceased had fed so many men he wondred how Zoilus could want so much being more learned than Homer Concerning his death some say that being convicted of Parricide he was crucified at the command of Ptolomy Others that returning into Greece he was thrown down headlong
endeavor and dexterity in mistaking else he could never have erred in those things that are common in all Trading and Commerce as Gallon Pipe Cloue Weigh c. But to the Particulars in order as they lie A World of Errors DISCOVERED In the New World of WORDS OR General English DICTIONARY AMesse A Priests Hood or Cap which he weareth in the Quire Both the word itself is mistaken and the signification The word is Amice from amictus which is a Linnen Cloth with two long strings which the Priest puts about his Neck and ties the strings about his middle Amoctise To kill It has a more usual and proper signification viz. To grant Alien or give Land in Mortmain Ancient Demeasn a term in Common Law signifying a publick tribute by a Tenure whereby all Manners belonging to the Crown in the days of Edgar or Saint Edward did hold There is nothing of a Publick Tribute nor of Edgar in the Point Ancient Demain is a Tenure whereby all the Crown-Mannors in the days of Edward the Confessor or William the Conqueror were held and the number of them particularly appears in Domesday under the title â—erra Regis Balasse A Saxon word signifying Gravel laid in the bottom of a Ship to keep it upright He mistakes the word for Ballast which is a Dutch word nor does it signifie onely Gravel but any other ponderous substance Balasse hath a different signification Baronage A Tax or Subsidy of Aid to be levied for the King out of the Precincts of Baronies The word had never any such signification till now Rex Baronagium suum is taken for the King and all His Subjects or the whole Parliament representing them according to Selden in his Titles of Honor. Bastard Signifies in the Common Law one begotten out of Wedlock One may be begotten out of Wedlock yet be no Bastard by our Authors leave Beacon and Beads He derives from the Dutch which are Saxon words as Dr. Skinner will inform him in his Etymologicon linguae Anglicanae Bigamy The marriage of two Wives at the same time which according to Common Law hinders a man from taking holy orders Here our Author speaks some truth at peradventure For he that marries two Wives at the same time commits Felony and the punishment of Felony is Death which suppose it be by hanging may very well hinder him from taking holy Orders I find he does not understand the word Blunderbusse A long Gun that will carry Here long stands for short by a new figure Bordlanders The Demeans that the Lords keep in their hands for the maintenance of their Board or Table He should have said Bordlands for Bordlanders are the Tenants that held such Lands called in Domesday Bordarii Bowsing in Faulconry is when c. This c. is a new way of explicating words Brigandine French An ancient kind of Armor Also a kind of Ship or Pinnace This last is a Brigantine Brudunsium A Town in Italy Sure he aim'd at Brundusium a City of Calabria by the Adriatick Sea Buckwheat A Herb growing in Woods This is otherwise called French-Wheat and is a sort of Grain much sown in Wales and some parts of England and used for feeding Swine and Poultry Calcedon A word used by Lapidaries being a certain Forbe-vein in a Ruby or Saphire This was an Errata of the Printer in the first Edition of Glossographia whence our Author misunderstandingly borrowed it it should be Fowle-vein for there is no such word as Forbe Camuledunum or Camoledunum The cheif Town of Essex in England Vulgarly called Colchester or rather Maldon This is most usually written Camalodunum a name never given to Colchester but to Maldon which is not the cheif Town of Essex Candlemass The second day of February so called as some think because about that time they left of burning Candles at Mass which was between Four and five of the Clock This is so ridiculously absurd that as some think none but our Author ever Printed the like if between Four and five of the Clock relate to the morning 2 Febr. then they must say Mass in the dark if to the afternoon then it sutes with Colonel Barksteads wisdom who in the Rump time committed a Papist for being at an Evening Mass as he called it at an Ambassadors House in Longacre Chace French A Warren He might as well have said a Bull is an Ox for Chace and Warren so they are written differ as much Cloue A Law Term the two and thirtieth part of a weight Weight for Weigh makes it unintelligible yet so it has pass'd in all three Impressions of his Book Conventual Church A Parish Church It is no Parish Church as most men exceâ—t our Author know A Cord of Wood A parcel of Fire-wood set out as the Coal-fire containing in measure How shall we understand this without an Oedipus Corporation Lat In the Civil Law signifieth a Body Politick c. It is not a Civil-Law term The Civilians call it Vniversitatem or Collegium Corsary French A Courrier This comes from the Italian Corsaro and signifies a Pirat or Pirats-ship which the Author might have learnt from our weekly Gazets The Decimal Chain A certain Mathematical Instrument for the measuring of Land which is to be divided into ten equal parts each of which containeth about nineteen in length Here we are put to a subaudi or else it is nonsence Descalsas Spanish A sort of Fryers in Spain that go barelegged Barefoot he should have said for so the word imports and those Fryers are elswhere as well as in Spain Dislodge A term in hunting applied to a Buck when you first raise him I see our Author is no good Huntsman for it is rowze a Buck and dislodge a Stag. Doublet A precious Stone consisting of two peices joyned together Nor good Lapidary for a Doublet is no precious Stone but a counterfeit consisting usually of two peices of Glass artificially put together with a foyl in the midst answerable in colour to that Stone you would have it resemble But it is ordinary with him to take counterfeit for right Downe The name of a Town in Ireland formerly a Bishops See I doubt our Author still fancies we are under a levelling Commonwealth for Downe is now as formerly a Bishops See Droit Signifieth in Common Law a double right the right of possession and the right of the Lord. Sometimes our Author when he borrows out of another Book swallows an Erratum of the Printer and puts it down sence or not sence Here he fancied an Erratum when there was none for this word in our Law-Expositors is Droit-droit or Dreit-dreit signifying a double right that is Jus possessionis jus dominii which he thought to correct by making a single Droit to signifie a double right and by translating Jus Dominii the right of the Lord. Ember Week In Latine Cineralia the week before Lent wherein by the ancient Institution of the Church people were
Baronet Is a new distinct order erected by King James Whereas before that time there were Baronets that were not Knights A Baronet quatenus such being created by Letters Patent is no Knight nor was there ever any Baronets before King James Institution of them Howbeit anciently the word Baronet was sometimes used for Baneret and sometimes for Baro minor Lease If it be in writing it is called a Lease by Indenture if by word of mouth a Lease Parcel A Lease Parol he should have said Leet Sax. A Law-day whence Court-Leet is a Court or Jurisdiction containing the third part of a Shire and comprehending three or four Wapentakes or Hundreds This is an imperfect fragment taken out of Cowels Interpreter who says indeed that Court Leets had anciently such large Jurisdictions but have not so now Lemstir A Town of Herefordshire Is now a days very famous for Wool which is called Lemster Ore A gross mistake Lemster-Ore from the Latine Ora is a Territory or Compass of Ground of about two miles round the Town so called and the Wool had never any such denomination Libertatibus allocandis A Writ that lieth for a Citizen or Burgess of a City who refusing or deferring to allow his priviledge is impleaded before the Kings Justices Capiat qui capere potest Make sence of this that can Lungis French A tall slim Man that hath no length to his heighth Quasi A low gross Man that has no thickness to his bulk Lutheranism The Doctrine of Martin Luther who being first a Monk of the Order of S. Augustine There were nor are any Monks of S. Austins Order but Fryers Mac An Irish word signifying as much as Son in English or Fitz in Welsh I see our Author is no Britain nor Frenchman else he would have understood that Fitz is borrowed from the French not Welsh Mallevertes The name of an ancient Family in Yorkshire Mistaken for Mallivery according to Camden Missale Lat. A Breviary or Mass-Book This Error he borrowed out of Cotgraves Dictionary The Books are of very different kinds Mission Lat. A sending it is also taken peculiarly or if a power given by the Church of Rome to go Nonsence if the Printer do not acquit him Nativo habendo A Writ for the apprehending and restoring to his Lord his Villain claimed as his inheritance who in Common Law is called Neif However blundringly the words are put together the Author intends Neif shall relate to Villain and Villain to be a Man but Neif is the Bond-woman or she Villain Nonability A Term in Law Being an exception taken against the Plaintiff or Defendant why he cannot commence any sute in Law We must convert Defendant into Demandant to make it tolerable sence None of a day The third quarter of a day from Noon till Sun-set Where then shall we find the other three quarters He should have said from Noon till the Sun be half-way down An Obit Lat. A Rental an Obsequy or Funeral It signifies an Office or certain Prayers for the dead Oratorians An Order of Fryers so called They are not Fryers but a kind of Regular-Secular Priests Ordeal a Saxon word Signifying Judgment a kind of purgation Of which there are several kinds as Campâ—ight Free Ordeal and Water Ordeal Campâ—ight was none of the kinds of Ordaele and Free Ordaele should be Fire Ordaele For Ordalium suit judicium aquae ignis ferri Ostiary Lat. One that keeps the Hoasts in a Church a Door Keeper a Keeper If he had onely said a Door Keeper he had preserved the word from an erroneous explication For Ostiary has no relation to the keeping the Hoasts in a Church Pathopep Greek An expression of a Passion in Rhetorick it is a figure by which the mind We are left to guess at the rest for so he leaves it And Pathopep is an unknown word of his New World The Court of Peculiars A certain Court in the Bishops time which dealt in certain Parishes This is a certain kind of Independent Commonwealth expression insinuating a certain Non-Entity of Bishops at present Peter-pence A tribute given by Inas King of the West-Saxons It was also called the See of Rome It was also called Romefeoh and Rome-penny and was a Pension or an Alms given by King Inas not a Tribute Pipe A Measure of Wine or Oyl containing Twenty six Gallons or half a Tun. By this account a Tun should be but Fifty two Gallons which contains Two hundred fifty two The Prerogative Court A certain Court belonging to the Civil Law in which the Commissary sits upon Inheritances faln either by the intestate or by Will and Testament This is an Ecclesiastical Court wherein all Testaments are proved and Administrations granted where the party dying within the Province of Canterbury hath Bona notabilia in some other Diocess V. Cokes 4. Inst. fol. 335. Pownd In Common Law signifie an Inclosure to keep Beasts in but more especially a place of strength where Cattle distreined for any trespass are put until they be replevied or distreined Where Cattle distreined are put till they be distreined is suitable to the rest Primier Seisin A word used in Common Law a Branch of the Kings Prerogative whereby he hath the first possession of all Lands and Tenements through the Realm This is sufficiently erroneous The King before the Statute of 12 Car. 2. ca. 24. had the Primier Seisin or first possession onely of all Lands and Tenements holden of him in cheif whereof his Tenant died seised in Fee which is taken away by the said Statute Quaver A measure of time in Musick being the half of a Crotchet as a Crotchet the half of a Quaver a Semiquaver c. What fustian is here Just so two is the half of four and four the half of two and Semiquaver is explicated by a dumb c. Reasonable Aid In Common Law is a duty that the Lord of the Fee claimeth holding by Knights Service or in Soccage to marry his Daughter or make his son Knight I doubt our Author bears some malice to the Common Law else he could not have maimed so many of its Terms which are in several Books expounded to his hand It should be claimeth of his Tenants to make it sence Returns Certain set times in each of the four Terms Each Term consisting of 4 5 or 8 Returns The longest â—erm has but â— Returns as every Almanack will shew Rosemary Lat. Rosmarinus A well and most wholsome Plant He omits the singular use of it in adorning a piece of Roast Beef Scapular Lat. Belonging to the Sholders whence a Scapulary a Monks Hood or Cowl reaching down to the Sholders This Scapulary is mis-interpreted it being a narrow piece of Cloth or Stuff worn by Monks and Fryars over the rest of their habit and reaching from the Sholders to the Ground and is neither like a Hood nor Cowl Sequestration Lat. A separating a thing in controversie But it is now commonly taken for a seising
upon the Rents of Delinquents Estates for the use of the Common-wealth Our Author having Revised and Printed his Book as appears by the Title-page in the year 1671. is very bold to call this Kingdom a Commonwealth as he also does in the word Coroner where he speaks of the State and Commonwealth of England Seâ—agesm Sunday The Sunday before Shrove-Tuesday Sexagesima Sunday is the Sunday sennight before Shrove-Tuesday Shaâ—ment A kind of measure containing an hand bredth It is from the top of the Thumb set upright to the utmost part of the Palm which is by a tall mans hand half a foot Socinians A certain Sect that deny the Divinity of Christ first spred by Faustus Socinianus of Siena It was first broached by Laelius Socinus and advanced by Faustus Socinus of Sienna Tâ—erâ—e French A certain liquid measure containing the third part of a Pipe which is two Tuns And before he said a Pipe is Twenty six Gallons or half a Tun. Strange contradictions and mistakes even in common notions Trestle A Trevet or Stool with three Feet Trevet is a Three-footed iâ—strument of Iron to set Cauldrons on Threstle that of Wood for other uses Tuilleries French So called because that Tiâ—les were made there Tiles and Titles are all one with our Author Uerdera Lat. Viridarius A judicial Officer of the Kings Forest This our Author will say was the Printers fault for Verderer And Uncore purist French For Vncore prist Warrant or Warranty In Common Law is a Covenant made in a Deed by one man to another to warrant and secure himself and his heirs against all men whatsoever for the injoyning of any thing agreed on between them Surely no man will buy any Land of this Author if his Warranty or Covenant shall onely extend to secure himself and his heirs Warren Lat. Varrenna or Vivarium A Prescription or Grant to a Man from the King of having Phesants Patridges Conies and Hares within certain of his Lands Nor does this mend the matter for though a man may have a Warren by Prescription yet Warren does not signifie a Prescription or Grant Wolfetchsod Sax. The condition of an Vtlary The Saxon word is Wulvesheved or Wulfesheofod Anglice Wolfeshead and Vtlary for Vtlaw Saint Wilfrids Needle A certain narrow hole in the Church of Wakeman in Yorkshire wherein womens honesties were in times past tryed There is no such Church as Wakeman in Yorkshire But Camden in his Britannia relates the same story of Rippon Church and the Cheif Magistrate of that Town being called the Wakeman our Author by a new Trope converts the Magistrates name into a Church Xerxes A King of Persia Who with an Army of Seventeen hundred thousand Men Thou Boy I never read his Army consisted of above Ten hundred thousand and so Thomasius and Goldman deliver it Other Authors say even there is a â—ipher too much and that his Army was made up of onely One hundred thousand men IN perusing this Dictionary you may find some words twice explicated and those too with different Interpretations where one must necessarily be false Such are Dancet and Dansette Dodkin and Dotkin Jotacism and Herbert twice Ockham and Okum Rere-County and Rier-County Varry and Verrey with divers others It seems our Authors memory also failed him or he did not understand them to be the same He calls his Book The New World of Words and in his Title Page tells us it contains the proper significations and Etymologies of all words derived from the Hebrew Arabick Syriack enumerating in all Eleven Languages yet descends to the needless Explication of many trivial words of the Old World as Beesom Barm Parsly Rosemary Bulhead Buzzard Capable Gloomy Indifference Industry Inferior Satisfaction Discern Expence Ruinous c. For example BEesom A thing to sweep with made sometimes of Broom and ordinariâ—y so calâ—ed though made of Birch Heath c. We are obliged to him for this Learned Exposition though he does not tell us whether it be derived from the Hebrew Arabick or Syriack c. To have made it at all fit to take up a room in his Book he might have said the Saxons calâ—ed it a Besm and that in some parts of England it is otherwise called a Broom Barm Yest the flowing or overdecking of Beer If he had told us that this in the North of England is called Godsgood he had said something We will observe lastly what the Learned Dr. Skinner in his Etymologicon Linguae Anglicanae says of this Authors English Dictionary which he often cites and seldom without reproof COllock An old Saxon word signifying a Pail without a handle Engl. Dict. Collock Authori Dict. Angl. apud quem solum occurrit exp qui antiquam Angl. Sax. vocem esse dicit sed apud Somnerum non occurrit Credo igitur Authorem hic ut ferè semper somniâsse Dr. Skinner Calsounds A kind of Linnen Drawers usually worn among the Turks Engl. Dict. Colsounds vox quae mihi in solo Dict. Angl. occurrit pro more Authoris exponitur absurdissime ut ipsius verbis utar A kind of Linnen Drawers usually worn among the Turks reverà a Fran. Gal. Calcons Subligaculum Femoralia interiora Dr. Skinner Chestoul Poppy Engl. Dict. Chestoul in Dict. Angl. mendosè pro Chesbowles vel Cheesebowles Dr. Skinner Corsary French A Courrier Engl. Dict. Credo autem si Author hanc vocem unquam legit vel fando audivit quod valdè dubito ipsum in ejus expositione errare Dr. Skinner Cosh or Cotterel old word A Cottage Engl. Dict. Cosh Authori Dict. Angl. apud quem solum vox occurrit dicit esse idem cum Cotterel ridiculè ut solet omnia Dr. Skinner A Dag A Pistol so called from the Dacians who first used them Engl. Dict. Dag Vox quae hoc sensu in solo Dict. Angl. occurrit ubi notare est miserrimam Authoris ignorantiam qui tormentum bellicum manuarium minus a Pistol exponit dictum putat A Dacis qui primi hoc armorum genere usi sunt imò ultimi omnium Europae populorum Dr. Skinner Fosset A little long Coffer or Chest from the Latin word Fossa a Ditch Engl. Dict. Fosset Vox quae mihi in solo Dict. Angl. occurrit Exponitur autem Cista Capsa Author deducit a Lat. Fossa imperitè ut solet omnia Credo potius ortum ab Ital. Forciere idem signante Higginio autem Adr Junii interpreti Cista dicitur Forset a quo proculdubio haec vox orta est Dr. Skinner Goule Old Word Vsury from the Latin word Gula i. e. The Throat Engl. Dict. Goule Vox quae mihi in solo Dict. Angl. occurrit Author exponit usuram deflectit a Lat. Gula Ego nihil nec de voce ipsa quòd unquam revera extiterit nec de Etymo credo Dr. Skinner A Marrow French A Companion or Fellow also a Beggarly Rascal Engl. Dict. Author malè uâ— solet omnia exponit Socium item mendicâ—â—â— vilem
A Beggarly Rascal Priori enim sensu nusquam gentium occurrit c. Dr. Skinner Rigols A certain Musical Instrument called a Clericord comes from the French Regalliadir i. e. to rejoyce for Regaillardir Engl. Dict. Rigols Vox quae mihi in solo Dict. Angl. occurrit exponitur instrumentum musicâ—m quod alio nomine Clavichordium A Clavicord dicitur Author somniando ut solet suaviter deducit a Fr. Gal. Regalliadir exhilarari Sanè si talis vox sit quod nullus credo mallem deducere a Fr. Gal. Se Rigoler deridere lascivire Vel quod magis placet a Lat. Lyricola Dr. Skinner Once more to the READER I Had no sooner travelled over the New World of Words but I stumbled upon a late Book entituled Nomothetes or an Interpreter of obscure Law Words and Terms which obliged me to the trouble of another perambulation My Nomolexicon or Law Dictionary being the product of many years pains was published in Trinity Term 1670. and within the space of Five Terms after this Interpreter was wholly both Written and Printed This Author it seems made choice of the Title Nomothetes that it might gingle with Nomâ—lexicon but the more Learned in the Greek Tongue than my self affirm the word improper for an Interpreter and to signifie onely a Legislator or Law-giver and how fit he is to assume that title will soon appear He dedicates his Book with much confidence to a learned and very honorable Person to whom certainly he ought to have written at least in true Grammar In his Preface he says I have also gleaned after the Book entituled The Law Dictionary wherein are many good things which I have hinted as every ingenious Reader will discern but withal have added some Centuries of Words therein totally omitted Though I did not expect or desire any commendations from this Gentleman yet he was in some sort obliged to it for the credit of his own Work since it is obvious to every common Reader that he has hinted that is in the softest phrase borrowed almost every Stone from the Law Dictionary to build up his Interpreter yet with very disingenuous arts and subtile disguises His Additional Centuries of words he might without so much as ever scratching his head have multiplied into Millenaries since he has by vertue of his Nomothetical power adopted many into the family of Law words which are absolute strangers to it As House Moer Palmer Paragraph Paranimph Parathalassia Patriarch Tillage Wife Zenodochium Zealot and such like But it may be objected The Law Dictionary too hath divers words that are not precisely Terms of the Law I grant it but say they are some way or other allied to the Law and not to be found in our common Dictionaries and whereto I add the Statute Record or Charter wherein I found them as my Warrant for their insertion one principal part of my design having been from the ruines of antiquity to retrieve as far as I was able ancient Law-Latine Saxon and Record-words almost utterly lost as Bescata Juncaria Tassum Putura Rasarium Sichetum a work of labor and may be of use but our Author found an easier way to the Wood. It is enacted in the Fourteenth year of His Majesties Reign That no person shall Print any Book or Copy or part of any which another by due entry of it in the Stationers Hall or otherwise hath the right or priviledge solely to Print without the consent of the owner of such Book or Copy upon a Penalty therein mentioned however this evasion hath been industriously found out That if some little alteration be made in every Page be it but addition or substraction or the misusing or change of some words it will pass with a non obstante though such as practise it are dignified with the name of Land-Pirates To which title our Author hath undoubted right not for this Work onely but for other of like nature Thus then he shews his skill Where I put the Citation before the Exposition he puts it after Et e contra as in Scavage Waxshot Where I say As in the Case of the Burgesses of Derby He As in the matter concerning the Burgesses of Derby See Thrave of Corn. Where I say small he says little as in Grills and where I say called he writes nominated as in Candlemass Where I having cited an old Deed or Charter say at last Penes such a one he says in the custody of As in Assart Where I say The word is mentioned in such a Statute he says spoken of As in Pyker Where I say Most notoriously he more notedly Vide Term. Then for variety he sometimes puts my Citation into English and it is odds he makes nonsence of it by so doing as in Pax Ecclesiae Seneucia Again he sometimes abridges as in Eskippeson and sometimes wholly omits the Citation as in Leccator Orgallous Not reflecting that I had not at all inserted those words but for the authority of the Citations To some Words he adds others he alters As where I say Balenger seems to have been a kind of Barge or Water-Vessel he alters it thus subtilely A Boat or Barge to sail on the Water So in Blomary I onely cite the Statute of 27 Eliz. 19. He of this you may read at large 27 Eliz. 19. In which Statute the word is barely mentioned without any thing of it at large Lastly He hath an excellent way of mustering words up to a Century and filling up Paper by dividing one word into two as in Couratier and repeating the Exposition of Synonima's as Annats First-fruits and Primitiae Romefeoh Romepenny and Romescot Heinfare Henfare and Hinefare His principal Additions are certain Saxon words in Domesday Book said to be expounded by Mr. Agar and Printed in a Book ealled The Law of Conveyances The most part of which I rejected as full of Errors some of the Words being mistaken and more of the Expositions So that I concluded it either was not really Mr. Agars or else much abused by the ignorance of the Transcriber or Printer however our Author kindly entertained them to pass muster I was not willing to trouble my self or the Reader with any more of these absurdities though I can produce at least Two hundred besides misalphabets and false English in great abundance and none of them excused by any Errata I have onely to add That besides his own mistakes he brings most of the Authors he deals with even the Sages of the Law as Bracton Dyer Coke c. to be accessory to his Errors by quoting them falsly But I am willing to say somewhat in his excuse he was set on work by some Booksellers and enjoyned to make great expedition some of his hasty work having been Printed before the rest was written and much written before half digested If they had allowed their Compiler more time perhaps he could have done better ERRORS Discovered in the miscalled NOMOTHETES OR THE INTERPRETER OF OBSCURE LAW-WORDS and TERMS
ACcessory Because Manslaughter is sudden and not presented Coke lib. 4. fol. 44. And under the same Title-word he says If a Man counsel a Woman to murther the child in her Womb and afterwards the child is born and there murthered by the Woman in the absence of him that so gave the counsel yet he is accessory by his counselling before the Birth of the Infant and countermanding it Dyer fol. 186. pl. 2. Here are no less than three gross mistakes in these few lines and Dyer vouched for Warranty Acre He concludes this word thus As was adjudged in the Exchequer in the Case between Sir Edw. Aston and Sir Jo. B. in the Statute made concerning sowing Flax. Wondering how this Statute came to be hauld in without any Coherence I found at last our Author who was in hast hath omitted two or three lines of the subsequent matter which should make it sence Ayde In the close of this word the Author hath this piece of nonsence The Civil in Suits between two allow a third to come in pro interesse Allay The reason of which Allay is with a better metal to augment the weight of the Silver or Gold I never heard of a better metal than Gold but hope he intended to have said baser Aneestor Antecessor The signification is well known but we make this difference that Ancestor is applied to a natural person as J. S. and his Ancestors the other to a Body Politick or Corporate as a Bishop and his Predecessors Coke on Littl. lib. 2. cap. 4. sect 103. To what the other relates does not appear however my Lord Coke is injuriously represented as the Author of this blundering â—ame expression Arabant Are they that held by tenure of Ploughing or Tilling Ground These Arabants were certainly a sort of excellent Plough-men Sic vos non vobis fertis aratra Boves Arsura Things relating to Coynage Arsura is the singular number and is often found in Domesday where as a Learned Expositor says Videtur esse examinatio per ignem The tryal of money after it was coyned Assault Assultus est in personam aut locum Vel equo aut manchinis aut quacunque alia re Our Author had done well to have interpreted this uncouth word manchinis Assise of Mortdancestor This the Civilians call Judicium Possessiorum adipiscendi The Civilians disclaim the word Possessiorum and so does Priscian too Attainted One Attaint was in former times upon his confession constrained to abjure the Realm and therefore was sometimes called Abjuration And for this is cited Stam. Pl. Cor. fol. 182. but abusively Aurum Reginae The Queens Silver Then let Argentum Reginae be the Queens Gold But it is a good stumble that never Horses Bachelor Baccalaurei a bacillo nominati sunt quia primi studit authoritatem quae per exhibitionem baculi concedebatur jam consecuti fuissent c. This studit is a quarrelsome word and will certainly break Priscians Head Balenger Seems to be a kind of Barge or Boat to sail upon the Water This may very well be true for I never heard of any such to sail upon the Land And note those words to sail upon the Water are added to what the Law Dictionary says Bane He which is the cause of another mans is said then to be Labane a Malefactor If our Author write no better sence it will be the Bane of his Interpreter and I think the Banes may very lawfully be forbidden Baron Barons by Letters Patent or Creation say our Antiquaries were first about the time of Henry the Sixth It may well be suspected our Author consulted none of our Antiquaries herein for the first Baron by Creation was in the second of Richard the Second Berwick Spelman thinks it may be Manerium majus ad minus pertinens This is a great injury to that learned Author who says the direct contrary as you may read in his Glossarium verbo Berenuica Besca Hence perhaps Vna bescata fodient terrae inclusa Mon. Angl. pag 2. fol. 642. Here is a like false citation imposed upon another worthy Author though the words lay fair in the Law Dictionary Botting Is a term of art used in Greys Inn whereby they intend private arguing of Cases I have heard of Botting of Barly in the Countrey But what our Author aimed at is Bolting and some Bolts are soon shot Breve Quia breviter paucis verbis intentionem proferens exponit Bracton lib. 5. Nor must learned Bracton scape without having false Latine imposed upon him Bullenger The common Petition that some Commissioners issued to Cities for the preparing Boats and Bullengers may be repealed Our Author had a fair Copy from whence he transcribed this viz. The Law Dâ—ctionary but his hast has shuffled it into nonsence Burse or Colibti A word used in Domesday Colibti is not to be found there unless with a dash on the b for Coliberti and how Burse and Colibti come to be Synonima is beyond a common skill to imagine Buzecatle Bursecaples or Botlecals the same with Boatswain or Mariner It is much our Author should not write one of these three words true but coyn such as were never before heard of Buzzard had been a more allowable mistake The true word is Buscarl or Buzecarl Carucata A Plough Land Skene de verbo signif deriveth it from the French Charon a Plough There is no such French word as Charon nor is it so in Skene de verborum signif but charrow which is neerer the true French word charrue a Plough then Charon Cepi corpus Is a Return made by the Sheriff that upon a Capias Exigend or other Process when he hath taken the body of the party F. N. B. fol. 26. Here the redundant word when does much perplex the sence and make it unintelligible Clerk Subdiaconi Cantoni Acolythi This Cantoni is a pretty word and deserves a particular interpretation Clerk of the Ax This word and the explication our Author took in hast out of the Law Dictionary never looking upon the Errata of that Book where he might have found it an acknowledged mistake for Clerk of the Acts and explicated accordingly Clerk of the Pleas Is an Officer in the Exchequer in whose Official the Officers of the Court ought to sue If any Action did lie for writing nonsence our Author would find no Plea for himself Collation of a Benefice Towards the later end of this Interpretation you shall find as little sence as in the former Commendam When a Parson is made a Bishop there is a Cession of his Benefice by the Commotion Our Author is very unhappy in his variations for Commotion marrs the matter Common Fine And for this Common Fine the Lord must prescribe and cannot prescribe for it without prescription as appears in Godfreys Case in 11 Rep. Thus my Lord Coke is again brought in to patronize nonsence Commotes Signifies in Wales a part of a shire as a Cantred or Hundred 28 Hen. 8.
cap. 3. It is written Commoiths 4 Hen. 4. cap. 17. And is used for a gathering made upon the people This last is Comorth a word of different signification from Commote and ought not to be confounded with it Count But Countors by Hoens Mirror of Just. lib. 2. cap. des Loyers 〈◊〉 such Serjeants skilful in the Law which serve the common people to defend their Actions in Judicature for their Fâ—e whose duty if it be as is there described and were observed Men might have much more comfort of the Law than they have This our Author transcribed from Cowâ—ls Interpreter and is one of those irreverent reflections upon the Common Law and Lawyers of this Land which among other mistakes in points derogatory to the supream Power of the Crown of England and Fundamental Constitutions of Parliaments caused that Book to be prohibited by the Kings Proclamation bearing date the 25th day of March 8 Jac. Anno 1610. Yet our Author in his Preface takes the boldness to say That the Ground-work upon which he builds is Cowels Interpreter an excellent Book bâ—â—h as to its matter and composure and did not deserve that severe arraignment that is hath of late suffered Courratier A French word signifying a Horse Courser â— Inst. fol. 719. Couâ—ratier Is a Hors-courser but our Author hath found a new way of dividing one word into two to make up his Centuries Cuth otherwise Uncuth Privatus vel extraneus Cuth signifies known and Uncuth unknown yet here they are both coupled in one yoke as Synonima Custos Brevium There is also a Custos Brevium retulorum in the Kings Bench who Fileth there and Warrants of Attorney This is of the same complexion with the rest Demurrer West calleth that likewise a Demurrer in Chancery when there is question made Whether a Parties Answâ—r to a Bill of Complaint c. be defective or not and thereof Reference made to any of the Bench for the examination thereof and report to be made to the Court. West Symbol part 2. tit Chancery sect 29. There is no such words to be found in the Author and place cited nor is it probable â—o learned a Writer as West could be guilty of so erroneous an Interpretation of this common word Demurrer in Chancery Donative Is a business meerly given and collated by the Patron to a Man So if it be given to a Man to be a Plagiary that is a Donative from his Ingenuity Dum non fuit compos mentis Is a Writ that lieth for him that not being of â—ound memory did Alien any Lands or Tenements in Fee-simple Fee tail for term of life or for years against the Aliens F. N. B. fol. 202. Can it be imagined that the learned Fitz-Herbert would be guilty of such an absurd Explication Enquest The Jury findeth the fact thus then is the Law thus and so we judge for the Enquest in Criminal Causes See Jury The learned will see he writes thus then is the Law thus That they will judge him a blind Interpreter Farding or Farthing of Gold Seemeth to be a Coyn used in ancient times containing in value the fourth part of a Noble viz. Twenty pence in Silver and in weight the sixth part of an ounce of Gold that is of Five shillings in Silver which is Three pence and somewhat more Our Author is very unfortunate in his Additionals for these contradictory words which is Three pence and somewhat more are superadded to what the Law Dictionary says Ferrure The Shooing of Horses See Bouch of Court In Bouche of Court there is nothing at all of Ferrure for our Author curtailed my Citation not regarding this Reference Filicetum A bracky ground Ubi salices crescunt See Domesday Filicetum or Filictum Is a Ferny ground so says my Lord Coke 1 Inst. fol. 4. b. I suspect it not to be found in Domesday Foreigne Forinsecus may be derived of the French word Exterus and in Law is used The French word Forain may as well be a Latine word as Exterus French Fortlet Cometh near the French Fortlet Yes as near as Four pence to a Groat but the French word is Fortelet Frank-pledge Franciplegium Is a Compound irregular of two Languages It is irregularly said for the words are both French Frustrum Terrae Domesday tit Haritisc Rex Abedestone I dare affirm there is no such title as Haritisc In Domesday Gaynage In the Explication of this word He tells us of Spokeman and Spokemen for it seems he did not like the word Sokeman Gardeine del Esglish In English Church-Wardens and they may have an Action for the Goods of the Grounds and divers other things they may do I would have our Author do any thing hereafter rather then interpret hard words Gleabland The quhilke suld be free fra payment of any Feinds Skene This sâ—ould be Teinds a Scotish word signifying Taxes Instead of which our Author brings in Feinds God bless us or Evil Spirits Hankwite Of the Saxon words Haginan Pendere and Wite mulcta By some it hath been interpreted Mulcta pro homine injusti suspenso There is no such Saxon word as Haginan nor true Latin in the rest Haratium As in the Law Dictionary If our Author had been a Master in this kind of Learning he might in this word have shewed his skill and my mistake For Haratium from the French Haras signifies a race or breed of Horses which is the onely material error besides those of the Printer which I have hitherto discovered in my Book Heresâ—ita From the Saxon here Exercitus sliten to depart Though this be taken by our Author out of my Lord Cokes 4 Inst. yet it is certainly a mistake haply of the Printer there being no such Saxon word as sliten to depart but slitan dissolvereâ— Herpsac See Frodmortel Where there is not a word of Herpsac for he omitted my citation there and so Herpsac stands as an insignificant nullo without interpretation Hinefare Si quis occidit hominem Reges facit heinfaram dat Regi xx Domesday The Law Dictionary hath it plainly and truly thus Si quis occidit hominem Regis facit Heinfaram dat Regi xxs. Hominatio It may be called Dominatio Domesday He may as well call it Somniatio for the word in Domesday signifies a mustering of men what then hath Dominatio to do with it Hondpeny Sint quieti de Chevagio Hond-peny c. But there is a Declaration made what is intended by it Ideo quaere Here he was in the humor of adding somewhat to the word more then he found in the Law Dictionary But still with ill success He omitted the Author of the Latine and added the nonsensical English Hue and Cry In this word he hath many errors the French Huier for Huer Flagiture for Flagitare Oyer for Oyes Men slain secundum legem consuetudinem Regni is a pretty position Ignoramus It hath a resemblance of that ancient Roman where the Judges where
they absolved a person accused did write A. i. e. Absolvimus Supine negligence Not to have the care or patience to transcribe truly what lay fair in Print before him viz. It hath a resemblance of that ancient custom of the Romans where the Judges when they absolved a person accused did write A Iustices in Eyre Were sent buâ— every seven years But there is a Book entituled Orig. Juridiciales but of what authority I know not which says they went oftner Sure our Author did not consult his own Duty and Reason when he took the boldness thus to question the Authority of that excellent Book how a second time Printed did he not see in its Front those awful names Orlando Bridgeman and Matthew Hale subscribed to an Imprimatur Names of greatest authority in this kind Hath he not heard that Mr. Dugdales Works are of such account That they have often been allowed by the Judges as good evidence in cases of great moment Karle A Saxon word properly denoting a man but with any addition a servant or clown Hence they are called a Seaman a Buscarle Here again our Author thought himself obliged to alter my words though with the loss of Sence and Syntax Knights of the Shire But now Custom allows Esquires to be chosen to this Office 27 Hen. 6.6 So that they be resident in the County for the choice of these Knights The first part is true the later nonsencical Kylyw Perhaps it might signifie any liquid thing as Scoteale and such like Scotale is not a liquid thing but a meeting at an Alehouse where every man paid his Scot for the Ale he drank He might have said Ale is a liquid thing Legacy See a Bequest we call it a Devise And there is no Bequest to be seen Lenna Lenga Lennides Domesday For Leuva Leuga and Leunides Lupulicetum A place where Hops grow mentioned in Domesday It is not mentioned there for we had no Hops in England of some Hundreds of years after Domesday Book was made Viz. till 15 Hen. 8. according to our Chronicles But the word is mentioned in 1 Inst. fol. 5. b. Maihim or Mayhem But the cutting off an Ear or Nose or such like is no Mayhem This is otherwise since the Statute of 22 23 Car. 2. which was in Print before ouâ— Authors Book though since the Law Dictionary was published Maiden Rents Is a Noble paid by every Tenant in the Mannor of Builth in Radnorshire at the marriage of a Daughter and was anciently given to them for his quitting the Custom of Marcheta If any one would pretend to make sence of this to whom shall them and his relate Our Author is very unhappy in his alterations Marle Marla is a kind of Earth or Mineral like Chalk which men cast on their Land These two words like Chalk he adds to my Interpretation when as Marle is as like Chalk as Chalk is like Cheese Marlerium A Marlepit Mr. Dugdale hath an old Deed by him wherein is mentioned this word This is a pretty kind of impudence to make the World believe he is intimately acquainted with Mr. Dugdale and knows what old Deeds and Charters he has by him when as Mr. Dugdale lately told me discoursing of our Author that he knew him not nor ever heard of him till then And in the word Sacrafield Rents he pretends the like familiar acquaintance with a person of quality utterly unknown to him Mediterranean Is any that passeth through the midst of the Earth Whether he means any thing as Bull Bear or Horse I know not Mile Miliare is a quantity of a thousand Acres This I confess is a Mile of a large size perhaps according to the measure in the Isle of Pines Minstrel Minstrellus from the French Menstrel There is no such French word it is Menestrier In Misfeasans and Mistrial Cokes Reports are cited for Crokes Multa or Multura Episcopi is derived from the Latine word mulcta for that it was a Fine given to the Kings that they might have power to make their last Wills and Testaments 2 Inst. fol. 491. Our Author by miswriting my words hath made nonsence yet boldly cites Cokes Institutes Nihil or Nichil Is a word which the Sheriff answers that is apposed concerning Debts illeviable and that are nothing worth by reason of the parties from whom due See the Law Dictionary on this word if our Author have not by his blundering alteration made it less intelligible at least Occasiones Are Assarts whereof Manhood speaks at large See Spel. Glossary verbo Essartum That learned Glossary says the word is in some Authors false written for Occationes from Occo to harrow or break Clods but our Author had not time to read him out Open Law Imperfection for Imputation Such smalnesses are frequent with him Oyer and Terminer A Commission of Oyer and Terminer is the first and largest Thus it ends abruptly leaving out two or three lines which should make it sence viz. Of the Five Commissions by which our Judges of Assise do sit in their several Circuits Pais A Countrey or Region which Spelman in his Glossary saith Non intelligendum est de quovis populo Here the Learned Spelman is false quoted for he speaks not these words of Pais but of Trial per Pais which our Author omitted as being obliged to make alterations Pannage or Pawnage Is most properly taken for the Woods within the Forest Which ought to be For the Mast of the Woods Pax Ecclesiae Is said when all the Priviledges and Immunities of the Church her Servants and Ministers Vide Leg. Edw. Coâ—f cap. 8. Here he pretends to translate my Citation being the very words of King Edwards Law and makes this nonsence of it In Pedage and Peers he cites Baldus in veribus Feudorum and Bartilayus de regno There is no such Book as the first nor any such Author as the last Pervise non ad tyrociniâ— juris quas motas volant exercenda says Spelman Another false quotation for vocant Poleine was a sort of shooe not utterly laid aside till the Reign of Hen. 8. in which time they were increased to that excessive length that in Rich. 2. time they were tied up to the knees with Gold or Silver Chains And forbidden by Edw. 4. under great penalty Does our Author think Rich. 2. succeeded Hen. 8. which his words seem cleerly to intimate Possession If the Lord purchase the tenancy held by Heriot-service then the Heriot is extinct by verity of possession We 'l suppose he intended to say unity Proporcitas Skene de verbo signif Latines it Propertio Assisae Skene calls it Proportatio Assisa in his de verborum significatione not verbo signif as our Author often mistakes it Pudhepec But the Learned Spelman thinks it is miswritten for the Sax. puâ—hepec i. e. wudhepec This Saxon is Rudhewec as here written Spelman writes it better I le secure you but our Author has very ill luck in transcribing
even from fair printed Books and it seems understands not the Saxon Characters The Law Dictionary begins the Letter Q. with Quadragesima Sunday but our Author was not willing to begin so lest it should look too much like alter-idem Therefore prepones Quadrans and Quadranta terrae and so poor Quadragesima has lost his due place in the Alphabet but Quack had he thought on 't would have done his work better and been as able a Law-word as Quadrans Quietantia Assisarum super Assisam Quod non ponantur in Assisis jurat nec magis Assisis For Juratis nec magnis Assisis Realty Sometimes it is taken for Royalty Never for they are two different words Recordare facias It seems to be called a Recordare because the form that it commands the Sheriff to whom it is directed to make a Record Of our Authors mistakes Renegeld infra hundred de Maulestria There is not such a Hundred in all England Rescyte As if Tenant for years brings he in Reversion comes in and prays to be received The Tenant it seems may bring what he will Rogus Constabulario Castri de Divis Custodi Forestae de Cippeham I see our Author by his writing it does not understand this Divis which should be Divisis or Divis. with a Period for the Divizes in Wiltshire Scandalum magnatum And hath given name to wit granted to recover damage thereupon Then it seems to give name is to grant Scyre-gemot In this word Seldens Titles of Honor is misquoted Sea-rover See Privateer Anno 16. Car. 2. cap 6. Quere if not the same with Pyrate You must know all this except the Learned Quaere is in the Law Dict. where Privateer was misprinted for pirate but our Author neither makes Errata's to his own Works nor reads others Selda In the conclusion he adds to what the Law-Dict saith thus Selda also in Doomsday signifies a Wood of Sallows Willows and Withyes Which addition had been better omitted the word being no where used in Domesday for a wood of any kind as I confidently believe and our Author cites no place Serjeanty Serjeantia signifies in Law a Service that cannot be due from any Lord to his Tenant but to the King only This is a new Service due from a Lord to his Tenant Severance Is the singling or serving of two or more that are joyned in one Writ here Severance is Permittance Nor is this any better sence Soke Clamat cognitionem Placitorum infra suum 40 s. Suum for Summam Solidata terre Breve Regis Johannis vicecomitatus Angliae This Vicecomitatus for Vicecomitibus was an Errata in the Law-Dict and noted at the end of the Book but out Author did not design to correct but augment Errors Sullings In Domesday Book according to Mr. Agars interpretation are taken for Alders I have so great a respect for Mr. Agar that I am not satisfied this Interpretation is his no question but it is the same with Swolings i. e. Carucatae Plough-Lands Team With their Childrens Goods and Chattels in his Court So it is in the Law Dictionary but in the Errata he might have seen it thus corrected With their Children Goods and Chattels Tenure What may make a Tenure and what not See Perkins Revelations 70. Perkins the Learned Lawyer had no Revelations that I ever heard of Theft These from the Prison or in presence of the owner is properly called Robbery Prison for Person makes a wide difference Thwertnick Absque alieno capiendo pro executione facienda For absque aliquo Tolsester Though this Word lay fair before him in the Law Dictionary yet he hath committed three Errors in transcribing six lines Trial He concludes with Pat. 3 R. Joh. m. 3. In fidelitate Leulini Omitting what follows in the Law Dictionary and is most to the purpose viz. In fidelitate Leulini statuitur de triatione differentiarum dicti Leulini c. Tylwith Familia tribus Doctor Davy's Welsh Dictionary from whence he had this word would have furnished him many more as able Law-words as this Uassal Skene verbo Lignantia saith Skene hath no such word in his Book as Lignantia Uerdetor Uindarius Is a Judicial Officer of the Kings Forest Both the words mistaken for Verderer Viridarius Ui laica removenda Vntil the Bishop of the Plea where such Church is hath certified Any one may certifie this to be nonsence Uillaine Our Villains Regardant to Mannors were Glebae Abscriptitii tied to Turk What had our Villains to do with the Turk Walkers There are Foresters assigned by the King who are Walkers within a certain space of Ground to their care Somewhat omitted to make it sence Warscot Immunis liberi quieti For Immunes liberi quieti Westminster Epist. ejus ad din Edwardum For divum The word in mine is abbreviated thus ad Div. Edw. which our Author it seems did not understand IF our Author have any further occasion to make use of the Law Dictionary he may take notice of these Additional Errata's In Chron. Table of Hen. 8. for 1059. read 1509. Gleab read vel terra dele a Gildable for aliqui read aliorum qui. Grossome for Titles read Tiles Harratium read from the Fr. Haras a 〈◊〉 of Horses and Mares kept for breed Honor for Mardstone read Maidstone Kings Swanherd read Cignorum Miskening for Mistzeninge read Miskening Prepensed dele yet Stoc read Malefactor pro Tassum read duobus Tassis Tolt for Juris read Curiae Wardwite read Castro Xenia read omnia FINIS * In his Etymologicon Linguae Angl.
that went to the Trojan War he fought with Hector and had a contest with Vlisses for the armes of Achilles but Vlisses having gain'd them by his eloquence Ajax run mad and made a huge slaughter among a flock of sheep thinking Vlisses and Atrides to have been among them also the name of the son of Oileus King of the Locri who for vitiating Cassandra in the Temple of Pallas was slain with Thunder by the Goddesse whose Priestesse she was Aide French help also a subsidy or tax Aidoneus King of the Molossi he sent Theseus to prison because he and Pirithous would have taken away his daughter Proserpina not far from the River Acheron which gave occasion to the fable to say that he descended into Hell to fetch away Proserpina the daughter of Dis. Ailesbury a Town situate not far from the River Tame in Buckingamshire it was won by Cutwulph the Saxon in the year 572. and hath been famous in times past by being the habitation of St. Edith the daughter of Frewald Ailesford a Town in Kent not far from the River Medway it was heretofore named in the British tongue Saissenaeg-haibal from the great overthrow that was given by Vortimer the Brittain son of Vortigern to Hengist and his English Saxons in this place Aine besides one of the four Elements it signifies a certain distinction in the Garb and countenance between one person and another Ayry a nest of Hawks Akmanchester i. e. the City of Sick-folk a name anciently given by the Saxons to the Citie of Bath A. L. Alabandic a kinde of a Rose with whitish leaves Alabandine a kinde of blue and red stone provoking to bleed Alabaster a kinde of clear white Marble Alacrity lat chearfulnesse Alahab Arab. the Scorpions heart Alamae Arab. the left foot of Andromeda Alan a proper name signifying in Slavonish a Greyhound others contract it from Aelian i. Sun-bright Alastor the name of one of the sunnes horses Alata Castra the Citie of Edenborough in Scotland Alay a Term in hunting when fresh Dogs are sent into the cry Alazony Greek vain-glory Alba Julia the Citie of Westenbergh in Germany Alba Regalis a Citie in Hungary now called Stolwistenbergh where the Kings use to be Anointed and Crowned Albania a Countrey between Illyricum and Macedonia whose chief Citie is Dyrrachium now called Durazzo there is also another Albania in the East between Cholcos and Armenia from whence the people of the former Albania are said originally to spring also the Kingdom of Scotland was in ancient times called Albania Albanus a River in Armenia also a Lake in Italy called Lago di Castel Gandolf also the name of the first Brittish Martyr from the Lat. Albus i. e. white St. Albans a Town in Hertfordshire so called from the Brittish Martyr above mentioned whereas formerly it was called Verulam Albe a white Garment which the Priests were wont to wear Albeito Arab. the mouth of the Swan Albert a Saxon proper name signifying all bright Albion the ancient name of England by reason of the white Rocks upon the Sea-side or from Albion the son of Neptune or from Albina one of Dioclesians 50 daughters Albugineous lat belonging to the white of the eye or to any other white substance Albutius the name of a very covetous man who would beat his servants before they had committed a fault telling them that perhaps he should not be at leasure when they had committed any Alcaic verse a certain kinde of verse so called from Alcaeus the first Inventor consisting of two dactyls and two trochees Alcakengi a winter Cherry Alcander a young Lacedemonian who having put out one of Lycurgus his eyes yet being intertained by him as his near servant loved him afterwards with a great deal of respect Alcathous the son of Pelops who being suspected to have slain his brother Chrysippus fled to Megara where killing a Lion that had slain Euripus the son of Megareus he was by Megareus made his son in law and succeeded him in the Kingdom Alceste the wife of Adonetus King of Thessaly who willingly offered her self up to die for her husband Alchedi Arab. a Star in the goat Alchenit Arab. a Star in the right side of Perseus Alchobel see Reception Alchocodon is an Arabian word and signifies the giver of years and is plac't that he hath most essential dignity in the place of the Hyleg and with some aspect doth behold that place Alchorad Arab. a contrariety of the light of the Planets Alchimy Greek the art of dissolving metals to separate the pure from the impure Alcippus vide Damocrita Aâ—cithoe a Theban woman who was turned into a Bat for contemning Bacchus his Orgâ—es Alcmena vide Amphytryo Alâ—maeon the son of Amphiaraus and Eriphite he killed his mother for having betrayed Amphiaraus and afterwards runne mad but being cured by Phlegias he married his daughter Olphaestbaeâ— giving her a Bracelet of his mothers but afterwards falling in love with one of Achetous his daughters called Callirhoe he promised her the Bracelet which he had given his former wife on condition she would marry him but going to fetch it he was slain by Temon and Axion Alphesibaeas brothers Alconor one of the 300. Argires who fought against the Lacedemonians onely he and Chromius being left alive and all his enemies killed excepting Othryades Alcoran Arab. the book wherein the Turkish religion is delivered first written by Mahomet the Turks great Prophet Alcyon dayes quiet times Alcyone the daughter of Nephtune the wife of Ceyx who sayling to the Oracle was drown'd by the way and chang'd into a bird called a King-fisher Alduas dâ—bis a River dividing the Helvetians from the Sequani called in French Leo doux Aldborrow see Isurium Aldingham a Town in Lancashire an ancient Hereditament belonging to the family of the Haveringtons or Harringtons unto whom it came from the Flemmings by the Cancefelds Aldebaran Arab. the south eye of the Bull. Alderanainim Arab. the right shoulder of Cepheus Alderanainim vide Pap. Alectryomancy Greek a certain kinde of divination among the ancients which was done by a Cock. Alectorius a precious stone of a waterish colour found in the maw of an old Capon Alectryon a young man who kept the door while Mars was familiar with Venus but Mars incensed that he was taken through his negligence changed him into a Cock. Alegement French ease releasment Aleger a Liquor made of sowr Ale Alembick lat a Still Alestake old word a Maypole Alexander son of Philip King of Macedon he overthrew the Persian Monarchy took Babylon Susa and Persepolis and after he had extended his Conquests as farre as India he returned to Babylon and there died the word signifies in Greek helper of men Alexandria a Famous Port Town of Egypt Alexipharmac Greek a Medecine against poyson Alferes Spanish an Ensign bearer Alfred a Saxon word signifying all peace Alfreton q. Alfreds Town a Town in Darbyshire built by King Alfred as some think the Lords whereof were called
Hebr. the River of judgement Joscelin the proper name of a man in Latin Justulus being a diminutive from Jost in Latin Justus or Jodocus the chief of this name was Joscelin of Lovan son to Godfrey Duke of Brabant Joseph Hebr. encrease of the Lord. Josias Hebr. fire of the Lord. Josuah Hebr. the Lord Saviour Jot a little or very small matter from the Greek letter Iota or the Hebrew Jod Jotacisme Greek a running much upon the letter Iota or I also a bad pronunciation of the same letter Jouketh a Term in Faulconry they say the Hawk Jouketh and not sleepeth Journal French a book of every dayes passages also so much land as may be plough'd in a day by one team of oxen Journee French a dayes journey also an expedition of war a day of battell Joyce the proper name of a woman in Latin Jocosa i. merry pleasant Joyes of the Planets are when they are in those houses where they are most powerfully and strong as Saturn joyeth in Scorpio I P Iphianassa Iphinoe and Lysippe the daughters of Proetus King of Argos who for despising the goddesse Juno equalling their own beauties to hers were struck with such a Phrensie that they imagined themselves transformed to Cowes but Melampus being sent for offered for the cure of them half the Kingdom and which of the daughters he lik't best soon brought them to their former estate and married Iphianassa Iphiclus the son of Amphitryo by Alckmena he was born at the same time with Hercules who was begot by Jupiter Iphicrates a Captain of the Athenians famous for many great victories Iphigenia the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra she was adjudged to be sacrificed to Diana because that goddesse being incensed against Agamemnon for killing one of her harts kept the Navy of the Greeks by contrary windes from their intended course but after that Vlisses had by craft obtained her of her mother and all things in a readinesse for the sacrifice Diana accepted of a Hart so that Iphigenia was set free and sent to Taurica where she was made Over-seer of the rites of that goddesse which were performed by the sacrificing of men by Thoas the King of that place who was afterwards slain by Orestes who was designed to be offered for a sacrifice Iphimedia the wife of Aloeus who being ravish't by Neptune brought forth Twins Othus and Ephialtes who grew every moneth nine fingers in talnesse till they came to be of a very vast stature they helpt the Gyants against the Gods and were at length slain by the Arrows of Apollo and Diana Iphinoe see Iphianassa Iphis a young man of a great beauty who fell in love with Anaxarete see Anaxarete Iphis is also the name of a Cretan Virgin the daughter of Lygdus and Theletusa she was by her mothers prayers to the goddesse Isis changed into a man least Lygdus finding himself deceived should be incensed for he going to travel and giving a strict charge to Theletusa whom he left with Childe that if she brought forth a Female Childe she should put her out from her he was made to believe that it was a Boy and as soon as his supposed Son came of age he provided him a wife named Janthe for whom as it hapned Iphis proved a real husband Ipswich the chief Town of Suffolk it was sacked by the Danes in the year 991. this Town is famous for the birth of Cardinal Wâ—lsey who was a Butcher's son of this place and who began to build here a very magnificent Colledge here is yet to be seen the ruines of the old Town which was called Gipwich I R Iracundious lat of an angry disposition inclinable to anger Irascible lat capable of anger irascible faculty is that faculty of the Soul from whence anger and passion is stirred up and kindled in men Irchenfield or Archenfield that part of Herefordshire where the Citie of Hereford now standeth and where the old Town of Ariconium stood in ancient times Irene the mother of Constantine the 7th she reigned at Constantinople joyntly with her son called a Councel at Nice consisting of above 300 Bishops wherein the setting up of images in churches was confirmed by a decree being expelled from the Empire by her son who reigned alone for seven years she at length took him by craft put out his eyes and cast him into prison where he died Iris the daughter of Thaumas feign'd by the Poets to have been the messenger of the gods there is a kinde of watry Meteor so called in Greek appearing in the Clouds of divers colours which we call the Rain-bow Irmunsul or Ermisul a certain God worshipped by the ancient Brittains and thought to be the same with Mercury Ironical Greek spoken in mockery or by that figure called Irony which is a speaking contrary to what a man means by way of bitter gibing or scoffing Irradiation lat an enlightning or casting beams upon Irrational lat unreasonable †Irrecordable lat not to be remembred Irrecuperable lat never to be recovered unrecoverable Irredivivous lat not to be revived Irrefragable lat unbreakable also undeniable not to be confuted Irregularity lat disorderlinesse as it were a being without rule also an incapacity of taking holy orders as being maimed or very deformed base-born or guilty of any hainous crime a Term in Canon-law Irreligious lat having no Religion or piety towards God Irremeable lat through which there is no passing back or returning Irremediable lat not to be remedied or helped Irremissible lat not to be remitted or pardoned Irremunerable lat not to be rewarded Irreparable lat not to be restored or repaired Irreprehensible lat not to be reprehended or blamed Irresolute lat unresolved doubting or wavering Irrevocable lat not to be revoked or called back Irrigation lat a watering of Gardens and Meadows out of some neighbouring River Irrision lat a laughing at a scoffing or flouting Irritation lat a provoking or stirring up †Irrite lat void of no effect Irrogation lat an imposing upon Irroration lat a bedewing or besprinkling †Irruent lat rushing or running violently upon Irrugation lat a wrinkling a contracting into wrinkles Irruption lat a breaking violently in Irus a poor man of Ithaca who was a continual messenger between Penelope and those that came to court her in her husbands absence for which Vlisses when he came home killed him with his fist I S Isaac Hebrew laughter as Gelasius in Greek Isaca or Isca a river in England vulgarly called Ex from whence the City Exon or Exeter is denominated Isagogical Greek belonging to Isagogue i. e. an Introduction or beginning Isca Danmoniorum see Excester Isca Silurum the name of a Town in Monmouthshire commonly called Caerleon Iscariot the sirname of Judas that betrayed our Saviour from the Hebrew Isch Carioth Ischiatic Greek from Iscrias the hip troubled with a pain in the hip which pain is commonly called the Sciatica or hip gout Isicle q. Iceseekle from the
the ground by the French out of the ashes whereof immediately sprung up the Town which is now in being Sown a word proper to the Exchequer signifying as much as to be leviable or possible to be gathered Sownder a term used by Hunters for a company of wild Bores as a herd for Deer S P Spade lat gelded Spadiceous lat of a bright bay colour from Spadix the branch of a Date-tree Spagyrical lat belonging to chymical operations Spahy Persian Espawhee a Turkish Horseman compleatly armed Spaid a term used by Hunters a red male Deer of three years old Sparsion lat a sprinkling Sparta a famous City of Peloponnessus built by Spartus the son of Phoroneus or as some say by Sparta the daughter of Eurotas it is otherwise called Lacedaemon Spartacus a Thracian gladiatour or swordplayer who with Chrysus and Oenomaus broke out of Capua got together an Army of slaves and overthrew Clodius Glaber Lentulus and Cassius thereby making himself very formidable to the Romans at last he was put to flight by Crâ—ssus but afterwards making head again was vanquisht and slain Spasmatical Greek troubled with a Spasm i. a cramp or shrinking in of the sinews Spathule or Spat lat an instrument wherewith Chirurgians spread their plaisters it is also called a splatter or slice Spatiation lat a walking at length or in a large compasse Species lat a different kind or form of any thing in Logick it is reckoned one of the 5 Predicables Specifical lat special distinguishing the species or kind Specification lat a signifying declaring or manifesting Specious lat beautiful to the sight fair to behold Spectacle lat a publick or solemn shew Spectatour lat a beholder or looker on Spectre lat a frightful apparition a vision ghost or spirit Speculation lat a spying or watching also a contemplating or considering Spel Sax. a word or saying also vulgarly used for a charm Spelt a kind of corn growing in some parts of the World called in Latin Zea. Sperage a kind of plant called in Latin Asparagus Spermatical Greek belonging to sperm i. the natural seed of any living creature Sperma Ceti see Parmaceti Speustick Greek done or made up in haste Sphacelism Greek a kind of ulcer or dangerous inflammation Sphaerical lat belonging to a sphere i. a round globous figure commonly taken for the round compasse of the Heaven Sphaeromachy Greek a playing at bowls or tennis Sphinx the name of a certain Monster that kept anciently near Thebes proposing a riddle to all passengers that came that way and none being able to unfold it she destroyed them all at last Oedipus coming that way and expounding it she threw her self headlong down a rock for grief Spiciferous lat bearing eares of corn Spicilegy lat a gleaning a gathering eares of corn Spigurnells a word now out of use anciently the sealers of the Kings Writs were known by that term which office together with the Sergeancy of the Kings Chappel John de Bohun the son of Franco resigned unto King Edward the first Spinal lat belonging to a Spine i. a thorn prickle or sting also the back-bone Spinosity lat a being full of spines or thorns Spinster a Law term being appropriated to unmarried women in all deeds bonds and evidences Spintrian lat inventing new actions of lust Spiracle lat a breathing-hole a place through which smoak may have a vent Spiral lat belonging to a pyramid or spire-steeple Spiration lat a breathing or exhaling Spiritualities the profits which a Bishop receiveth from his spiritual living Spissitude lat thicknesse or grossenesse Spitter see Brocket or Pricket A Spittle-house Ital. Spedale see Hospital Spleget the same as Pleget Splendid lat bright cleer shining glorious Splenetick lat troubled with a disease or ill humours in the spleen or milt i. a Bowel in the left side under the midrife over against the liver Spoliation lat a robbing or spoiling also a Writ that lieth for one incumbent against another when the right of patronage cometh not in debate Spondee Greek a foot in a verse consisting of two long syllables Spondyles Greek the vertebres or turning joynts of the back-bone Spongious lat full of holes like a sponge which is a kind of plant-animal growing under the sea-rocks Sponsal or Sponsalitious lat belonging to a spouse Spâ—nsion lat a bargain or promise but more especially relating to Marriage Spontane lat done willingly unconstrained or of ones own accord Sporades certain Islands that lie scattered up and down in the Carpathian Sea Spraints a term among Hunters the dung of an Otter Spray old word a bouâ—h or sprig Spretion lat a contemning despising or scorning Sprâ—ghts a sort of short or flight arrows Spring-tides see Neap-tides Springal Dutch a stripling or young-man Spume lat foam froth or scum †Spurcidical lat speaking filthily or uncleanly Spurious lat baseborn also counterfeit Spurkets a term in Navigation the spaces between the futtocks by the ship sides fore and aft above and below S Q Squadron French a certain number of souldiers formed into a square body Squalid lat unclean sluttish ill-favoured Squamigerous lat bearing scales scaly Squill lat a kind of plant otherwise called the Sea-onion Squinancy or Squincy a kind of disease which causeth a swelling in the throat called in Latin Angina Squinanth lat a kind of plant otherwise called the Sweet-rush S T Stability lat stablenesse firmnesse surenesse Stabulation lat a standing of cattel in a stable or stall Stade lat a furlong or the eighth part of an Italian mile which consisteth of a thousand paces Stafford the chief Town of Staffordshire called in ancient times Betheny where Berteline a holy man led an Eremites life it hath a Castle on the south bank of the River built in the year 914 by King Edw. the Elder Staggard a term in Hunting a red male Deer of 4 years old Stagira a Town in Macedonia where Aristotle was born whence that Philosopher is called the Stagirite Stainand colours in Heraldry are tawney and murrey Stallage French in Common Law signifieth money paid for setting of stalls in Markets or Faires Stallion Ital. a horse kept for mares Standard French the chief Ensign of an Army belonging to the King or General also the standing measure of the King or State to which all other measures are framed Stanford in Saxon Steanford a Town in Lincolnshire situate upon the River Welland it is so called as being built of rough stone Stean signifying in the Saxon tongue a stone In this Town under the reign of King Edward the third an University was instituted and publick profession of Arts began to flourish but this Academy continued not long it being soon after provided by oath that no Student in Oxford should publickly professe at Stanford to the prejudice of Oxford There is also another Stanford situate upon the River Avon in Northamptonshire The Stannaries lat the Mines or Tin-works in Cornwall See Lodework Stanza Ital. a certain number
voice a crying out or exclaiming Voculation lat a giving a word its right tone or accent Vogue French powr swey authority Voidance a want of an incumbent upon a benefice Voider a Term in Heraldry being an Ordinary consisting of an Archline moderate bowing from the corner of the chief toward the Nombrill of the Escotcheon Voiding a Term in Heraldry being an exemption of some part of the inward substance of things voidable by reason whereof the field is transparent through the charge Voâ—sinage French neighbourhood Volant or Volatical lat flying or passing swiftly away Volatil lat a Term in Chimystry unfixt apt to evaporate Volitation lat a flying often Volta Ital. a course or turn in riding or in dancing Volubility lat facility or aptnesse in turning about or changing also a quick and easie delivery in speech or pronunciation Voluntary lat done willingly without force or constraint Voluptuous lat given to pleasures or delights Volutation lat a tumbling rolling or wallowing Volutina a certain goddesse among the Romans who according to Varro was said to be the overseer of the little cups or sheaths of Corn wherein the Grain is inclosed which in Latin is called Involucrum as Hostilina was to take care that the Corn was supplied with new ears which is called in Latin Exaequatio or Hostimentum Vomanus a River of Picenum in Italy Vomition lat a vomiting or spewing Voracity lat greedinesse gluttony aptnesse to devour Voraginous lat swallowing up like a Vorago i. a Whirlpool Gulf or Quagmire Voration lat a devouring Votary lat he that binds himself to the performance favour Voucher in Common-law is a calling of one into the Court to warrant or make good Lands bought with warranty for the secure injoying thereof against all men Vowel a letter which soundeth of it self without the help of a consonant U R Vrania see Muses Vranoscopy Greek a viewing or contemplating of the heavens Vrbanity lat the fashion of the City civility courtesie gentlenesse in speech or behaviour Vreter Greek the passage of the Urine from the Reins to the Bladder Vricornium in old times a very famous Citie and the principal in Shropshire built by the Romans the Saxons called it Wrekencoaster from the Hill Wreken near which it stood it is now but a poor Village and called Wreckceter or Wroxcester Vrim and Thummim Hebrew lights and perfections 12 precious stones in the breast-plate of the High-priest which shon like the flame of fire Vrinator lat a diver or swimmer under water Vrn lat a certain Vessel among the ancients where the ashes of dead bodies that had been burnt were kept hence it is taken for any grave or sepulcher it signifieth also a certain liquid measure containing two gallons and a pottle Vroscopy Gr. an inspection of Urines commonly called a casting of water Vrsa Major the great Bear a constellation in the heaven Vrsine lat belonging to a Bear Vrsula the proper name of a woman signifying in Latin a little she Bear Vre Greek from Oros a mountain a kinde of wilde Oxe U S Vsquebagh a strong liquour used among the Irish signifying in that language as much as Aqua vitae Vstion lat a burning Vstulation lat the same also a curling with hot irons Vsufructuary lat reaping the profit of that thing whose propriety belongs to another Vsury lat the taking of interest or use-money for any summe lent Vsurpation lat a having or possessing against right or equity U T Vtas the eighth day following any term or feast Vtensil lat houshold-stuff that which is usefull and necessary about a house Vterine latin belonging to the womb Vtlarie in Latin Vtlagatio a punishment for such as being called into Law do contemptuously refuse to appear whereby they forfeit their goods or lands to the King or State Vtopia the feigned name of a Countrey described by Sir Thomas More as the pattern of a well govern'd Common-wealth hence it is taken by Metaphor for any imaginary or feigned place U V Vveal lat belonging to a Grape like a Grape Vvid lat moist or wet Vulcan the God of fire the son of Jupiter and Juno he was thrown out of heaven for his deformity into the Isle of Lemnos by which fall he became lame he was brought up by Eurynome the daughter of Oceanus and Thetis he was the master of the Cyclops and made Thunderbolts for Jupiter also Hermione's bracelet Ariadne's Crown the Chariot of the Sun the Armour of Achilles and Aeneas c. he would have married Minerva but she refusing him he married Venus whom he having caught in bed with Mars threw a Net over them and exposed them to the view of all the gods Vulgarity lat a being common vulgar or publickly known Vulneration lat a wounding or hurting Vulpine lat belonging to or like a Fox crafty subtle Vulsion lat a pulling Vulturine lat belonging to a Vultur or Geyr being a ravenous kind of bird Vulturnus a certain Town of Campania with a River of the same name Vvula lat the pallat of the mouth U X Vxellodunum a Town of Quercy in France vulgarly called Cadenack Vxorious lat belonging to a wife also fond or doating upon a wife U Z Vzita a Citie of Africa called by Strabo Uxitas W A WAdham Colledge a Colledge in the University of Oxford so called from the name of him that erected it Wafters a Term in Navigation men of War that attend merchants ships to conduct them safe along Wage see Gage To Wage Law to prosecute a law sute A Wagtail a kinde of bird otherwise called a Waterswallow in Latin Motacilla in Ital. Ballarina Waif or Waive the same which the Civilians call derelictum any thing whether it be Cattel strayed or goods stolen and quitted upon Hue and Cry which being found are to be proclaimed sundry Market dayes and if they challenge them within a year and a day are to be restored otherwise they are to belong to the Lord of the Franchise also as a man forsaken of the Law to which he was sworn is said out-lawed so a woman not being sworn to the Law is called Waive Wain Dutch a decreasing defect or want Waive see Waif Wakes certain feasts and solemnities which use to be kept the week after that Saints day to whom the Parish Church was dedicated Walbury Sax. gratious an ancient proper name of several women Waldwin a proper name signifying in the German tongue a Conquerour answerable to the Latin name Victor for Waldin we now use Gawen Walereared a Term in Navigation not shipshapen or when a ship is built right up Walter the proper name of a man signifying in Dutch a Pilgrim or as others say a Woodman Wandsdike contracted from the Saxon Wodensdike i. the Ditch of Woden the Brittish Mars a Ditch of wonderfull work in Wiltshire many miles in length near which Ina King of the West Saxons and Ceoâ—red King of the Mercians joyned battel and departed the field on even hand