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

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Numitor King of the Albans they were preserved from the cruelty of their Unkle Amulius by Laurentia of which see more in Laurentia Romulus having slain his brother Remus obtained the sole Government of the Citie to himself he overcam● the Veientes who made warre upon the Romans because that they wanting wives had ravisht the Virgins that came from Neighbouring places to see their shews called Consualia dedicating the spoiles to Jupiter Feretrius he also overcame the Fidenates and the Sabines whom he caused with Titus Toetius their King to inhabit Rome and to joyn into one Common-wealth with the Romans at length in a great Assembly at the Lake of Caprea a sudden Tempest arising he vanisht away none knowing what became of him Roncevalles anciently called Rocida Valis a Town of Navar famous for the burial of Rowland kinsman to Charles the Great Rondacher French he that carrieth a Rondach i. a Target or Buckler Rondelier French the same also a Target maker Rood the same as Rod or Pearch also a Crosse. Roodloft Saxon a shrine a place to put a rood or crosse in or the image or relique of any Saint Rorid Roral or Rorulent lat dewy bespringled with dew Rosamunda the daughter of Cunimundus King of the Gepidae she was married to Alboinus King of the Lombards who having made a feast drank a health to her out of a Cup made of his fathers skull for which she procured his death by the means of Herminges with whom she fled to Longinus Exarch of Ravenna and married him but afterwards being in hopes to marry Longinus she offered a potion to Helminges in the bath which was poison which he suspecting forced her to drink it her self the word signifieth in Saxon rose of peace Rosarie lat a place where Roses grow also a short prayer book or a pair of beads containing 150 Pater Nosters and 150 Avemaria's Roscid lat the same as rorid Roscoman a County of Ireland in the Province of Conaught Rose a Christian name of divers women the signification well known Rosion lat a gnawing Rosse a Countrey of Scotland denominated from the Brittish word Rosse i. a heath or place of lings Rostration lat a thrusting in the beak or bill Rotation lat a wheeling or moving about like a wheel To say a lesson by Rote to say it as roundly and currently as a wheel runs in his rote or track Rotundity lat roundnesse Rou old word ugly froward Rouge Crosse see Pursuivant Roundin a Term in Navigation is a letting rise the main or foretack and haling aft the foresheat to the cathead and main sheat to the cabridge-head when the wind larges upon the main and foresail Roundel a Term in Heraldry being the figure of a round ball Roundelay a Sheapherds song or dance Roundlet a wine measure containing 8 Gallons and a half Rounds a Term in Sculpture the fragments of statues Rowland a proper name of a man signifying in Dutch Councel for the land To Rowze a Hart to raise him from his harbour Rowze the Forresters say a rowz of Wolves in Faulconry a Hawk is said to rowse not shake her self Rous-in a Term in Navigation to make a Cable tight when it is slack upon the water A Routurier Fr. a Pesant or Plough-man Colour de Roy a violet colour which is the French Kings proper colour Royal French kingly belonging to a King whence Royalties the Rights or Prerogative of a King Royal is also a Term in Hunting see Torch Royal. R U Rubefaction lat a making red Rubet a stone found in the head of a Toad commonly called a Toad-stone Rubicon a River of Italy between Rimini and Ravenna which ●loweth into the Adriatick Sea it is now called Runcone or Piscatello Rubicund lat bloud red Rubie a certain red Gem shining in the dark like a spark of fire Rubiginous lat see Robigus Rubrication lat a making red whence Rubricative a plaister so strongly drawing that it makes the part look red Rubrick a special Title of the Law or a noted sentence of any book marked with red Letters also a Calender of Saints and Festivals Ructation lat a belching Rudheath a place in Cheshire where there was formerly a sanctuary for those that had trespassed against the Law to remain secure for a year and a day Rudiments lat the first Elements or principles of any art or faculty because those that come first to be instructed are to be imagined altogether rude and ignorant Ruffe a certain kinde of fish by some called an Aspredo Rugosity lat ruggednesse fulnesse of wrinkles Ruinous lat going to wrack falling to decay A Carpenters Rule an instrument to measure board or timber with Rumbe see Rhombe Rumia a certain goddesse among the ancient Romans who was said to have the care of sucking children from Rumi an ancient Latin word signifying womens paps To Rumidge in Navigation is to remove goods or luggage out of a ships howld whence it is also used upon other occasions Rumigeration lat a carrying tales a spreading a rumour or report abroad Rumination lat a chewing of the cud a pondering in ones minde or earnestly thinking upon any thing Ruminus a sirname of Jupiter affording teats to every creature Runcina the goddesse of weeding Ruption lat a breaking or bursting Rural lat belonging to the Countrey Russia a Countrey of Europe bordering upon Hungary toward the South Rustication lat a dwelling in the Country Rusticity lat a Countrey Garb or carriage also clownishnesse Rut to desire copulation a Term most properly applied to Deer Rutilation lat a shining glistring or glaring Ruttier French a direction for the finding out of courses by Land or Sea also an old beaten Souldier S A SAbaoth from the Hebrew Scabath to rest a celebration of the seventh day of the week as a day of rest among the Jews in remembrance of Gods resting from the work of the creation on that day instead of which the first day of the week called the Lords day hath been ever observed by Christians in remembrance of Christs Resurrection Sabbatarians those that observe the Jewish-Sabbath Sabbatical lat belonging to the Sabbath Sabellians a sort of Hereticks so called from Sabellius their first Author they affirmed the Father Son and holy Ghost to be one onely person having three names Sable French the colour black in Heraldry also a certain rich furre taken from a Russian beast so called Sabrina the name of a very fair and pleasant River springing out of Plimlimmon Hills in Wales and taking its course through Shropshire Worcestershire and several other Shires it is vulgarly called Severn see Severn Saburrate lat to ballast a ship with Gravel Sacerdotal lat priestly belonging to a Priest Saccus cum brochia a service of finding a sack and a broach to the King by virtue of a Tenure for the use of his Army Sachem a general name for any great Prince or Ruler among the people of the West-Indies Sack a measure of Wool containing 26
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
being near at hand also earnestness or urgency Instauration lat a renewing or repairing Instigation lat a stirring or pricking on a provoking Instillation lat an instilling or causing to drop by little and little Instimulation lat the same as Instigation Instinct lat a natural inward motion or prompting Institutes lat ordinances precepts or commandments and particularly certain bookes of the Civil Law collected by Justinian Institution lat an ordaining or appointing † Ins●bid lat hasty inconsiderate rash Insubria a Country of Italy anciently called Gallia Cisalpina now Lumbardy from the Lumbards a people of Pannonia which conquered it Insular lat belonging to an Island or Island-like Insulsity lat unsavoriness unpleasantness also folly bluntness of wit Insultation lat a leaping on also a boasting or insulting Insuperable lat not to be vanquisht or overcome 〈◊〉 lat not to be born or indured Insurrection lat a rising against Intabulation lat a laying on of boards or planks Intactible lat not to be touched Intakers a sort of theeves so called because they receive such things as the outparters bring to them Intamination lat a defiling or polluting Intangible lat the same as Intactible Integral whole in Arithmetick integral numbers are opposed to fractions Integration lat a making whole or restoring Integrity lat sincerity uprightness as it were soundness and intireness of mind Integument lat a covering a garment to cover with Intellectual lat belonging to the Intellect i. e. the faculty or act it self of understanding Intelligence lat knowledge understanding wisdom Intemperance lat inordinatness of life a want of temperance to contain a mans desires and lusts Intempestivity lat unseasonableness a doing a thing out of due season and order Intenebration lat a darkning or obscuring Inteneration lat a making tender a softning Intense lat stretched to the utmost contrary to remisse as intensely cold i. cold in a high degree remissely cold i. cold in a low degree Intent or Intentive lat seriously bent upon a business Intentation lat a threatning as it were a trying o● indeavouring against Interc●lation lat an interserting or putting between it is particularly applyed to the putting in of a day into the moneth of February in Bissextile or Leap-year Intercession lat a praying or mediating in the behalf of another as it were a stepping between to keep off harm or danger Intercident lat falling between as an intercidental day an extraordinary critical day which being caused by the violence of the disease falls between the ordinary critical dayes Intercision lat a cutting between or in the midst Interclusion lat a shutting between or a stopping up the passage between one thing and another Intercolumniation lat the distane be-two Columns or Pillars also some kind of work placed between them It is a term used in Architecture Intercostal lat being between the ribs as those veins and muscles which run along in those parts are called in Anatomy the intercostal veins and muscles Intercurrent lat running or passing between whence the substantive intercourse commonly used Intercutaneous lat being between the skin and the flesh Interdict or Interdiction lat a forbidding or debarring one the use of any thing In Common and Canon Law interdiction is particularly taken for an Ecclesiastical censure prohibiting the use of Divine rites to the person condemned also such persons whom all men are forbidden to receive into their house are said to be interdicted of fire and water Interduct lat a leading between also a sp●ce left between full periods in writing or printing Interemption lat a killing or violent depriving of life † Interequitation lat a riding between Interest a Verb impersonal in Latin signifieth it concerns or belongs unto but we commonly use it substantively for a concernment right or appertainment al●o usury the use of money lent being as it were the right of him that lends Interfaction lat an interrupting or disturbing any one by speaking in the midst of their discourse Interfecti●n lat a killing Interfectour an interficient or destroying Planet and which is placed in the eighth house in a Nativity either five degrees before the cusp of the house or 25 after Secondly the Lord of the eighth house Thirdly the Planet that is joyned to the Lord of the eighth house Fourthly the Planet that disposeth of the Lord of the eighth house when he is not therein Interfeer Frence to hit one leg against another also to exchange blows Interfluent or Interfluous lat flowing between Interrogatories in Common Law are questions demanded of witnesses brought in Interjacent lat lying between Interjection lat a casting between It is commonly used for one of the eight parts of Speech in Grammar expressing some sudden passion of the mind Interim an Adverb signifying in Latin in the mean while but we commonly use it substantively for the time passing between Interiour lat inward being on the inside Interition lat a perishing or decaying Interloquution lat a speaking or discoursing between Interlopers in Common Law are those that without legal authority intercept the trade of a company as it were Interleapers Interlucation lat a letting in of light between by the cutting away of boughs a term in Gardening Interlude lat a kind of Stage-play that which is sung or represented between the several Acts. Interlunary lat belonging to the Interlunium or space between the old and new Moon Intermeation lat a passing between Intermedian or Intermeate lat being in the middle or lying between Intermeteth old word medleth Intermication lat a shining between or in the midst Intermission lat a putting between also a deferring or leaving off for a while Intermissions a term in Architecture the spaces between the wall and the pillars or between pillars and pillars Intermixtion lat a mingling between or amongst Intermural space lat a space between two walls Internal lat inward Internecion lat a making a universal slaughter or utter destroying Internigration lat a mingling of black Internuntiation lat a going or sending of a message between several parties Interpellation lat an interrupting or disturbing Interplication lat a folding between Interpolation lat a fixing or inserting between Interposition lat an interposing or putting between Interpretation lat an interpreting expounding or explaining Interpunction lat a distinguishing by making points or pricks between Interreign in Latin Interreguum the space between the death of one Prince or Ruler and the succession or election of another whence Interrex he that ruleth or beareth sway during that space Interrogation lat an asking or demanding a question Interruption lat a troubling or disturbing any one in the midst of a businesse Interscription lat an interlining a writing between two lines Intersecants in Heraldry are pertransient lines which crosse one another Intersection lat a cutting in the midst Intersertion lat a graffing or putting in between Intersonant lat sounding between or in the midst Interspersion lat a sprinkling or scattering between Interspiration lat a