GLOSSARY OF OBSOLETE WORDS, AND OF WORDS VARYING FROM THEIR ORDINARY SIGNIFICATION. A. Abate, to depress, sink, subdue. ABC, a catechism. Abhor, to protest against. Abjects, debased servile persons. Able, to qualify or uphold. Abortive, issuing before its time. Absolute, complete, perfect. Abuse, deception. Abused, deceived. Agnize, acknowledge, confess, vow. Argument, subject for conversa A-good, in good earnest. Aim, guess, suspicion. Aider-liefest, best beloved. Ale, a merry-meeting. A'life, at life. Allow, to approve. Allowance, approbation. Amaze, to perplex. Aby, to pay dear for, to rue, to Amazonian chin, a beardless chin. suffer. tion, evidence, proof. Arm, to take up in the arms. Art, practice as distinguished from theory; also, theory. Articulate, to enter into articles. Artificial, ingenious, artful. As, as if. Ascaunt, askew, sideways Ames-ace, the lowest chance of Aspect, countenance. the dice. Amiss, misfortune. Amort, dispirited. An, as if. Anchor, a hermit. Aspersion, sprinkling. As point, completely armed. Assay, test. Ascapart, a giant. Assinego, a male ass. Ancient, an ensign, or standara- Astringer, a gentleman falconer. * bearer. Angle, a fishing-rod. Anight, in the night. Answer, retaliation. Anthropophagi, cannibals. Antick, the fool of the old play. Antiquity, old age. Antres, caves and dens. Appeache, to impeach. Appeared, made apparent. Assurance, conveyance or deed Ates, instigate from Até, the goddess of bloodshed. Atomies, minute particles visible in the sun's rays. Attasked, taken to task. Attended, waited for. Attent, attentive. Atone, to reconcile. Attest, attestation. Apple-john, an apple that will Attorney, deputation. keep for two years. hension. Affection, affectation, imagination. Approved, experienced. Affectioned, affected. Affects, affections. Affeered, confirmed. Affied, betrothed. Affined, joined by affinity. Affront, to confront. Affy, to betroth Aglet-baby, a diminutive being, not exceeding the tag of a point, from aiguilettes. Approvers, those who try. Aqua-vitæ, strong waters, pro bably usquebaugh. Arabian bird, the phenix. Argentine, the goddess Diana. Argier, Algiers. Argosies, ships laden with great wealth. Attorneyship, the discretional agency of another. Attornied, supplied by substitution of embassies. Audacious, spirited, animated. Authentic, learned. Awless, failing to produce awe. B. Baccare, stand back, give place. Bairn, brushwood. Baldrick, a belt. Bale, misery. Baleful, baneful. Balked, bathed or piled up. Ballase, ballast. Brain's-flow, tears. Bias-cheek, swelling out like the Brack, to salt. Balm, the oil of consecration. Ban, curse. Band, bond. Bandog, village-dog. Bandy, to exchange smartly. Banning, cursing. Benumbed, inflexible. Beshrew, may ill befall. Besmirch, to foul or dirty. Best, bravest. Bestowed, stowed away, lodged. Bestraught, distracted. Banquet, a slight repast. suffer. Bar, barrier. Bewray, betray. Bezonian, a mean fellow. Barbe, a kind of veil. Barbed, warlikely caparisoned. b.as of a bowl. Barber-monger, an associate of Bid, to invite. barbers. Bid-the-base, to challenge in a Brake, an instrument of torture; Bilberry, the whortleberry. also a trickеt. Bilbo, a Spanish blade, made at Brasier, a manufacturer of brass; Bill, a weapon, formerly carried Bravely, splendidly, gallantly. Bin, is. Bisson, blind. Blaze of youth, the spring of early life. (Blench, to start off, to fly off. Blind-worms, the cæcilia, or slow worm. * Bay, the space between the main | Blood-boltered, daubed with blood. beams of a house. Bay-curtal, a bay docked horse. Beadsmen, religious persons, main tained to pray for their benefactor. Blown, puffed-up, swollen. Bloody, sanguine. Blue caps, the Scotch. Bear a brain, to perfectly resemble. Board, to accost. Bearing-cloth, a mantle used at Bodkin, a small dagger. Break, to begin. Break with, to break the matter to. Breeched, foully sheathed, mired. practice. Bring, to attend or accompany Broach, to put on the spit, to Blunt, stupid, insensible. Blurt, blurted, an expression of Beak, the forecastle. contempt. Beard, to defy. Bobb, to trick. Bearing, demeanour. Bodged, boggled, clumsy. curess. christenings. Bolted, sifted. Brooched, adorned. Beat (in falconry), to flutter. Beating, hammering, dwelling Bolting-hutch, the receptacle in Brought, attended. Brow of youth, the height of Brown-bill, a battle-axe. Brownist, a follower of Brown, a sectarian. Bruising-irons, an allusion to the ancient mace. Boot, profit, something over and Bruit, report with clamour. Beholding, viewing with regard. Bore, demeaned. Behowl, to howl at. Being, abode. Beldame, ancient mother. Be-lee'd, becalmed. Belongings, endowments. Be-mete, be-measure. Be-moiled, bedraggled, bemired. Bending, unequal to the weight. Benefit, beneficiary. [sion. Bent, utmost degree of any pas Brush of time, decay of time. bugbears, sel. Bung, a cut-purse. Burgonet, a helmet. Butt-shaft, an arrow to shoot at shafts with. Buxom, obedient. By'rlaken, by our lady. all night to drink Canker, the dog-rose. Canstick, candlestick. Cantons, cantos. Canvas, to sift. Canvas-climber, a sailor. Cap, the top, the chief. Cap, to salute by taking off the Chair, throne. Chaliced, i. e. flowers, with cups, from calix. Challenge, the right of refusing a juryman. Chamber, ancient name for London; also, a piece of ord nance. Clamour, a term in bell-ringing. Clap-in, fall to. Clapped i' the clout, hit the white mark. Clap, to join hands. Clean, completely. Clean kam, awry. Clear, pure. Clearest, purest. Clerkly, learned, scholar-like. Clout, the white mark at which archers shoot. Clouted, hobnailed. Chamberers, intriguers. thedral. a confederate. Coasting, conciliatory. Character, hand-writing. letters are made. Charm your tongue, be silent. Chary, cautious. Chases, a term in tennis. Chaudron, entrails. Cob-loaf, a crusty, uneven loaf. Cockle-hat, a pilgrim's hat. Coigne of vantage, convenient corner. Coignes, corners. Cheater, for escheatour, an officer Coil, bustle, stir. in the Exchequer. Checks, probably for ethics. Cheer, countenance. Cherry-pit, a game with cherry stones. Cheveril, soft leather; also, conscience. Chew, to ruminate, consider. Chewet, a chattering bird. Cold, naked. Chide, to resound, to echo; also, Combinate, betrothed. to scold, be clamorous. Chiding, sound; noisy. Child, a knight, a hero. Child, a female infant. pregnant. Chopine, a high shoe. Castiliano vulgo, a cant term of Childing, unseasonably Chough, a bird of the daw species. Christom or chrisom, the white cloth put on a new baptized child. Chuck, chicken, a term of endear ment. Chuff, rich, avaricious. Chopping, jabbering. Comfort, to aid. Commission, authority. Committed, lain with.. Comparative, a dealer in com parisons. Compassed, round. Compassed cape, a round cape. Compose, to come to a composition. Composition, bargain; also, con sistency. Competitors, confederates. Conceit, imagination, wit, idea. Concent, connected harmony. Contemptible, contemptuous. Continue, to spend, Continent, containing. Contraction, marriage-contract. Contrary, to contradict. Day-woman, dairymaid. Crack, dissolution; also, a boy- Daub, to disguise. Cranks, windings. Cranking, or crankling, the rush Day-light, broad day. of a river. Crants, garlands. Crare, a small trading vessel. Craven, a cowardly cock, mean, Crash, to be merry over. Contrarious, different. cowardly. Contrive, to spend, to wear out. Create, compounded, made up of. Control, confute. Credit, account, information, cre Convents, agrees, is convenient. dulity. Convented, summoned. Conversion, change of condition. Cressive, increasing. Cressets, lights set upon a beacon. Crest, the summit. Crestless, those who have no right to armorial bearings. Crewel, worsted. Crisp, curled, winding. Critical, censorious. Crone, a very old woman. Dear, immediate, consequential. Decline to run through (as in Declined, the fallen. Deem, opinion, surmise. Defeature, alteration of features. Crosses, money stamped with a Defence, art of fencing. cross. Crow-keeper, a scarecrow. Crusado, a Portuguese coin. Crush, to drink. Crush a cup, to crack a bottle. Cub-drawn, alluding to a bear Cue, a theatrical term, the last Cuisses, armour for the thighs. Defend, to forbid. Deftly, adroitly, dexterously. Defy, to reject. Degrees, steps. Delay, to let slip. Demurely, solemnly. Denay, denial. Descant, to harangue upon; also, Drawn fox, one which is trailed Envy, aversion, malice. a term in music. Deserved, deserving. Design, to nark out. Despatched, bereft. Detected, suspected. Ditch, do it. Dickon, Richard. Die, gaming. Diet, to compel to fast. Diffused, wild, irregular. Digress, to deviate from what is right. Digression, transgression. Dildos, the burthen of a song. Dint, impression. Discontents, malcontents. Discourse, reason. Disease, uneasiness, discontent. Diseases, sayings. Disgrace, hardship, injury. Dishabited, dislodged. Dislike, displease. Dislimn, to unpaint, obliterate. Disme, tenth, or tithe. Disnatured, wanting natural af fection. over the ground, to deceive Drachmas, a Greek coin. Dressings, appearances of virtue. Drive, to fly with impetuosity. Drumble, to act lazily. Ducdame (duc ad me), bring him Duke, a leader. Enviously, angrily. [family. Esil, or Eisel, a river. Even, to make even, or evident. Evils, jakes. Excellent differences, distinguished Durance, some lasting kind of Excrement, the beard. stuff. E. excellencies. Execute, to use or employ. Exercise, exhortation. Eager (from aigre, Fr.), sour, Exhale, to breathe one's last. harsh. Eanlings, lambs. Ear, to plough. Ear-kissing, whispering. Easy, slight, inconsiderable. Exhaust, to draw forth. Exhibition, allowance. Exigent, end, exigency. Exorcism, the raising of spirits. Expect, expectation. Expedience, expedition. Expedient, expeditious. Effects, affections; also, actions, Expediently, expeditiously. deeds effected. a Eftest, readiest. Dissemble, to gloss over, disguise. things together. Distractions, detachments, sepa rate bodies. Divert, to turn aside. Dole, alms, distribution, lot. Done, expended, consumed. Done upon the gad, suddenly. Double, full of duplicity. Double vouchers, a law term. Dout, to do out, extinguish, Down-gyved, hanging down, like Draught, the jakes. SHAKS -NOs. 121 & 122. Egypt, a gipsy. Eld, old time; also, aged persons. Element, initiation. Elf, done by elves, or fairies. Embare, to expose. Enfeoff, to invest with possession. Engross, to fatten. Engaged, delivered as an hostage. Enmesh, to inclose, as in meshes. Enmew (in falconry), to force to lie in cover. Enridged, bordered. Expostulate, to discuss. Exsufflicate, bubble-like. Extent, violence, seizure. Extern, external. Extremity, calamity. Eyliads, eyes. Eyne, eyes. Eyry, a nest of hawks. F. Face, to carry a foolish appear ance. Face-royal, a privileged face. Factions, active. Faculty, exercise of power. Fadge, to suit. Fadings, a dance. Ensconce, to secure in a safe Faith, fidelity. place, to fortify. Enseamed, greasy. Entreatments, favours; also, ob- Faithfully, fervently. Fain, fond. Fair, for fairness. : Fancies and good-nights, little poems so called. 4 P |