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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.
Airy fame, mere verbal eulogy.

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.

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tion, evidence, proof.

Arm, to take up in the arms.
Aroint, avaunt, begone.
A-row, successively.

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.
Appeal, to accuse.

Appeared, made apparent.

Assurance, conveyance or deed
Assured, affianced.

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.
Apply, to attend to, consider.
Appointment, preparation.
Apprehension, opinion.
Apprehensive, quick of compre-

hension.

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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.
Arch, chief.
Argentine, silver.

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.
Audrey, a corruption of Ethelrea.
Augurs, prognostications.
Aukward, adverse.
Aunts, strumpets.

Authentic, learned.
Awful, reverend.

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.

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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.
Bank, to sail along banks.

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.

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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;

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Bill, a weapon, formerly carried Bravely, splendidly, gallantly.

Bin, is.
Bird-bolt, an arrow shot at birds Braying, harsh, grating.
from a cross-bow.

Bisson, blind.
Blank, the white mark in a target.
Blank and level, mark and aim,
(terms of gunnery.)

Blaze of youth, the spring of

early life.
Blear, to deceive.

(Blench, to start off, to fly off.
Blent, blended.

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.
Bay-window, a bow-window,

Beadsmen, religious persons, main

tained to pray for their benefactor.

Blown, puffed-up, swollen.
Blows, swells.

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 up, to carve.

Break with, to break the matter to.
Breast, voice.
Breath, speech, also exercise.
Breathing-courtesy, mere verbal
compliment.

Breeched, foully sheathed, mired.
Breeching, liable to be flogged.
Breathed, inured by constant

practice.
Breathe, to utter.
Breed-bate, an exciter of quarrels.
Bribe-buck, a buck sent as a bribe,
Bridal, the nuptial feast.

Bring, to attend or accompany
Brize, the gad, or horse-fly.

Broach, to put on the spit, to

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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
which the meal is bolted.

Brought, attended.

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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

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Brush of time, decay of time.
false terrors.
Bug, bugb
Bumbard, a large drinking ves-

bugbears,

sel.

Bung, a cut-purse.
Bunting, a bird.

Burgonet, a helmet.
Busky, woody.

Butt-shaft, an arrow to shoot at

shafts with.

Buxom, obedient.

By'rlaken, by our lady.

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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

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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.
Claw, to flatter.

Clean, completely.

Clean kam, awry.

Clear, pure.

Clearest, purest.
Clepe, to call.

Clerkly, learned, scholar-like.
Cling, to dry, or shrink up.
Clinquant, glittering.
Clipt, embraced.

Clout, the white mark at which

archers shoot.

Clouted, hobnailed.

Chamberers, intriguers.
Champian, an open country.
Chantry, a small chapel in a ca- Coach-fellow, one who draws with

thedral.

a confederate.

Coasting, conciliatory.

Character, hand-writing.
Charactery, the matter with whien Codling, an unripe apple.

letters are made.

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Charm your tongue, be silent.
Charmer, one who deals in magic.
Charneco, a sweet wine.
Chance, fortune.

Chary, cautious.

Chases, a term in tennis. Chaudron, entrails.

Cob-loaf, a crusty, uneven loaf.
Cock, cock-boat.
Cock-and-pye, a vulgar oath.
Cockshut-time, twilight.
Cockle, a corn-weed.

Cockle-hat, a pilgrim's hat.
Codding, amorous.
Codpiece, a part of the dress.
Coffin, the cavity of a raised pie.
Cog, to cheat with dice, to lie.
Cognizance, badge or token.
Cogging, lying.

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.

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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

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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.
Comforting, abetting.
Comma, connection.

Commission, authority.
Commend, commit.

Committed, lain with..
Commodity, self-interest.
Commonty, a comedy.
Compact, made up of.
Companies, companions.
Compare, comparison.

Comparative, a dealer in com

parisons.

Compassed, round.

Compassed cape, a round cape.
Compassed window, a bow-window.
Compassionate, plaintive.

Compose, to come to a composition.
Composture, composition.

Composition, bargain; also, con

sistency.

Competitors, confederates.
Complements, accomplishments.
Complexion, humour.
Comply, to compliment.
Comptible, submissive.

Conceit, imagination, wit, idea.
Conceited, ingenious.

Concent, connected harmony.
Conclusions, experiments.
Concupy, concupiscence.
Condolement, sorrow.
Conduct, conductor.
Coney-catched, tricked.
Coney-catcher, a cheat.
Confession, profession.
Confineless, boundless.
Confound, to destroy.
Conject, conjecture
Consent, will, conspiracy.
Consider, reward.
Consigned, sealed.
Consist, stand.
Consort, company.
Conspectuity, sight.
Constancy, consistency.
Constantly, certainly.

Contemptible, contemptuous.
Continuate, uninterrupted.

Continue, to spend,

Continent, containing.

Contraction, marriage-contract.

Contrary, to contradict.

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Day-woman, dairymaid.
Dealt, fought by proxy.

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.
Credent, credible.

Control, confute.

Credit, account, information, cre

Convents, agrees, is convenient.

dulity.

Convented, summoned.

Conversion, change of condition.
Converse, associate, interchange.
Convertite, a convert.

Cressive, increasing.

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Cressets, lights set upon a beacon.

Crest, the summit.

Crestless, those who have no right

to armorial bearings.

Crewel, worsted.

Crisp, curled, winding.
Critic, cynic.

Critical, censorious.

Crone, a very old woman.

Dear, immediate, consequential.
Dearn, direful, lonely, solitary.
Death-tokens, spots on those in-
fected with the plague.
Death's-man, executioner.
Debitor, debtor.
Deboshed, debauched.
Decay, poverty, misfortunes.
Deck of cards, a pack.
Decked, sprinkled.

Decline to run through (as in
grammar) from first to last.

Declined, the fallen.

Deem, opinion, surmise.
Deer, animals in general.
Default (in the), at a need.
Defeat, to free, to disembarrass.

Defeature, alteration of features.

Crosses, money stamped with a Defence, art of fencing.

cross.

Crow-keeper, a scarecrow.
Crownet, last purpose.
Crulentious, cruel.

Crusado, a Portuguese coin.

Crush, to drink.

Crush a cup, to crack a bottle.
Cry, a pack of hounds.
Cry aim, to encourage.
Crystals, the eyes.

Cub-drawn, alluding to a bear
whose dugs are dry.

Cue, a theatrical term, the last
word of the preceding speech.

Cuisses, armour for the thighs.
Cullion, a paltry fellow.
Cunning, knowledge.
Curb, to bend or truckle.

Defend, to forbid.

Deftly, adroitly, dexterously.

Defy, to reject.

Degrees, steps.

Delay, to let slip.
Demerits, merits.

Demurely, solemnly.

Denay, denial.
Denayed, denied.
Denier, a coin.
Denude, to strip, livest.
Deny, to refuse.
Depart, to part.
Departing, separation.
Depend, to be in service.
Deprive, to disinherit.
Deracinate, to root up.
Derogate, degraded.

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.
Disable, to undervalue.
Disappointed, unprepared.
Discandy, to dissolve.
Disclose, to hatch.

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.

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over the ground, to deceive
the hounds.

Drachmas, a Greek coin.

Dressings, appearances of virtue.
Drew, assembled.

Drive, to fly with impetuosity.
Drollery, a puppet-shew.
Drugs, drudges.

Drumble, to act lazily.

Ducdame (duc ad me), bring him
to me, the burthen of a song.
Dudgeon, the handle of a dagger.
Due, to endue, to deck.
Dullard, a stupid person.
Dump, a mournful elegy.
Dup, to do up, to lift up.
Dull, gentle soothing.
Dumb, to make silent.

Duke, a leader.

Enviously, angrily.
Ephesian, a cant terra.
Erring, errant, wandering.
Escape, illegitimate child.
Escoted, paid.

[family.

Esil, or Eisel, a river.
Esperance, motto of the Percy
Espials, spies.
Essential, existent, real.
Estimate, price.
Estimation, conjecture.
Estridges, ostriches.
Eterne, eternal.

Even, to make even, or evident.
Even christian, fellow-christian.

Evils, jakes.
Examined, doubted.

Excellent differences, distinguished

Durance, some lasting kind of Excrement, the beard.

stuff.

E.

excellencies.

Execute, to use or employ.
Executors, executioners.

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.
Eche, to eke out.
Ecstasy, madness.

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.
Dissembling, putting dissimilar

things together.
Distained, unstained.
Distaste, to corrupt.
Distemper, intoxication.
Distemperature, perturbation.
Distempered, out of humour.
Distraught, distracted.

Distractions, detachments, sepa

rate bodies.

Divert, to turn aside.
Division, a term in music.
Doff, to put off.

Dole, alms, distribution, lot.
Dolphin, the dauphin.
Don, to put on, to do on.
Done to death, killed.

Done, expended, consumed.

Done upon the gad, suddenly.
Dotant, dotard.

Double, full of duplicity.

Double vouchers, a law term.
Doubt, to fear.

Dout, to do out, extinguish,
Dowle, a feather.

Down-gyved, hanging down, like
what confines the fetters
round the ancles.

Draught, the jakes.
Draw, to withdraw.
Drawn, embowelled.

SHAKS -NOs. 121 & 122.

Egypt, a gipsy.

Eld, old time; also, aged persons.

Element, initiation.

Elf, done by elves, or fairies.
Elvish-marked, marked by elves.
Emballing, distinguished by the
ball, the emblem of royalty.

Embare, to expose.
Embarquements, impediments.
Embossed, inclosed, swollen, puffy.
Embowelled, exhausted.
Embraced, indulged in.
Empericutick, empirical.
Empery, sovereign power.
Emulous, envious, jealous.
Emulation, envy.
Encave, to hide.
Endart, to dart forth.

Enfeoff, to invest with possession.

Engross, to fatten.

Engaged, delivered as an hostage.
Engrossments, accumulation.
Enkindle, to stimulate.

Enmesh, to inclose, as in meshes.

Enmew (in falconry), to force to

lie in cover.

Enridged, bordered.

Expostulate, to discuss.

Exsufflicate, bubble-like.
Extend, to seize.

Extent, violence, seizure.

Extern, external.

Extremity, calamity.
Expiate, to end.
Exposture, exposure.
Express, to reveal.
Expulsed, expelled.
Extracting, distracting.
Extravagant, wandering.
Eyas musket, a young hawk.
Eyases, nestlings.

Eyliads, eyes.

Eyne, eyes.

Eyry, a nest of hawks.
Eysel, vinegar,

F.

Face, to carry a foolish appear

ance.

Face-royal, a privileged face.
Facinorous, wicked.
Fact, guilt.

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.
Enseer, to dry up.
Enshield, concealed.
Ensteeped, immersed.
Entertainment, pay; also, being
received into service.

Entreatments, favours; also, ob-
jects of entreaty.

Faithfully, fervently.

Fain, fond.

Fair, for fairness.
Faitors, traitors.
Falsing, falsifying.
Falsely, illegally, dishonestly.
Familiar, a demon.

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Fancies and good-nights, little poems so called.

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