DREDGE, s. a mixture of oats and barley. Job ENSAMPLE, s. example. 1 Cor. 10. 11; Phil. 3. 17. 24. 6, in the margin. Sowe barlie and dredge. Tusser, Husbandry, 16. 13 (E. D. S.). DRESS, v. to trim. Gen. 2. 15; Ex. 30. 7; Dt. 28. 39. Adam, well may we labour still to dress This garden. Milton, P. L. 9. 205. DUKE, 8. a leader, chief. Gen. 36. 15; &c. Be merciful, great duke [i. e. Fluellen], to men of mould. Shak. Hen. V. iii. 2. 23. DULCIMER, s. a musical instrument. Dan. 3. 5. The solemn pipe And dulcimer, all organs of soft stop. Milton, P. L. vii. 596. DURE, v. to last, endure. Matt. 13. 21. Thou canst not dure, with sorrow thus attaynt. Sackville, The Induction, st. 15. O lyberall prynce, ensaumple of honour. Hoccleve, De Regimine Principum, st. 627. ENSIGN, 8. a standard, banner. Nu. 2. 2; Isa. 5. 26. With scatter'd arms and ensigns. Milton, P. L. i. 325. ENSUE, v. to follow upon, follow after, follow and overtake. 1 Pet. 3. 11; Ps. 34. 14 (P.B.). Were it I thought death menaced would ensue This my attempt. Milton, P. L. ix. 977. ENTREAT, v. to treat. Mt. 22. 6; Lu. 18. 32; Ac. 27. 3. If thou have a servant, entreat him as a brother. Ecclus. 33. 31. ENVY, s. malice, spite. Matt. 27. 18; Acts 7. 9. You turn the good we offer into envy. Shak. Hen. VIII. iii. 1. 113. So also envying. Rom. 13. 13. EAR, v. to plough. Dt. 21. 4; 1 S. 8. 12; Is. 30. 24. EQUAL, adj. just, right. Ps. 17. 2; Ezek. 18. 25. EARING, 8. ploughing. 21. Shak. Introd. to Venus. Gen. 45. 6; Exod. 34. By earing up the balks that part their bounds. Gascoigne, Steel Glas, 1034. EARNEST, 8. a pledge, security. 2 Cor. 1, 22; 5. 5; Eph. 1. 14. If not, I have lost my earnest. Shak. Per. iv. 2. 49. EDIFY, v. to build; hence, to build up. Acts 9. 31; 1 Cor. 8. 1; 14. 4. These eremytes [hermits] that edefyen thus by the hye weyes. Langland, P. Pl. C. 10. 203. EFFECT, 8. meaning. Ezek. 12. 23. The effect of my intent. Shak. L. L. L. v. 2. 138. ELEMENTS, 8. pl. rudiments. Gal. 4. 9. (R.V. rudiments.) It was thought that all things were composed of four elementary substances. Does not our life consist of the four elements } Shak. Tw. Nt, ii. 3. 10. EMERODS, 8. pl. hemorrhoids; a disease now called the piles. 1 Sam. 5. 6. Hemorrhues, s. pl. the emrods, or piles. Cotgrave, F. Dict. EMINENT, adj. lofty. Ezek. 16. 24; 17. 22. In shape and gesture EMULATION, s. rivalry. ousy.) P. Gal. 5. 20. proudly eminent. Milton, P. L. 1. 590. Ro. 11. 14. (R.V. jeal(R.V. jealousies.) Such factious emulations shall arise. Ere he says adieu. Shak. Venus, 537. ESCHEW, v. to shun, avoid, Job 1. 1; 2. 3; 1 Pet. 3. 11. The rest, that 'scape his sword, and death eschew. Spenser, F. Q. vi. 8. 49. ESPY, v. to spy, see, perceive. Gen. 42. 27; Jos. 14. 7. Thus treason works ere traitors be espied. ESTATE, s. state, condition. 21; Acts 22. 5. [They] for a while Shak. Lucr. 361. Gen. 43. 7; Mk 6. In mean estate live moderate. Milton, P. L. 12. 351. EVENTIDE, s. evening. Gen. 24. 63; Josh. 7. 6. And this was gladly in the even-tide. manifestly, visibly, plainly, Chaucer, Legend of Thisbe, 770. Acts 10. 3; Gal. 3. 1. shining, and so evident. EVIDENTLY, adv. openly, clearly. So clear, so EVIL, adj. bad. Shak. 1 Hen. VI. ii. 4. 23. Exod. 5. 19; Jer. 24. 3. Hence evil, adv. ill. Exod. 5. 22; Acts 14. 2. Were he evil used. Shak. Hen. VIII, i. 2. 207. EVIL-FAVOUREDNESS, 8. ugliness, deformity. Dt. 17. 1. Cf. ill-favoured. A shrewd, ill-favoured wife. Shak. Tam. Shrew, i. 2. 60. EXCEED, v. to be excessive. Job 36. 9. O, that exceeds. Shak. Much Ado, iii. 4. 17. EXCEEDING, adj. excessive. Eph. 2. 7. ENABLE, v. to make able, to fit, qualify, glorious trial of exceeding love. Milton, P. L. ix. £61. 1 Tim. 1. 12. Enable with perpetual light The dulness of our blinded sight. P.B. Ordering of Priests. ENCHANTMENT, s. incantation, magical art. Ex. 7. 11; Lev. 19. 26. After the last enchantment you did here. Shak. Tw. Nt, iii. 1. 123. ENDAMAGE, v. to damage. Ezra 4. 13. That stretcheth out his hand to hinder or endamage that house of the Lord. 1 Esdras, 6. 33. ENDEAVOUR, v. to use all diligence, to do one's utmost. Eph, 4. 3; 2 Pet. 1. 15. (R.V. give diligence.) I will endeavour anything. Shak. Much Ado, ii. 2. 31. Used reflexively in P.B. Collect for 2 S. aft. Easter. ENDUE, v. to endow. Gen. 30. 20. (R.V. endow.) Also spelt indue. Mercury indue thee with leasing. Shak. Tw. Nt, i. 5. 105. ENGRAFTED, pp. grafted, i.e. grafted in us. Ja. 1. 21. In the engrafted love he bears to Cæsar. Shak. J. Cæs. ii. 1. 184, ENLARGE, v. to set at large or at liberty. 2 Sam. 22. 37; Ps. 4. 1; 18. 36. He shall enlarge him. Shak. Two. Nt, v. 285. Hence enlargement (R.V. deliverance); Esth. 4. 14. As adv. excessively. Gen. 15. 1; &c. EXCHANGER, 8. a money-changer, banker. Matt. 25. 27. Banquier, a banker, an exchanger. Cotgrave, F. Dict. EXERCISED, pp. made familiar. 2 Pet. 2. 14. But of perfet men is sad mete, of hem that han wittis exercisid to discrecioun of good and of yvel. Wyclif, Heb. 5. 14. EXORCIST, 8. one who by adjuration pretends to cast out evil spirits. Acts 19. 13. Is there no exorcist Cf. Cymb. iv. 2. 276. The princes... wait for opportunities, and expect In the image of God Express. Milton, P. L. vii. 527. EYE-SERVICE, 8. service done only whilst the master is looking on. Eph. 6. 6; Col. 3. 22. The most part of servants are but eye-servants. Latimer, Sermons, p. 394 (Parker Soc.). FAIN, adj. glad. Ps. 71. 21 (P.B.). Also adv. gladly. Job 27. 22; Luke 15. 16. They were fain to disperse themselves, every man to his own place. 1 Macc. 6. 54. FALL, v. happen, turn out. Ruth 3. 18. Shak. M. N. Dr. v. 188. Gen. 45. 16; 1 K. 10. So is the fame. Shak. Ant. ii. 2. 166. FAMILIARS, 8. pl. intimate friends. Jer. 20. 10. The king is... my familiar. Shak. L. L. L. v. 1. 101. FAMISH, v. to starve. Zeph. 2. 11. What! did he marry me to famish me? Shak, Tam. Shrew, iv. 3. 3. FAN, s. a winnowing fan. Isa. 30. 24; Matt. 3. 12; Lu. 3. 17. As v. to winnow. Isa. 41. 16; Jer. 4. 11. As chaff which, fann'd, The wind drives. Milton, Ps. i. 11. FARE, v. (1) to be, go on, be in any state. 1 S. 17. 18. (2) to feed, be entertained. Lu. 16. 19. How fares my gracious sir? Shak. Temp. v. 253. You shall fare well. Shak. Per. iv. 2, 84. FASHION, 8. make, shape, form, manner, custom. Gen. 6. 15; 2 K. 16. 10; Lu. 9. 29; Phil. 2. 8. The fashion of his hat. Shak. Much Ado, i. 1. 76. FAST, adj. firmly fixed. Ps. 33. 9; 65. 6. Fast by, close by. Ruth 2. 8, 21. A vessel rides fast by. Shak. Wint. Ta. iv. 4. 512. FAT, s. a vat, a vessel. Joel 2. 24; 3. 13. So also winefat, Mark 12. 1. Fattys, tunnes, &c. Richard Coer de Lion, 1491. FAT, v. to fatten. Lu. 15. 23. Ere this I should have fatted all the region kites With this slave's offal. Shak. Haml. ii. 2. 607. FAUCHION, 8. falchion, curved sword. Judith 13. 6; 16. 9. I fear'd by Tarquin's falchion to be slain. Shak. Lucrece, 1046. FAVOUR, 8. kind regard, kind aspect (where the original signifies 'face'). Ps. 45. 12; 119. 58; Prov. 19. 6. Defeat thy favour [disfigure thy face] with an usurp'd beard. Shak. Oth. i. 3. 346. FEAR, s. object of fear. Gen. 31. 42, 53; Pro. 1. 26. see you fearful. Shak. Meas. iv. 2. 201. FELLOES, 8. pl. the curved pieces of wood composing the rim of a wheel. 1 Kings 7. 33. He fongede faste on the feleyghes [caught hold of them]. Morte Arthure, 3309. FELLOW, s. companion. Ju. 11. 37; Ps. 45. 15 (P. B.). She reproacheth her fellow. Baruch 6. 43. Some roving robber calling to his fellows. Milton, Com. 485. FERVENT, adj. burning. 2 Pet. 3. 10. Fervent, fervent, hot, ardent, scaulding, scorching, burning. Cotgrave, F. Dict. FILL, 8. enough to satisfy one. Deut. 23. 24. Also Gaze your fill. Shak. Tam. Shrew, i. 1. 73. FIRMAMENT, s. sky. Gen. 1. 6; &c. FIRSTLING, 8. the first offspring, esp. of animals. Gen. 4. 4; Ex. 13. 12. And often have you brought the wily fox FITCHES, s. pl. vetches. Isa. 28. 25 (where the FLAG, 8. a kind of iris. Exod. 2. 3 (where it means the papyrus); Job 8. 11; Isa. 19. 6. (See p. 253.) Germander; Flagges; Orenge-trees, &c. Bacon, Essay 46. FLAGON, s. a large flask or bottle. 2 Sam, 6. 19; Isa. 22. 24; Hos. 3. 1. A' poured a flagon of Rhenish on my head once. Shak. Haml. v. 1. 197. FLUX, s. an issue; 'bloody flux' is dysentery. Acts 28. 8. Spelt flixe in 1611. Dysenterie, the bloudy flix. Cotgrave, F. Dict. FOOTMEN, 8. pl. foot-soldiers. Nu. 11. 21; Jer. 12. 5. Infanterie, the infantry, or footmen of an army. Cotgrave. F. Dict. FOR WHY, conj. because (wrongly followed by a note of interrogation). Ps. 16. 11 (P.B.); 105. 41 (P.B.). He saw me nought For-why he heng [hung] his heed [head] adoun. Chaucer, Book of Duchesse, 461. FOREFRONT, s. the front of a battle; the front. 2 Sam. 11. 15; 2 Chr. 20. 27; Lev. 8. 9. Forefront of a battell. Minsheu, Dict. ed. 1627. FOREKNOWLEDGE, 8. previous knowledge. Acts 2. 23; 1 Pet. 1. 2. Pronostique, a presage, or presaging; a foreknowledge, or foreseeing of. Cotgrave, F. Dict. FORESHIP, s. the fore part of a ship, the bow of a ship. Acts 27. 30. So also forepart in Acts 27. 41. Proue, the prow, or forepart of a ship. Cotgrave, F. Dict. Foreshippe, devant de navire. Palsgrave, Dict. FOURSQUARE, adj. square. Ex. 27. 1; Rev. 21. 16. The safe citie... is foure-square, Hackluyt, Voyages, ii. 1. 281. FRANKLY, adv. freely. Lu. 7. 42. As if she were frayed with a sprite. Shak. Troil. iii. 2. 34. FREELY, adv. gratuitously. Nu. 11. 5; Mt. 10. 8; Rev. 22. 17. Myself...freely give unto you this young scholar. Shak. Tam, Shrew, ii. 1. 79. FRET, v. to devour, corrode; hence, to eat in, as an ulcer does. Pres. pt. fretting. Lev. 13. 51; 14. 44. Pp. fret, eaten in. Lev. 13. 55. Cf. Ps. 39. 12 (P.B.). Fret is for the old pp. freten. Till the flesshe of that faire [fair one] was fret of [eaten off] the bones. Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 13029. FROWARD, adj. perverse, untoward, self-willed. Of frawardnes and of strivyng. The fullaris assembleden hem alle. FURNITURE, 8. equipment. Gen. 31. 34; Ex. 35. 14. See the barge be ready; And fit it with such furniture as suits The greatness of his person. Shak. Hen. VIII. ii. 1. 99. GAD, v. to rove about restlessly, as a gossip does. Jer. 2. 36. Give the water no passage; neither a wicked woman liberty to gad abroad. Ecclus. 25. 25. GAINSAY, v. to speak against, contradict. Lu. 21. 15; cf. Tit. 1. 9. You are too great to be by me gainsaid. Shak. 2 Hen. IV. i. 1. 91. GALLANT, adj. splendid. Isa. 33. 21. The enemy comes on in gallant show. Shak. J. Cæs. v. 1. 12. GALLEY, s. a rowing-boat with a low deck. Isa. 33. 21. Antonius... reserved only the best and greatest galleys, from three banks unto ten banks of oars. Sh. Plut., p. 210. GARDEN-HOUSE, s. a summer-house. 2K. 9. 27. Beaumont and Fletcher, Love's Cure, iii. 1. GARNISH, v. to adorn, deck. 2 Ch. 3. 6; Lu. 11. 25; &c. Garnished With such bedecking ornaments of praise. Shak. L. L. L. ii. 1. 78. GAZING-STOCK, s. an object to gaze at in wonder. Nah. 3. 6; Heb. 10. 33. So that we were not onely a gazyng-stocke to the worlde,... but also to the devels themselfes. Udall, On Corinthians, c. 4. (Richardson.) GENDER, v. to produce, engender. Job 38. 29; 2 Tim. 2. 23. Also, to copulate. Lev. 19. 19. Gendereth to, Gal. 4. 24; where the R.V. has 'bearing children unto bondage.' How winter gendereth snow. N. Grimoald, Death of Zoroas, 33. GENERATION, s. (1) an offspring, brood. Matt. 3. 7; Lu. 3. 7. (2) lifetime, age Ex. 17. 16. Is love a generation of vipers? Shak. Troil. iii. 1. 146. GHOST, s. spirit. Hence, to give up the ghost, to die. Matt. 27. 50; Acts 5. 10. Hold the hye wey, and lat thy gost thee lede. Chaucer, Truth, 20. GIFT, s. a bribe. Deut. 16. 19; 2 Chr. 19. 7. Here right-hond is hepid ful of yeftis [their righthand is heaped full of bribes]. Langland, P. Pl. A. 3. 234. GIN, s. snare, trap. Job 18. 9; Is. 8. 14; Am. 3. 5. I know thy trains, Though dearly to my cost, thy gins, thy toils. Milton, Samson, 933. GIVE PLACE, v. (1) to make room for. Lu. 14. 9. (2) to give way, yield. Gal. 2. 5; Eph. 4. 27. Let all the rest give place. Shak. Tw. Nt, ii. 4. 82. GLASS, s. a looking-glass, mirror. 1 Cor. 13. 12; 2 Cor. 3. 18; Jam. 1. 23. Pray stil for me, and for my Glasse of steele. Gascoigne, Steel Glas, 1124. GLISTERING, adj. glittering, bright. 1 Chr. 29. 2; Lu. 9. 29. With glistering spires and pinnacles adorn'd. Milton, P. L. iii. 550. GO ABOUT, v. to endeavour, try. John 7. 20; Rom. 10. 3. So Cicero went about to prove the secte of the Academiques... for to be the best. Bacon, Colours of Good, sec. 1. GO BEYOND, v. to overreach. 1 Thess. 4. 6. We must be wary, else he'll go beyond us. Life of T. Cromwell (1602), iv. 5. 120 (Murray's, Dict.). GO TO, interj. come now! Gen. 11. 3; Jam. 4. 13; 5. 1. Go to away! Shak. Temp. v. 297. GOOD, s. goods, property. 1 Chr. 29. 3. He yafe [gave] hem with his hondes Of his goode passyngly. Hoccleve, De Regimine Principum, st. 599. GOODLY, adj. fair, handsome, valuable. Gen. 39. 6; Éx. 2. 2; Matt. 13. 45. The goodly furniture of their horses and armour. Bacon, Essay 37. GOODMAN, 8. master of the house. Matt. 20. 11; 24. 43; Lu. 12. 39. Paterfamilias, the good man of the house. Cooper, Thesaurus (1565). Decent and gracious motion. Bacon, Essay 43. GRAFF, v. to graft. Rom. 11. 17-24 (ed. 1611). I'll graff it with you, and then I shall graff it with a medlar. Shak. As You Like It, iii. 2. 124. GREAT WOMAN, s. a woman of rank and influence. 2 Kings 4. 8. High'st queen of state, Great Juno. Shak. Temp. iv. 102. Acts HABERGEON, 8. a smaller kind of hauberk, a coat of mail covering the neck and breast. Ex. 28. 32; 39. 23; Job 41, 26. Thy broad habergeon, Vant-brace, and greaves, and gauntlet. Milton, Samson, 1120. HAFT, s. handle. Judg. 3. 22. Manche, the haft, helve, or handle of a toole. Cotgrave, F. Dict. HALE, v. to haul, drag, pull forcibly. Lu. 12. 58; Acts 8. 3. With the streight cordes wherwith they haled him. Surrey, tr. of Virgil, ii. 349. HALT, adj. lame, crippled. Matt. 18. 8; Mark 9. 45; Lu. 14. 21. Whom I made blynde, halt, or mesele [leprous]. Cursor Mundi, 17989. HALT, v. to limp, go lamely. Gen. 32. 31; Ps. 38. 17. Speak of my lameness, and I straight will halt. Shak. Sonnet 89. HANDLE, v. to treat of (a matter). Prov. 16. 20; 2 Cor. 4. 2. We will handle, what persons are apt to envy others. Bacon, Essay 9. HANDMAID, HANDMAIDEN, s. a female servant. Gen. 16. 1; Lu. 1. 38. But from her handmaid do return this answer. Shak. Two. Nt, i. 1. 25. HANDYWORK, 8. workmanship. Ps. 19. 1. As proper men as ever wore neat's leather have gone upon my handiwork. Shak. J. Cæs. i. 1. 30. HAP, 8. chance, fortune. Ruth 2. 3. And, as your hap is, shul ye winne or lese [lose]. Chaucer, Parl. Foules, 402. Hence haply, perchance. Mk 11. 13; Lu. 14. 29. HARDLY, adv. with difficulty. Matt. 19. 23; Mark 10. 23; Lu. 18. 24. [He] was hardly won. Milton, P. R. i. 279. HARDNESS, 8. hardship. 2 Tim. 2. 3. (R.V. hardship.) He did so exercise his body to hardness. Sh. Plutarch, P. 2. HARNESS, s. body-armour for a man. 1 Kings 20. 11; 22. 34; 2 Chr. 9. 24; 18. 33. Shall we never be without harness on our backs? Sh. Plutarch, p. 76. HARNESSED, pp. armed; covered with armour. Ex. 13. 18; Ps. 78. 9 (P.B.). (R.V. armed.) See above. HAUNT, v. to frequent, resort to. 1 Sam. 30. 31; Ezek. 26. 17. And love to haunt Her sacred shades. Milton, P.L.vii.330. HEAD-TIRE, s. a head-dress. 1 Esdras 3. 6. See Tire. HEADY, adj. headstrong. 2 Tim. 3. 4. (R.V. headstrong.) The filthy and contagious clouds Of heady murder. Shak. Hen. V. iii. 3. 32. HEALTH, S. healing. Isa. 58. 8 (R.V. healing). Hence saving health, salvation. Ps. 67. 2. And art so far from my health (i.e. from saving me). Ps. 22. 1 (P.B.; R.V. from helping me). God of our saving health and peace. Milton, Ps. 85. HEAVY, adj. sad. 1 Kings 14. 6; Prov. 25. 20. Hence heavily, sadly. Ps. 42. 11 (P.B.). Also heaviness, sadness. 1 Pet. 1. 6. The glade night is worth an hevy morow. Chaucer, Compleint of Mars, 12. HELL, S. (1) the unseen world. Ps. 16. 10; 139. 8; (2) death. Ps. 116. 3; (3) the grave. Hab. 2. 5; (4) the place of torment. Matt. 10. 28; Lu. 16. 23. In Ps. 16. 10; 116. 3; 139. 8, the R.V. retains the Heb. word Sheol. HELVE, s. the handle of an ax. Dt. 19. 5. See Haft. HIGHMINDED, adj. haughty. Rom. 11. 20; 1 Tim. 6. 17; 2 Tim. 3. 4 (R.V. puffed up). Haultain, hauty, lofty, stately, proud, high-minded. Cotgrave, F. Dict. HIRELING, s. a hired servant. Job 7. 1; Mal. 3. 5; John 10. 12. So since into his church lewd hirelings climb. HIS, its. Ex. 25. 31 (R.V. its); 1 Cor. 15. 38 (R.V. a body of its own). But if it [choler] be stopped, and cannot have his way. Bacon, Essay 36. (A. S. his, his, its. The A.V. has his or it for its' in every instance in the edition of 1611.) See Its. HOISE, v. to hoist. Acts 27. 40. Ex. 20. We hoyse up mast and sayle. Sackville, Induction, st. 71. HOLD, v. to consider, esteem, account. 7; Job 9. 28; Matt. 21. 26. We will hold it as a dream. Shak. Much Ado, i. 2. 21. Holden, pp. held, closed. Lu. 24. 16. HOLD TO, v. to cleave to, cling to. Matt. 6. 24; Lu. 16. 13. Hold with, to side with. Acts 14. 4. Hold of, to regard, pay regard to. Ps. 31. 7 (P.B.). It is a desperate case, if those that hold with the proceeding of the state, be full of discord. Bacon, Essay 15. HOLPEN, pp. helped. Ps. 83.8; 86. 17; Lu. 1. 54. He that is holpen, takes it for a fortune. Bacon, Essay 24. HONEST, adj. honourable, comely. Rom. 12. 17; 2 Cor. 13. 7; Phil. 4. 8. [He] rewarded him very honestly for his pains. Sh. Plut. p. 296. HONESTY, 8. honourable conduct. 1 Tim. 2. 2. Thinkest thou not it honesty for thee to grant thy mother's request? Sh. Plutarch, p. 37. HOSEN, s. pl. hose, which originally meant a covering for the legs, not merely stockings. Dan. 3. 21. Hauede neyther hosen ne shon [he had neither hose nor shoes]. Havelok, 860. HOST, s. army. Gen. 21. 22; Ex. 14. 4. IDOL, adj. where the original signifies 'worthless.' Zech. 11. 17. (R.V. worthless.) So also idols, s. pl. things of no value. Lev. 19. 4; Ps. 96. 5; Hab. 2. 18. IF SO BE, if it be so, if. Josh. 14. 12; 1 Cor. 15. 15. But if so be Thou dar'st not this. Shak. Cor. iv. 5. 98. ILL-FAVOURED, adj. ill-looking. Gen. 41. 3; see evil-favouredness, in Dt. 17. 1. See Favour. That makes the world full of ill-favoured children. Shak. As You Like It, iii. 5. 53. ILLUMINATE, v. to enlighten. Heb. 10. 32. (R.V. after ye were enlightened.) Hem that oonys ben illumyned; (later version)— thei that ben onys lightned. Wyclif, Heb. 6. 4. IMAGERY, s. decoration; chambers of i., rooms with walls decorated with paintings. Ezek. 8. 12. They that cut and grave seals, and are diligent to imagery. Ecclus. 38. 27. make great variety, and give themselves to counterfeit IMPORTABLE, adj. insufferable. Prayer of For it were importable, though they wolde. IMPOTENT, adj. powerless, invalid, strengthChaucer, Clerk. Ta. C. T. Group E. 1144. less. John 5. 3; Acts 4. 9; 14. 8. Enforce the pained impotent to smile. Shak. L. L. L. v. 2. 864. INCONTINENT, adj. intemperate, unrestrained. 2 Tim. 3. 3. Or else be incontinent before marriage. Shak. As You Like It, v. 2. 43. INCREASE, 8. (1) produce of the earth. Gen. 47. 24; Lev. 26. 4. (2) interest of money. Lev. 25. 36. The teeming autumn, big with rich increase. Shak. Sonnet 97. INDIFFERENT, adj. impartial, fair. Ecclus. 42.5. Weighing indifferently the state o' th' question. Beaum. and Fletcher, Elder Brother, ii. 1. INDITE, v. to compose (originally; to dictate). Ps. 45. 1. (R.V. overfloweth with a goodly matter.) So yif me might to ryme and to endyte! Chaucer, Parl. Foules, 119. INFLUENCE, 8. the power formerly thought to be exerted by the heavenly bodies. (A remnant of the old belief in astrology.) Job 38. 31. As if we were... drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence. Shak. K. Lear, i. 2. 136. INFORM, v. to instruct. Dan. 9. 22. (R.V. instructed.) I will inform thee, and teach thee. Ps. 32. 9 (P.B.). INJURIOUS, adj. spiteful, insolent. 1 Tim. 1. 13. person. Ecclus. 8. 11. Rise not up [in anger] in the presence of an injurious INKHORN, s. a vessel of horn for containing ink. Ezek. 9. 2. Bid him bring his pen and inkhorn to the gaol. Shak. Much Ado, iii. 5. 63. INN, s. a lodging. Gen. 42. 27; 43. 21; Ex. 4. 24. The ghastlie owle her grievous ynne doth keepe. Spenser, Shep. Kal. Dec. 72. INNOCENCY, 8. innocence, harmlessness. Gen. 20. 5; Ps. 26. 6. Yet shall not thy black Vulcan make... my innocencie faultie. Lyly, Euphues (ed. Arber), pp. 330, 331. INNOCENTS, 8. pl. innocent persons. Jer. 2. 34. Some innocents scape not the thunderbolt. Shak. Ant. ii. 5. 77. INQUISITION, 8. search. Deut. 19. 18; Ps. 9. 12. And left me to a bootless inquisition. Shak, Temp. i. 2. 35. INSTANT, adj. urgent, importunate. Lu. 23. 23; Rom. 12. 12; 2 Tim. 4. 2. For there, in that instant and extreme danger, he shewed more valiantness, &c. Sh. Plutarch, p. 67. INSTANTLY, adv. urgently, without ceasing. Lu. 7. 4; Acts 26. 7. In the evening, and morning, and at noonday, will I pray, and that instantly. Ps. 55. 18 (P.B.). INTEND, v. to meditate, plan, plot. Ps. 21. 11. The king hath note of all that they intend. Shak. Hen. V. ii. 2. 6. INTERMEDDLE, v. to meddle, mix. Prov. 14. 10; 18. 1. But by occasion hereof many other adventures are intermedled. Spenser, Introd. to F. Q. INWARD, adj. intimate. Job 19. 19. Who is most inward with the royal duke? Shak. Rich. III. iii. 4. 8. ISSUE, 8. a discharge of blood. Mt. 9. 20; Lu. 8. 43. And stop the issues of their wasting blood. Dryden. Annus Mirabilis, st. 263. ITS, poss. pron. Lev. 25. 5. (The word its does not occur in the edition of 1611, which here reads-That which groweth of it owne accord.') See His. Doe, childe, goe to yt grandame, childe. JACINTH, 8. a precious stone. Rev. 9. 17; 21. 20. Drayton, Muses' Elysium. Nymph 9. JANGLING, 8. foolish talking, idle tattling. 1 Tim. 1. 6. Walkyng homward they iangled fast, and speke [spakel, &c. Hoccleve, De Regimine Principum, st. 611. JEOPARD, v. to hazard, risk. Judg. 5. 18; 2 Macc. 11. 7. I am compelled... to jeopard the liberty of our country to the hazard of a battle. Sh. Plutarch, p. 139. JEOPARDY, 8. risk. 2 S. 23. 17; Lu. 8. 23; 1 Cor. 15. 30. Or bide the chance at thine owne jeopardee. Spenser, F. Q. ii. 4. 39. JEWRY, s. Judæa. Dan. 5. 13; John 7. 1; Ps. 76. 1 (P.B.; where the A.V. has 'Judah'). Herodes, king of Jewry. Sh. Plutarch, p. 207. JOT, s. a very small quantity; literally, a very small letter. Matt. 5. 18. Nor bate a jot Of heart or hope. Milton, Sonnet 17. JOY, v. to rejoice. Ps. 21.1; Ro. 5. 11; 2 Cor. 7. 13. For there is no man, that imparteth his Joyes to his Frend, but he ioyeth the more. Bacon, Essay 27. JUDGE, v. to condemn. Lu. 19. 22. Thou shalt judge Bad men and angels. Milton, P. L. iii. 330. JUSTIFY, v. to acquit. Deut. 25. 1; Isa. 5. 23. To justify this worthy nobleman So vulgarly and personally accused. Shak. Meas. v. 1. 159. KERCHIEF, 8. a cloth worn so as to cover the head. Ezek. 13. 18, 21. To wear a kerchief. Shak, J. Cœs, ii 1. 315. Milton has kercheft. Il Pens. 125. KIND, 8. nature; after his kind, according to its nature. Gen. 1. 11. Nature should bring forth, Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance. Shak. Temp. ii. 1. 163. Hence kindly, natural. escape] out of your lace I mente. Chaucer, Compl. Venus, 50. LADE, v. to load. Gen. 42. 26; Acts 28. 10. Pp. laden. Matt. 11. 28; 2 Tim. 3. 6. Like the fair Hesperian tree 7; Lu. 3. 16. Laden with blooming gold. Milton, Com. 394. LATCHET, s. a lace, thong. Isa. 5. 27; Mark 1. The lest [least] lachet outher loupe [or loop]. Sir Gawain and Grene Knight, 591. LAUD, v. to praise. Rom. 15. 11. Ilaud them, I praise them. Shak. 1 Hen. IV. iii. 3. 215. LAVER, s. a vessel to wash in, a kind of cistern or basin. Ex. 30. 18; 38. 8; 1 Kings 7. 38. With lauoures of latun [lavers of a kind of brass]. Peres the Ploughmans Crede, 196. Job 41. 26. Ps. 4. 2; 5. 6. LAY AT, v. to strike at. LEASING, 8. falsehood. I am no Italian lady, who commonly are woed [wooed] with leasings. Lyly, Euphues (ed. Arber), p. 360. LEAVE, v. to leave off, cease. Gen. 29. 35; Ac. 21. 32. But I leane to name thy sinnes. Lyly, Euphues, p. 315. LEAVEN, s. sour dough which causes new dough to ferment and become light. Ex. 12. 15; Mt. 13. 33; Lu. 13. 21. Salt to those that are unsauorie, leauen to such as are not seasoned. Lyly, Euphues, p. 435. LEES, 8. sediment, dregs. Isa. 25. 6; Jer. 45. 11; Zeph. 1. 12. Yet 'tis but the lees And settlings of a melancholy blood. Milton, Comus, 809. LET, v. to hinder, prevent. Ex. 5. 4; Isa, 43. 13; Rom. 1. 13; 2 Thess. 2. 7. And all the while their malice they did whet But little ease of thy lewd tale I tasted. Spenser, Shep. Kal. Feb. 245. (2) vicious. Ezek. 16. 27. LIEN, pp. lain. Gen. 26. 10; Ps. 68. 13. This skull has lain [quarto editions, lien] in the earth three and twenty years. Shak. Haml. v. 1. 190. (An inferior form; lain is better.) LIFT, pp. lifted. Gen. 14. 22; Ps. 93. 3. Also pt t. Gen. 21. 16. The soldier, being afraid, lift up his sword to strike at Cæsar. Sh. Plutarch, p. 78. LIGHT, adj. idle, worthless. Num. 21. 5; Judg. 9. 4. Light vanity, insatiate cormorant. Shak. Rich. II. ii. 1. 38. LIGHT ON, v. to settle upon, to come upon accidentally. Ruth 2. 3; 2 Sam. 17. 12. If I can... light on a fit man. Shak. Tam. Shrew, i. 1. 112. LIGHTEN, v. to enlighten, illuminate. 2 Sam. 22. 29; Lu. 2. 32; Rev. 21. 23. A precious ring, that lightens all the hole. Shak. Titus And. ii. 3. 227. LIGHTLY, adv. easily, carelessly. Gen. 26. 10; Mark 9. 39. [She] will not lightly trust the messenger. Shak. Com. Errors, iv. 4. 5. |