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Job 24. 24; Lk. 23. 32; Phil. 2. 3;
4. 3. For ex. see Waymark.

I do very ill to reject that which other
like. Gosson's School of Abuse, p. 59.

OUCHES, n. (same word as niche

a socket; nowch, Chaucer) the
frame in which jewels are set:
Ex. 28. 11, &c. Cp. adder and ned-
der, apron and napery.

For ouches and bracelets, I will wear
leere and caddys [ie. tape and coarse
woollen].
Lyly's Euph., p. 79.-

OUTGO, v. t. outstrip: Mk. 6. 33.

I propose one man to myself, that is the only mirror of our age, and strive to outgo him in virtue.

Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 58. OUTGOINGS, n. used as translation of two Hebrew words from the same root: (1) Josh. 17. 9, 18 = extremities, boundaries of land; (2) Ps. 65. 8 going forth or rising of morning and evening). OUTLANDISH, adj. (A. S. útlandisc) foreign: Neh. 13. 26.

There chanced to be in the company an outlandish doctor.

Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 49. OVERCHARGE, v. t. to overburden, Lk. 21. 34; 2 Cor. 2.5. (Cp. charge of a gun, charger = a dish for carrying, cargo a load). The drink that they draw is overcharged with dregs.

Gosson's School of Abuse, p. 37. OVERFLOW, v. t.-to flood. So to drown: Deut. 11. 4.

So are their heads always overflown with wine. Nash, Pierce Pen., p. 54. OVERLIVE, v. t. to outlive, survive: Josh. 24. 31.

How easily may we have overlived our comforts.

Bp. Hall, of Contentation, p. 10.

P.

PADDLE, n. (prob. a diminutive of spade, akin to spatula. For the dropped s. cp. smash, mash; smelt, melt, &c.) A little spade: Deut. 23. 13.

PAINFUL, adj. requiring much pains; cp. Painstaking. LaboriPAINous, difficult: Ps. 73. 16. FULNESS toil, labour: 2 Cor. 11. 27 ('travail', older versions). If he be not of himself painful he shall never attain unto it.

Ascham's Schoolmaster, p. 41.

PALMERWORM, n. a caterpillar (species): Joel 1. 4, &c. (locust). PARABLE, n. (Gk. parabolē comparison made by putting things side by side), Parable means-in O. T.: (1) A sort of prophecy intermixed with comparisons, as Balaam's, Num. 23. 7, &c.; Job's, Job 27.

1. (2) Sententious wisdom, often uttered in the form of a comparison: so nearly-proverb: Ps. 78. 2; Prov. 26.7. (3) Nearly

riddle: Ezek. 20. 49, and comp. Ezek. 17. 2; in N. T.:-(4) Our Lord's parables, in which, while natural things are spoken of, the instruction conveyed is spiritual: Mat. 13. 18. [SIMILITUDE.] PARCEL, n. (Lat. particula, Fr. parcelle a small part; cp. Parcelgilt.) A piece of land: Gen. 33. 19; Josh. 24. 32; Ruth 4. 3. All that I have hitherto said containeth but a small parcel of the profit.

Edward VI. Catechism, p. 35.

[GLOSSARY.]

PARTAKER, n. (part-taker) an accomplice: Ps. 50. 18.

A number of angels, joint partakers of his proud revolt.

Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 77.

PASS, v. t. (Fr. passer, to go beyond) to overpass, exceed: Eph. 3. 19; Phil. 4. 7.

It far passeth all kind of remembrances that any other man is able to make.

Ridley, Against Transubstan., p. 114. PASTOR, n. (Lat. pastor) a shepherd: Jer. 23. 1, 2.

Enough, kind pastor, but oh, yonder see
Two shepherds walking on the lay bank be.
Browne's Thyrsis and Alexis.
PATE, n. the crown of the head:
Ps. 7. 16.

What talk you of old age or bald pates!
Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 29.

PEELED, p. p. (Lat. pellis, O. Fr.
pel the skin) stripped of the skin
by rubbing: Eze. 29. 18. (By some
the word is connected with Lat.
pilus hair, and explained, strip-
ped of the hair.) Isa. 18. 2, 7,
smooth. The O. Eng. word often=
plundered. Cp. Pillage.

Seeing themselves in the mean season peeled and impoverished.

More's. Utopia, p. 58.

PEEP, v. i. (Lat. pipire) to cry like a small bird: Isa. 8. 19; 10. 14 (cp. cheep, cheepers). Of ventriloquism, Is. 44. 25, LXX.

The only oracle

That ever peep't or spake out of a doublet.

Ben Jonson's Staple of News, ii, 4. PERSUADE, v.t. (Lt. persuadere) to give advice, but not necessarily to succeed in persuading: Acts 19.8; 28. 23. Almost thou persuadest,' &c., Acts 26. 28, means, With but little persuasion thou wouldst fain make me a Christian'.

Cease to persuade, my loving Proteus !
Shaks. Two Gentlemen, i. 1. 1.

PHYLACTERIES, n. (Gk. phulak-
terion a safeguard) the Gk, name
for Heb. tephillin. These were
worn on the forehead, and on the
left arm. They were parchment
strips, having on them the four
texts, Ex. 13. 1-10 & 11-16; Dt.
6. 4-9 & 11. 13-21, and were wrap-
ped together into a square form,
covered with leather, and pro-
vided with straps for attachment:
Mat. 23. 5. [FRONTLETS.]
PIETY, n. (L. pietas) filial affec-
tion: 1 Tim. 5. 4. So Eneas is call-
ed pious in Virgil because he
carried his father out of the fire
of Troy.

We may not pass over the rare example of daughter-like piety.

French Academie, p. 510. PILL, v. t. & i. (Lat. pellis=skin) to strip the bark from a stick: Gen. 30. 37, &c.

She might have pilled off the scale like the skin of a custard.

Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 29. PLACE, n. passage in a book: Acts 8.32. See Allege.

Plato hath a notable place of the same thing in his books De Republica.

Ascham's Schoolmaster, p. 34. PLAT, n. (Fr. plat = flat) probably used first of a flat piece of ground, then of any piece, plot: 2 Ki. 9.26. A dry sandy plat is fittest to build upon. Burton's Anat., p. 332,

PLATTER, n.(connected with plate) a dish: Mat. 23. 25, &c.

Full platters do well after extreme purging.-Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 47.

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POLL, n. (akin to ball.) The head, Num. 1. 2, 18, 20 (because of its balllike shape). To poll to count the heads, and a poll-tax was so much per head, a capitation tax, headmoney; cp. pollard (trees), polled (cow), polt (of the maimed foot of Vulcan).

Numbering the people by the poll, there were found a hundred and thirty thousand persons. North's Plutarch, p. 114. So POLL, v. t. to round the hair of the head: 2 Sam. 14. 26, &c. Cp. Roundhead.

POMMEL, n. (Lat. pomum, Fr pomme an apple.) Any round, apple-like knob: 2 Chron. 4. 12.

Paracelsus had, a devil confined to his sword pommel. Burton's Anat., p. 123. PORT, n. (Lat. porta) a gate: Neh. 2. 13. Him I accuse The city ports by this hath entered. Shaks, Coriolanus, v. 6. 5. So PORTER, n. door-keeper of the Levitical guard: 2 Sam. 18. 26, &c. Not in modern sense, of a bearer of burdens.

St. Mark calleth them porters in God's house to watch that no thieves come in. Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 107.

placed, POST, n. (Lat. positum set; Fr. poste.) At first meant stations where horses were kept for travellers' use; then, transferred to the persons who used such relays for quick travelling: 2 Chr. 30. 6; Esth. 8. 14; Job 9.25; Jer. 51. 31.

As thick as hail came post with post.
Shaks. Macb., i. 3. 98.

POTTAGE, n. (Fr. potage) some-
thing cooked in a pot, soup, &c.:
2 Kin. 4. 38. 'Red pottage
Gen.
25. 30, i.e. soup of lentils, which
are reddish-brown.

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A gentleman ere he take a cook will examine him how many sorts of meats, potages, and sauces he can make.

Sir T. Elyot's Governour, i. 13. POURTRAY, v. t. (Lat. protrahere, Fr. pourtraire to draw out) to make a drawing of, depict: Ezek. 4. 1, &c.

Various with boastful argument pourtrayed. Milton's Par. L., vi. 84. PRECIOUS, adj. (L. pretiosus) of great price. Rare, 1 Sam. 3. 1. (So dearth = scarcity, from dear). PRESENTLY, adv. immediately: 1 Sam. 2. 16; Mat. 26. 53. Whereupon he presently resolved to forsake it and all his allurements.

Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 50. PRESS-FAT, n. the fat (or vat) for catching the juice pressed from olives or grapes: Hag. 2. 16, PRESUMPTUOUS (adj.) —LY, adv. (Lat. præsumere = to take before your turn. So) overconfident, wilful, Ps. 19. 13; 2 Pet. 2. 10; wilfully, Ex. 21. 14, &c. PREVENT, v. t. (Lat. prævenire, to come before.) To be beforehand with, anticipate: Ps. 119. 148, &c.; 1 Thes. 4. 15.

If a just man be prevented with death it shall be to his relief. Latimer's Serm., p. 138. PREY, n. (Lat. præda, Fr. proie) booty, plunder: Num. 31. 12, &c. This prey would help him to maintain his wars, a jolly prey for our holy father, Latimer's Serm., p. 142. PRIVILY, adv. (Lat. privatus, Fr. privé) secretly: Judg. 9. 31, &c.

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So PRIVY, adj. (1) secret; (2) in the secret, a confidant: Acts 5. 2. She rose privily and went to the other Latimer's Serm., p. 71. Privy moths that eat up the credit of many idle citizens.

woman.

Gosson's School of Abuse, p. 45. PROFANE, adj. (Lat. pro = before [i.e. outside] so fanum a temple, so not sacred like the things within). Hence unholy, and of a person one who despises sacred things, Heb. 12. 16.

PROPER, adj. (Lat. proprius, Fr.
propre), (1) that which belongs to
one, one's own: 1 Chr. 29. 3; Acts
1.19, &c.; (2) a proper child', Heb.
11. 23, means comely, handsome.
In their proper essence they are crea-
tures incorporal

Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 82.
As proper men as ever trod upon neat's
leather.
Shaks. Cas, i. 1. 29.

PROPHET, n. (Gk. prophetes) one who speaks for another. So (1) spokesman, Ex. 7. 1; (2) spokesman for God, Gen. 20. 7; a proclaimer of his message, 2 Sam. 24. 11; (3) an inspired preacher or teacher (esp. in N. T.), as Mat. 10. 41; 1 Cor. 14. 37; (4) one who foretells future events, Mat. 1. 22; Acts 2. 30; 21. 10; (5) of a heathen poet, who was esteemed inspired, Tit. 1. 12.

PROPHESY, v. i. (Gk. propheteuein -to speak for another). A prophet did not necessarily foretell what was to come, e.g. Prov. 31. 1. In N. T. of explaining or expounding: 1 Cor. 11. 5; 14. 3, 4.

The manner was that the ministers met together in some church, and there each explained some particular portion of Scripture. These were commonly called exercises or prophesyings.

Grindal's Remains, p. 372. PROSELYTE, n. (Gk. prosēlutos == one who has come over, i.e. from some heathen race to be a Jew). A convert to Judaism: Mat. 23. 15; Acts 2. 10; 6. 5; 13. 43.

PROVE, v. t. (Lat. probare, Fr. prouver to test). To put to the proof, try: Ex. 16. 4, &c.

Desire him yet to prove one of them for my sake, he shall find them much better than they look for.

Latimer's Serm., p. 149.

PROVENDER, n. (Fr. provende) provisions, food (for beasts): Gen. 24. 25, &c.

[GLOSSARY.]

PUFF AT, a literal translation of the Heb., Ps. 10. 5; 12. 5; to blow at in scorn, defy (P. B. V). PULSE, n. (most probably Swedish pylsa a bag or sack). Hence applied to the fruits of plants contained in pods (peas, lentils, &c.): 2 Sam. 17. 28; Dan. 1. 12. See Fitch. There be divers sorts of pulse, as beans, peason, tares, and such like.

Gerarde's Herbal., p. 1035. PURCHASE, v. t. (Fr. pourchasser= to purchase) formerly meant to gain, acquire (as now in law), without sense of payment attached: Ex. 15. 16; Ps. 74. 2; 1 Tim. 3. 13. We take upon us to prophesy that we may purchase estimation to our names.

Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 85. PURTENANCE, n. translated elsewhere inwards, entrails (of a beast): Ex. 12. 9.

PUT TO, to apply, Ezra 6. 12; Eccl. 10. 10, employ.

When words will not serve fathers must put to correction.

Institution of a Christian Man, p. 151.

Q.

QUAKE, v. i. (A. S. cracian) to
shake: Exod. 19. 18, &c. Cp. quag-
mire.

Methinks I see thee standing quivering
and quaking, and even now lifting up thy
hands to heaven.

Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 45,
QUARREL, n. (Lat. querela=) a
complaint. Col. 3. 13, &c.; cp.
querulous complaining.
Holy seems the quarrel

Upon your Grace's part.
Shaks. All's Well, iii. 1. 4.

QUATERNION, n. (Lat. quatuor
four). A party of four. Used of
the guards who watched four at
a time over a prisoner: Acts 12. 4.
QUICK, adj. (A. S. cwie = living)
alive, Lev. 13. 10, &c.; Num. 16. 30;
cp. Ps. 124. 3; lively, Heb. 4. 12.
Cp. quickset (hedge) of live twigs,
quicksilver, from its restlessness;
to cut to the quick to the living
sensitive part. QUICKEN, v. i.
(from the preceding ) to make
alive: Ps. 119. 50; 1 Cor. 15. 36, &c.
He caused him to flay the judge quick,
and laid his skin in his chair of judgment.
Latimer's Serm., p. 97.
Breathe life into a stone, quicken a rock.
Shaks. All's Well, ii. 1. 77.

REH

RANGE, v. i. to go about like a beast in search of prey; Prov. 28. 15.

I would range abroad, and look in at sluggards' key-holes.

Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 57. RANGES, n. (1) chimney-racks, Lev. 11. 35; now used of the whole fireplace; (2) ranks or rows (of soldiers), 2 Kin. 11. 8, 15.

Therein an hundred ranges weren pight, And hundred furnaces all burning bright. Spenser's F. Q., II. 7. 33. RASE, v. t. (Lat. radere, Fr. raser to scrape) to level with the ground: Ps. 137. 7.

When the Jews were idle, their walls were rused.

Gosson's School of Abuse, p. 43.

RAVIN, (1) v. t. (conn. with rice-to tear; A. S. reafian to seize and carry off; cp. bereave, rob) to seize on a prey, Gen. 49. 27; (2) n. = prey, Nah. 2. 12.

Love is a rarening bird, a tyrant most unjust. T. Watson's Poems, p. 54 RAVISH, v. t. (Fr. ravir, Lat. rapere to seize by force; conn. with E. rive, bereave. Hence), Ps. 10. 9, 10, P. B. Ver., to treat with violence.

Those hairs which thou dost rarish from my chin. Shaks. Lear, iii. 7. 28. REASON, v. i. Acts 24. 25. This custom the council useth, to dispute or reason of no matter the same day that it is first proposed. More's Utopia, p. 81. REASON, n. used where the adj. 'reasonable' is now used: Acts 6. 2.

to talk, converse:

It was reason to yield to him that commanded thirty legions. Bacon's Advancement, iii. 10. RECEIPT, n. (Lat. recipere, receptum to receive) a place where anything is received. Receipt of custom' = place where the dues or tolls were received: Mat. 9. 9, &c. A field there is where if a stake be prest Deep in the earth, what hath in earth receipt

Is changed to stone in hardness,

Sidney's Sidera, ix. 5. RECKON, v. t. (A. S. recnan = to account) to consider or regard as certain. Stronger than the modern use: Rom. S. 18.

I reckon this always that a man is never undone till he be hanged.

Shaks. Two Gentlemen, f. 5. 4.

Like an ass he wears out his time for QUIT, v. i. (Fr. quitter, to discharge RECORD, v. i. (Lat. recordari = to

Burton's Anat., p. 202. provender. PROVIDE, v. t. (Lat. providere to see to beforehand. Hence) to take thought for Rom. 12. 17; 2 Cor. 8. 21. So PROVIDENCE, n. forethought, carefulness: Acts 21. 2.

Let us provide to see her coronation be performed. Shaks, 2 Hen. VI., i. 1. 73. PROVOKE, v. t. (Lat. provocare=

to call forth) to challenge, excite emulation, incite to any work: 2 Cor. 9. 2; Heb. 10. 24.

Because you provoke me thereto, I will take part with them of whom you have made false report. Grindal's Remains, p. 40.

PSALTERY, n. (Gk. psalterion) a ten-stringed musical instrument: 1 Sam. 10. 5; Ps. 33. 2, &c. 'Lute in Psalms, P. B. V.

Full tenor'd psaltery joins the doleful part. Parnell, The Gift of Poetry. PUBLICAN, n. (L. publicanus, & farmer of the taxes). In N. T.-the collectors of the revenues for the Romans, tax gatherers: Mt. 5. 46.

a debt or obligation. Hence) to
discharge any duty, to behave :
1 Sam. 4. 9; 1 Cor. 16. 13; QUIT,
p. p. (from the preceding) freed
from, set at liberty, acquitted:
Exod. 21. 19, 28; Josh. 2. 20.

Of this contradiction you shall now be
Shaks. Cymb., v. 4. 169.

quit.

R.

RAGGED, adj. (conn. with ruck,
ridge, &c.) rugged: Isa. 2. 21.

Some whirlwind bear unto a ragged
fearful-hanging rock.

Shaks. Two Gentlemen, i. 11. 121.

call to mind). Used, 1 Chron. 16. 4, of the public intercession or thanksgiving made by the Levites according to the ordinance of David, to commemorate benefits; cp. titles of Ps. 38 and 70, which psalms may have been part of an intercession service.

RECORDER, n. the title of a great officer of the king, a chancellor or keeper of the royal records: cp. Esth. 6. 1; 2 Sam. 8. 16, &c. He perhaps compiled the chroni cles of the reign.

RAISE, v. t. to rouse, stir up: Job REFRAIN, v. t. (Lat. refrænare=

14. 12.

The villain Jew with outcries raised the
duke. Shaks. Mer. of Ven., ii. 8. 4.
RAMPING, part. (O. Fr. ramper ==
to climb, clamber) roaming, rang-
ing about: Ps. 22. 13, P. B. Vers.
(ravening, A. V.) Cp. Rampant.
All your delight is in ramping abroad
like a tom-boy.

Udall's Roister Doister, p. 37.

to hold in with a bridle.) Hence to put a check on, restrain: Gen. 43. 31; Pro. 10. 19.

Who could refrain, that had a heart to love? Shaks. Macb., il. 3. 122 REHEARSE, v. t. (Fr. rekerser = to harrow over again.) Hence (1) to repeat, say over again, 1 Sam. 17. 31, &c.; (2) to recount, narrate, tell,

RIO

without the idea of repetition: Judg. 5. 11, &c. See Chapman.

I could rehearse infinite opinions of excellent men. Lyly's Euphues, p. 161. REINS, n. (Lat. renes) the kidneys, considered by the Jews to be the seat of pleasure and pain, and other feelings: Job 16. 13, &c.

My reins are chastened so through misery. T. Watson's Poems, p. 120. RELIGIOUS, adj. (Lat. religio) making outward profession of religion: Jam. 1. 26.

The religious people themselves, being not free from the humours of the vulgar, neglected it.-Bacon's Henry VII., p. 5. RENDER, v. t. (Lat. reddo = give again). Simply to give, e. g. a reason: Prov. 26. 16. Claudio shall render me a dear account. Shaks. Much Ado, iv. 1. 337. REPLENISH, v. t. (Lat. replere, O. Fr. replener to fill again, Lat. plenus full) to fill: Gen. 9. 1.

The bridge which crosseth the Thames is well replenished with large and stately houses. Lyly's Euphucs, p. 34. REPROBATE, adj. (L. reprobus = base, of coin). Applied to spurious metal: Jer. 6. 30.

REPROVE, v. t. (Lat. reprobare, Fr. reprouver) to disprove any statement: Job 6. 25.

'Tis so, I cannot reprove it.

Shaks. Much Ado, il. 3. 241.

REQUIRE, v. t. (Lat. requirere to seek for) to ask for, Ezra 8. 22 (not with authority). See Demand. He requireth her Majesty to pardon him. Grindal's Remains, p. 470. REREWARD, n. (Fr. arrière-garde. For gu changed into w, cp. guise & wise, guile & wile, Gulielmus & William, &c.) rear-guard: Num. 10. 25; Josh. 6. 9. 13, &c.

He that shrinketh from a bullet in the main battle, hath been stricken with a bill in the rereward.

Lyly's Euphues, p. 335.

RESEMBLE, v. t. (Fr. ressembler to liken) to compare: Lk. 13. 18. Crickets in chimneys, to which I resemble poor scullions.

Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 21. RESIDUE, n. (Lt. residuum = something remaining) remainder, the rest Ex. 10. 5; 1 Chron. 6. 66, &c. The residue they sell at a reasonable and mean price. More's Utopia, p. 98. REVEREND, adj. (Lat. reverendus

to be revered) awful: Ps. 111. 9. As you are old and reverend you should be wise. Shaks. Lear, i. 4. 261.

REVIVE (Lat. Re = again, vivere

to live). (1) v. i. to come to life again: Judg. 15. 19; Rom. 7. 9; 14. 9, &c.; (2) v. t. to bring to life again: Ps. 85. 6; Hos. 6. 2, &c. Revive, look up, or I will die with thee.

Shaks. Rom. and Jul., iv. 5. 20. How well my comfort is revived by this. Shaks. Rom. and Jul., iii. 3. 165 RID, v. t. (Danish rydde to clear out of the way). (1) To clear off: Lev. 26. 6. (2) (Danish redde= to save). So, to deliver, set free: Gen. 37. 22; Ex. 6. 6; Ps. 82. 4; 71. 1, P. B. Vers.

I am the king's friend and will rid his
foe.
Shaks, Richard II., v. 4. 11,
Rid me, I am in such pain.

Ibid, p. 195. RINGSTRAKED, adj. streaked or marked with rings: Gen. 30.35, &c. RIOT, (1) n. (O. Fr. riote, strife. Hence) lack of restraint, dis

[GLOSSARY.]

solute living: Tit. 1.6; 1 Pet. 4.4. (2) v. to live dissolutely 2 Pt. 2. 13. Here must their riot be abated,

Lyly's Euphues, p. 147.

RISING, n. a swelling: Lev. 13. 2. The oil [of roses] will not suffer hot swellings to rise, and being risen it doth assuage them.-Gerarde's Herbal, p. 1083. ROAD, n. (from ride. Used as the northern word raid is now employed-) a plundering excursion, a foray, an inroad: 1 Sam. 27. 10. Out-road' occurs in 1 Mac. 15. 41.

The Scot who will make road upon us. Shaks. Henry V., 1. 2. 138. ROOM, n. (A. S. rum = space) a place, Ps. 31. 8; 80.9; at table, Lk. 14. 8, 9.

There be a great many more worthy of the room. Latimer's Serm., p. 83.

RUNAGATE, n. a runaway; Ps. 68. 6, P. B. Vers. For gateway, cp. the old saying, 'Go your own gate'. It was by many identified with renegade.

The Jews [are] like runagates, for they be dispersed. Latimer's Serm., p. 77. They would rail on him, calling him renegade, traitor,

Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 254.

S.

SACKBUT, n. taken perhaps from similarity of sound to render Heb. sabbeca, Gk. sambuke, though this is supposed to have been a stringed instrument, while Fr. saquebute was a wind instrument: Dan. 3. 5, 7, 10, 15. As he that plays upon a sackbut alters his tones and tunes. Burton's Anat., p. 322.

SAINTS, n. (Lat sanctus-holy). In N. T. the members of the Christian church generally, 'those called to be holy': Acts 9. 32; Rom. 1. 7; 1 Cor. 1. 2, &c.

SAVE, SAVING, adv. (Fr. sauf) except: Neh. 4. 23; Mt. 5. 32, &c.

They shave all their bodies, saving the head and upper lip.

savour.

SET

SCORN, n. (O. E. scarn) disrespect, disdain, contempt; 'to think scorn', Esth. 3. 6-to look upon as something petty, undignified; to 'laugh to scorn', Ps. 2. 4, P. B. Vers. to make a mockery of. You think scorn to kneel at service for fear of wrinkles in your silks.

Lyly's Euphues, p. 443.

SCRABBLE, v. i.'(conn. with scrape, scribe, scribble, scrawl, scratch) to make marks upon a wall: 1 Sam. 21. 13.

SCRIP, n. (perh. Welsh ysgrap=a bag) a pouch or wallet (used by shepherds), 1 Sam. 17. 40; by travellers, Mt. 10. 10; Mk. 6. 8, &c. He would in requital ope his leathern scrip. Milton's Cemus, p. 626. a SEAR, v. t. (A. S. seárian to dry up) to shrivel, scorch, destroy feeling: 1 Tim. 4. 2.

The sun that seared the wings of my sweet boy.

Shaks. Henry VI. (pt. 3.), v. 6. 23.

SEASON, n. (Fr. saison-time.) Any indefinite period of time; a set time: Ex. 13. 10; Josh. 24. 7, &c. England shall be my abode for a season. Lyly's Euphues, p. 331. SECURE, adj. (Lat. securus = void of care) careless: Judg. 8. 11; 18. 7, 10; Job 11. 18; 12. 6; cp. careless', Eze. 30.9. SECURELY, adv. carelessly: Prov. 3. 29; Mic. 2. 8. A master, seeing the father careless what his children learn, is also secure what he teacheth. Lyly's Euphues, p. 144.

SEEM, v. t. (A. S. seman to be suitable or becoming.) What seemeth you best', 2 Sam. 18. 4= best pleases you.

To seduce and deceive as scemeth him best. Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 77.

SEEM, v. i. sometimes in a stronger sense than to appear. So, Gal. 2. 9, 'seemed to be pillars' = were accounted to be pillars; and, Heb. 4. 1, seem to come short' be judged to have come short.

SEETHE, v. t. (A. S. seôthan) to boil: Ex. 16. 23, &c. SOD, pret. boiled: Gen. 25. 29, i.e. was boiling [pottage]; 2 Chr.35.13. SODDEN, p. p. boiled: Ex. 12. 9; 1 Sam. 2. 15, &c. See Shred.

Lyly's Euphucs, p. 248. SAVOUR, n. (Lat. sapor) taste, flavour, scent: Ex. 5. 21; Mt. 5. 13. Being once seasoned it never loseth his Lyly's Euphues, p. 70. SAVOUR, v. t. (Lat. sapere to have the taste of. Hence) to know, understand: Mat. 16. 23; Mk. 8.33. She was a popish woman, and savoured not of Jesus Christ. Latimer's Serm., p. 141. SAYEST, v. t. In the phrase, Thou sayest', Mt. 27. 11; Mk. 15. 2; Lk. 23. 3, an expression of assent= Thou sayest rightly'. So Thou SERVITOR, n. (Lat. servitor = a manservant): 2 Kings 4. 43. A worthy example for all that be servitors in court.

hast said': Mat. 26. 64. SCALL, n. (conn. with scale. Cp. scald-head) a scab or eruption upon the skin of the head or chin: Lev. 13. 30, &c.

Under thy locks thou mayest have the scall. Chaucer's To his Scrivener.

SCANT, adj. (perhaps Danish skanta to give sparingly) insufficient, short, measure': Mic. 6. 10. When house room is scant. Gosson's School of Abuse, p. 66. SCARCE, adv. (O. Fr. escars, Lt. excerptus left out, limited, narrowed) scarcely: Gen. 27.30; Acts 14. 18. See When as. When he had thus said, he could scarce speak for weeping.

Lyly's Euphues, p. 429.

Till the high fever seethe your blood to froth. Shaks. Timon, iv. 3 433. When he has sod some piece over the pot. Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 255, Lest I set before you coleworts twice sodden. Lyly's Euphues, p. 391.

Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 285. SET BY, v. t. to think much of, to esteem: 1 Sam. 18. 30; Ps. 15. 4, P. B. Vers. So, 'To set lightly by' to think little of: Ezek. 29. 7. To see Tom Tittymouse, so much set by. Gascoigne's Steel Glass, p. 87. Demetrius, light set by for his lust. Did, p. 66.

SET FORWARD, v. t. (1) to advance, i.e. go forward, Num. 4. 15, &c.; (2) to forward, to promote: 1 Chr. 23. 4; 2 Chr. 84. 12, &c. On Wednesday next you shall set forward. Shaks. 1 Hen. IV.. iii. 2. 173. This is their chief intent, which they immediately set forward,

More's Utopia, p. 134.

SIL

SET ON, v. t. to set upon, to attack: Acts 18. 10.

For, on their answer, will we set on them.
Shaks. Henry IV. (pt. 1.), v. 1. 119.
SETTLE, n. (A. S. setla seat) a
bench: Ezek. 43. 14, &c.

A common settle drew for either guest.
Garth's Ovid, Met., Bk. 8, Baucis and
Philemon.

SEVERAL, adj. (from Eng. sever,
Lat. separare) separate: Num. 28.
13; 2 Kin. 15. 5; Rev. 21. 21, &c.
An honest place, to be kept several from
beasts, and unreverent using.

Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 64. SHAMEFACEDNESS, n. (misspelling of A. S. sceamfæstnes modesty) bashfulness: 1 Tim. 2. 9. Either of a fond shamefastness, or else of a proud folly, they dare not.

Ascham's Schoolmaster, p. 41.
SHAWM, n. (Ger.schalmei= a reed
pipe; conn. with L. calamus, a
reed, whence comes Eng. halm,
pronounced hawma cornstalk.
Shawm is also spelt shalm) a sort
of clarionet: Ps. 98. 7, Pr. Bk. Vers.
The mayor with all the crafts in barges
with trumpets, shalms and tabrets in the
best manner.

Grey Friars' Chron., p. 27,
SHEEPMASTER, n. i.e. owner, 2
Kin. 3. 4; cp. Ship-master.
Men of honour and worship were be-

come sheepmasters and graziers.

Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 86. SHERD, n. (A. S. sceard, a portion shorn off) a fragment, shred: Isa. 30. 14; Ezek. 23. 34.

Let them be dried by the fire on a tile sherd, and lay to the nape of the neck to bedward.

Levens' Pathway to Health, p. 6. SHEW, n. (A. S. sceae) an appearance: Ps. 39. 6; Lk. 20. 47, &c.

The substance of the heart is noted by the show of the countenance.

[GLOSSARY.]

SIMILITUDE, n. (Lat. similitudo =
likeness) a parable, comparison :
Hos. 12. 10.

Nathan told David the similitude of the
rich man that had many sheep.

Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 161. SINGULAR, adj. (L. singularis, unique); a singular vow' means a vow of a special (particular) kind: Lev. 27. 2.

Under the person of Ulysses he describeth a singular man of perfection.

Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 91.

SITH, con. (A. S.), since: Eze. 35.6.
Then sith 'tis valour to abandon fight,"
Hoist up thy sails.

Last Fight of the Revenge, p. 60.
SKILL, v. i. (A. S. scylan = to make
distinction between) to discern,
know the best way of doing: 1
Kin. 5. 6; 2 Chr. 2. 7, 8; 34. 12.
We that could never skill of compassion
towards the misery of others.

Grindal's Remains, p. 99.

SLACK, (1) adj. (A. S. slæc, loose)
negligent, careless, slow: Deut.
7. 10; Josh. 18. 3, &c. (2) v. t. and
i. to be or to make slow: Deut.
23. 21; Josh. 10. 6, &c.

Lest you should have cause to think me
slack in answer.

Grindal's Remains, p. 244.

SLEIGHT, n. (conn. with Eng. 8ly)
a scheme, artifice: Eph. 4. 14.
They cause their servants to vow unto
them to conceal their enticing sleights.
Lyly's Euphues, p. 54.

SLIME, n. (A. S. slim =) mud. Gen.
11. 3; 14. 10; Ex. 2. 3. The Heb.
bitumen, asphalte, fossil tår.
Some are bred by slime, as frogs,

Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 22.
SOD, SODDEN, see Seethe.
SOJOURNER, n. (Fr. séjourner

to

spend the day.) One who is absent from home, a temporary resident: Lev. 22. 10, &c. sailors: Jon.

Lyly's Euphues, p. 318. SHIPMASTER, n. captain of a ship. So shipmen 1.6: Rev. 18. 17.

Enter a ship-master and a boatswain.

Shaks. Tempest, i. 1. (Stage Direction.) SHOELATCHET, n. a thong for fastening a shoe: Gen. 14. 23. See Latchet.

SHRED, v. t. (A. S. screadianto | cut into bits.) Of cutting up vegetables for cooking: 2 Kin. 4. 39.

Wash[the herbs] and shred them small, then seethe them with water in an earthen pot. Levens' Pathway to Health, p. 8. SHREWD, adj. (conn. with shrewa bad tempered woman, formerly termed cursed, also with beshrew to curse, but the derivation is bad, ill-natured, not known) mischievous: Ecclus. 8. 19. This young maid might do her a shrewd Shaks. All's Well, iii, 5, 71. turn. SHROUD, n. (A. S. scrûda garment. Hence) a covering, shelter: Ezek. 31. 3. The pent-houses round the cross in Old St. Paul's Churchyard, where the audience sat, were called the shrouds. SIGNET, n. (Lat. signum, a stamp, seal) seal of a ring: Gen. 38. 18, &c. A letter written very fair sealed up with his signet of arms.

Lyly's Euphues, p. 229. SILLY, adj. (A. S. sœlig= blessed; the sense degenerated to) innocent, goodnatured, simple, foolish: Job 5. 2; Hos. 7. 11.

Their silly tormented brethren that pray for them.

Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 209. SILVERLING, n. (Germ. silberling) a silver coin: Isa. 7. 23.

I visited more like to a sojourner than a Lyly's Euphues, p. 468. stranger.

SOMETIME-S, adv. once; Eph. 2.13; 5. 8; 1 Pet. 3. 20, &c.; cP Forward, Forwards, While, Whiles,

&c.

SOOTHSAYER, n. one who professed to foretell future events. (A. S. sóth truth), a sayer of truth, as such diviners professed always to be: Josh. 13. 22, &c.

Enquire of sorcerers, soothsayers, conjurors, or learned clerks. Lyly's Euphues, p. 339. =to SORCERER, n. (Fr. sorcier cast lots, Lat. sors) one who pretends to forecast coming events by casting lots. A fortune-teller: Exod. 7. 11, &c. See Soothsayer. Dark-working sorcerers, that change the

mind.

Shaks. Com. of Errors, i. 2. 99.

SORE, adv. (A. S. sáre= sorely, Ger. sehr) grievously, heavily: Gen. 19.

9, &c.

I cannot brook these seas which provoke my stomach sore. Lyly's Euphues, p.248. SORT, n. (Lat. sorsa lot) condition of life, degree, manner : Eze. 23. 42; Dan. 1. 10; Acts 17. 5. They have made the vulgar sort, here in London, to aspire to a richer purity of speech.

Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 41. SOTTISH, adj. (A. S. sot, Fr. sot === a fool) foolish: Jer. 4. 22. See Unadvisedly.

If these men now were so sottish, what Burton's Anat., p. 20. of the rest?

STA

SPACE, n. used of time (Lat. spatium-space), an interval of time: Gen. 29. 14; Acts 5. 7.

Having for a space absented himself from the house, Lyly's Euphues, p. to sucSPED, p. p. (A. S. spédan

ceed) succeeded: Judg. 5. 30.

He sped never the better for that ye may be sure, Latimer's Serm., p. 154. SPEED, n. (A. S. sped-haste, despatch. Hence) fortune, success: Gen. 24. 12.

Well may'st thou woo, and happy be thy speed. Shaks. Shrew, ii. 1. 139. SPICERY, n. (Lat. species = a kind, Fr. épicerie.) Properly things of different kinds, but restricted to what we call spices, various aromatic vegetable products: Gen. 87. 25.

The cordial of these two precious spiceries, Gascoigne's Steel Glass, p. 43. SPIKENARD, n. (Lat. spica nardi

tuft of a balsam plant.) An Oriental aromatic plant: Song 1. 12; Mk. 14. 3, &c.

The spikenard of India is a low plant
growing close unto the ground, composed
of many rough scaly cloves of a pleasant
smell.
Gerarde's Herbal., p. 921.
SPOKEN FOR, p.p. asked in mar-
riage: Song 8. 8.

SPORT, v. reflex. To sport one-
self, amuse: Is. 57. 4; 2 Pet. 2. 13.
To feast and sport us at thy father's
house.
Shaks. Shrew, iv. 3. 185.

rise, of day) to dawn: Judg. 19.
SPRING, v. i. (A. S. springan = to
25. Cp. Dayspring.
That high mount of God, whence light
and shade spring both.
Milton's Par. L., v. 644.

SPRINGS, n. the rendering of a
Hebrew word which signifies the
lower part of a mountain whence
springs burst forth: Josh. 10. 40;
'= sloping
12.8. Springs of Pisgah'=
base of Mt. Pisgah, Deut. 4. 49,
elsewhere a proper name(Ashdoth-
Pisgah), Deut. 3. 17; Josh. 12. 3.
SPY, v. t. (Lat. aspicere to espy)
to behold, see, without the sense
of secrecy Ex. 2. 11; 2 Kin. 9. 17;
13. 21; 23. 16.

Let thy mother spy
Thy father's image in her baby's eye.
Quarles' Emblems, ii. 8.
STABLISH, v. t. (Lat. stabilire, to
make firm) to confirm, make se-
cure: 2 Sam. 7. 13; Ps. 119. 38. &c.
They think with cruelty to stablish their
kingdom on earth.

Bp. Pilkington's Works p. 208, STAGGER, v. i. (Dut. staggeren, to tumble from side to side. Conn. with stick in 'to stick fast') to waver, hesitate: Rom. 4. 20. They never staggered nor shrank at the Grindal's Remains, p. 4. matter. STANCH, v. i. (Fr. estancher) to cease to flow: Luke S. 44.

Drink that juice of Plaintain, and the blood will stanch presently,

Levens' Pathway to Health, p. 16. to consist: 1 Cor. 2. 5. STAND, v.i. (Lat. stare to stand) Original sin standeth not in the followArt. of Religion, ix. ing of Adam. STAND TO, v. t. to abide by, agree to: Deut. 25. 8. &c.

The Lord shall judge me. I will stand only to the judgment of the Lord. Latimer's Serm., p. 115. STAY, v. t. (0. Fr. estaver, Lat. statuere to set.) (1) To stop:

STU

2 Sam. 24, 16; Job 37. 4; 38. $7.
(2) To support: Ex.17. 12; Song 2. 5.
If you meet the prince, you may stay
Shaks. Much Ado, iii, 3, 81.
him.
Two props to stay him from the fall of
vanity. Shaks. Richard III., iii. 7. 97.
a place) a
STEAD, n. (A. S. stede=
station, standing-place, Josh. 5.7;
abodes, homesteads, 1 Chr. 5. 22,
&c.; cp. Bestead, Steady.
Fly this fearfull stead anon.
Spenser's F. Q., Can. iv. 42.

to move) a
STIR, n. (A. S. styrian
commotion, uproar, tumult: Is.
22. 2; Acts 12. 18; 19. 23.
His wife of Bath he keeps such a stir
with in his Canterbury tales.

Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 41.
STOMACH, n. (Gk. stomachos-the
throat) used metaphor. to signify
pride, courage: Ps. 101. 7, P. B.
Vers.; 2 Macc. 7. 21.

With such words of fear must all stub

born stomachs be pulled down.

Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 59. Men of activity that have stomachs to do their office. Latimer's Serm., p. 147. STOMACHER, n. (Gk. and Latin stomachus the throat). A part of a woman's dress, worn on the throat and bosom: Isa, 3. 24. See Cieled.

If a tailor make your gown too little you cover his fault with a broad stomacher. Lyly's Euphues, p. 222. STONEBOW, n. a bow by which stones were thrown: Wisd. 5. 22. STORE, n. (A,S. stor great, large) abundance, multitude, plenty: Gen. 26. 14, &c.

In Britain there is great store of cattle. Lyly's Euphues, p. 247. STOUT, adj. (conn. with Germ, stolz proud) strong, confident, stubborn: Isa. 10. 12; Mal. 3. 13. He gave up the ghost with great and stout courage.

Last Fight of the Revenge, p. 91. So STOUTNESS-stubbornness: Isa. 9. 9.

Her stoutness, to those that threaten, is to be marvelled at.

Lyly's Euphues, p. 460.

STRAIT, adj. (Lat. strictus, drawn contracted) narrow: together,

2 Kin. 6. 1; Matt. 7. 13, &c.; (2) fig. STRAITEST, strictest: Acts 26. 5. All flying through a strait lane. Shaks. Cymb., v. 3. 7. What strait watch was laid in every haven. Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 25-4. STRAITLY, adv. (Lat. strictus=

drawn tight. Hence) strictly, closely: Gen. 43. 7; Josh. 6. 1, &c. STRAITNESS, n.

narrowness.

Of narrow means sore need, distress: Dt. 28. 53; Job 36. 16; Jer. 19. 9. Straitened circumstances. So straitly God doth judge.

Spenser's F. Q., ii. 8. 29. Yet in the straitness of that captive state. Spenser's F. Q. v. 6. 2. STRAWED, p. p. of the verb to strew or straw (A. S. strewian): Ex. 32. 20; 2 Chr. 34. 4; Mt. 21. 8, &c. In the morning they stick them in the head, at night they straw them at their heels. Lyly's Euphues, p. 205. STRIKE HANDS, v. t. a literal translation of the Hebrew. The meaning is 'to become a surety for anyone': Job 17. 3; Prov. 22. 26. Still practised on striking a bargain.

The cold is taken, ere the body shiver, and the match made ere you strike hands. Gosson's School of Abuse, p. 59. STRIPLING, n. (a diminutive of strip). A youth: 1 Sam. 17. 56.

He with two striplings made good the Shaks. Cymb., v. 2. 19. passage. STUFF, n. (O. Fr. estoffe materials

[GLOSSARY-]

(1) Furniof any kind. Hence) = ture, Gen. 31. 37, &c.; (2) materials, Ex. 36. 7, &c.; (3) baggage, e.g. of an army, 1 Sam. 25. 13; 30. 24. (1) Household stuff.

Shaks. Shrew, Induction, 2. 141. (2) We are made of stuff so flat and dull. Shaks, Hamlet, iv. 7. 31. (3) Dromio, what stuff of mine hast thou embarked? Shaks. Com. of Errors, v. 409. SUCCOUR, v. t. (Lat. succurrere= to run to the help of) to help, assist in any way: 2 Sam. 8. 5; 18. 3; 21. 17; 2 Cor. 6. 2; Heb. 2. 18. To love, honour, and succour my father Church Catechism. and mother.

SUCKLING, n. (Ger. säugling) an infant at the breast: Dt. 32. 25, &c. The fattest of my flocks, a suckling yet, That ne'er had nourishment but from the teat. Congreve's Juvenal, xi. 115. enough) to satisfy: Num. 11. 22. SUFFICE, v. t. (Lat. sufficere to be

Till he be first sufficed I will not touch a bit. Shaks. As you Like it, il. 7. 131. SUNDER, v. t. (A. S. sundrian ==) to separate: Job 41. 17.

Neither from the body can the light of the sun be sundered.

Edward VI.'s Catechism, p. 33. SUPPLE, v. t. (Lat. supplex, from plico to fold) to make pliant or soft: Ezek. 16. 4; (cp. Lk. 10. 34). A precious liquor pour'd

Into the wound, and suppled tenderly, Fletcher's Purple Island, xi. 37. SURE, adj. (Fr. sür, Lat. securus, undisturbed) secure: 1 Sam. 2. 35. Thou sure and firm-set earth. Shaks. Macb., ii. 1. 56. SURFEITING, n. (Old Fr. surfait, from Lat. super, facere to overdo). Excess of eating, gluttony: Lk. 21. 34. See Use. Hungry stomachs are not to be fed with sayings against surfeitings.

Lyly's Euphues, p. 395. SWADDLE, v. t. (A.S. swethel = a bandage) to roll in bandages (as is still done in Germany, with the limbs of little babes): Lam. 2.

22

: Ezek. 16. 4. SWADDLINGBAND: Job 38.9. SWADDLING CLOTHES, n. the clothes in which infants were swathed or swaddled: Wis. 7. 4; Lk. 2. 7, 12. No swaddling silks thy limbs did fold. Though thou could'st turn thy rags to gold.-Vaughan, Poems, vol. 1. p. 309. With swaddling-clothes of comfort for to bind

Unjointed members of a troubled mind. Fuller's Poems, p. 60. SWEAR, v. t. (A. S. swerian) to make to swear: Ex. 13. 19.

Then I swore thee that thou should'st attempt. Shaks. Ju. Cæs., v. 3. 38. SWELLING, adj. (A. S. swellan to swell. Figuratively) proud, inflated: 2 Pet. 2. 18; Jude 16. The venomous malice of my swelling heart. Shaks. Tit. And., v. 3. 13. SWINE, n. singular (A. S. swin=) a pig: Lev. 11. 7; Prov. 11. 22.

Thou must have the snout of a swine to say nothing. Lyly's Euphucs, p. 239.

T.

TABER, v. i. (Fr. tambour, Old Fr. tabor a drum). To beat as on such an instrument, to drum upon: Nah. 2. 7. [TABRET]. Thus brought he common rumour to taber on his head.

North's Plutarch, p. 94. TABERNACLE, n. (L. tabernacu lum) a tent, esp. that under which the ark of the covenant was kept, Exod. 26. 1, &c.; any moveable dwelling, Num. 24. 5; Mat. 17. 4. The feast of tabernacles

THO

was kept by the Israelites dwelling in booths for seven days, Lev. 23. 42. TABLE, n, (L. tabula) a writing tablet: Hab. 2. 2; Lk. 1. 63; 2 Cor. 3. 3. Covered with wax in which to write with a style. Used in O. T. of the slabs of stone on which the ten commandments were graven: Ex. 32. 15, &c.

If a painter were to draw any of their counterfeits on a table, he needs no more but wet his pencil.

Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 28. TABRET, n. (Fr. tabouret = a small drum) tabor, i.e. tambourine : Gen. 31. 27. &c. See Shawm, If he do well through envy they do carp, If ill, it is their tabret and their harp. , J. Fletcher's Perfect Cursed Blessed Man, ii. 270. TACHE, n. (conn. with Fr. attacher, to fasten together; cp. attach, tack.) A fastening: Ex. 26. 6, &c.

They made several curtains with loops and taches, and so fastened them together.-Bp. Reynold's Serm. (1666), p. 11. TAKE, v. t. to catch, ensnare: Job 5. 13; Prov. 6. 2, &c.

Being openly taken in an iron net, all the world might judge whether thou be fish or flesh. Lyly's Euphucs, p. 98. TALE, n. (A. S. tal, Germ. zahl.) That which is told (cp. Tell) or counted, a reckoning, number: Ex. 5. 8; 1 Sa. 18. 27; 1 Chr. 9. 28.

She likewise took tale of her apostate
subjects. Naunton's Fr. Reg., p. 32.
TARGET, n. (A. S. targe, a defen-
sive weapon) a shield: 1 Sam. 17. 6.

Writ on Sir Richard's target soldiers'
hate.-Last Fight of the Revenge, p 68.
(Lat. taberna=)
TAVERNS, n.
'The three
shops. Acts 28. 15.
Taverns', a halting place on Ap-
pian way.

TELL, v.t. (A.S. tellan=) to count:
Gen. 15.5; Ps. 22. 17. [TALE.]

You may tell her ribs through her skin.
Howell's Letters, iv. 35.
TEMPER, v. t. (L. temperare-to
mingle) to make a compound of,
Eze. 13.
mix, Ex. 29. 2; 'morter
10; cp. Nah. 3. 14.
Their labours and pastimes be so tem-
pered, that they weaken not their bodies.
Lyly's Euphues, p. 143.
TEMPERANCE, n. (L. temperantia,
selfrestraint) moderation in every
thing Acts 24. 25; Gal. 5. 23, &c.
Commend his temperance, he will starve
himself.
Burton's Anat., p. 197.
to a trial) to try, test: Gen. 22. 1;
TEMPT, v. t. (Lat. tentare = to put
James 1. 13, 14.

Tempt us not to bear above our power.
Shaks. K. John, v. 6, 38.

So (1) a will,
TESTAMENT, n. (Lat. testamen-
tum a last will.)
Heb. 9. 16, &c.; God's covenant
with men before Christ in the Old
Testament, 2 Cor. 3. 14, &c.; and
(3) the altered conditions of that
Covenant through Christ in the
New Testament, 2 Cor. 3. 6, &c.
TETRARCH, n. (Gk. tetrarches) a
ruler over the fourth part of any
country: Lk. 3. 1.

O had the tetrarch, as he knew thy birth,
So known thy stock (of Christ).
Quarles' Emblems, iv. 9.
THITHERWARD, adv. (A.S. thider-
weard toward that place) in that
direction: Judg. 18. 15; Jer. 50. 5.
He's gone to serve the Duke of Florence,
We met him thitherward.
Shaks. All's Well, ii. 55.

'Take
THOUGHT, n. anxiety, excessive
care 1 Sam. 9. 5, &c.
thought', Mat. 6. 25, translates a

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