boats which first had decks, a rowing boat with a deck: Is. 33. 21. The Pope is able to put 50.000 men in the field, beside his naval strength in galleys. Howell's Letters, í. 38. FOURSQUARE, adj. square: Ex. GARNER, n. (Lat. granaria, Fr. 27. 1, &c. The city of Amaurote standeth upon the side of a low hill, in fashion almost foursquare. More's Utopia, p. 77. FRANKLY, adv. (Fr. franc -free) freely: Lk. 7. 42. Very frankly he confessed his treasons. Shaks. Macb, i. 4. 5. FRAY, v. t. (Fr. frayeur = horror, fright, perhaps at first from being startled by noise, so akin to the Lat. fragor, a crash) to frighten: Deut. 28. 26; Jer. 7. 83; Zech. 1. 21. The root still survives in afraid. Whatsoever work is anywhere from which labour doth fray other, all that they take upon them willingly. More's Utopia, p. 149. FRET, v. t. (A.S. fretan=) to devour, of a sore which spreads and consumes the flesh: Lev. 13. 51, &c.; cp. P. B. Vers., Ps. 39. 12, a moth fretting a garment'. Doth not the rust fret the hardest iron? Lyly's Euphues, p. 111. FRONTLETS, n. (Lat. frons = the forehead.) Used, Ex. 13. 16, &c. of the bands of parchment (called by the Jews tephillin, and in the N. T. phylacteries) on which certain texts were written and bound by the Jews in a square packet on their forehead, as a literal fulfilment of the command, 'It shall be for a memorial between thine eyes'. FROWARD, adj. (A.S. framweard= away from, and hence untoward, i.e. not compliant, not agreeing with) perverse, obstinate, self-willed: Deut. 32. 20 Job 5. 13, &C. FROWARDNESS, n. perverseness: Prov. 2. 14, &c. For the towardness I see in thee, I must needs love thee, and for thy frowardness counsel thee. Lyly's Euphucs, p. 241. FULLER, n. (Lat. fullo) = a cleaner of cloth, a bleacher: 2 Ki. 18. 17; Mal. 3. 2; Mk. 9. 3, &c. The historian, Thomas Fuller, was fond of playing on his name, e.g. My soul is stained with a dusky colour, Let thy Son be the sope, I'll be the fuller. FURTHERANCE, n. (akin to forth, far, farther,and A.S. furan [FARE], to go) extension, spread, increase, help: Phil. 1. 12, 25. I would have the memory of children continually to be exercised, which is the greatest furtherance to learning that can be. Lyly's Euphues, p. 145. G. GAD, v. i. (A. S. gáda goad or sting) to move restlessly about, as though stung by an insect: Jer. 2. 36. Gad-tly has the same root. Euripides holds him a fool that, being well at home, will gad abroad. Gosson's School of Abuse, p. 31. GAINSAY, v. t. to speak against, contradict: Lk. 21. 15. GALLANT, adj. (Fr. galant) splendid, fine, Isa. 33. 21, of ships, to which the word is still applied. The same root occurs in galadays. Gallants in A.V.marg., Nah. 2. 5 & Zech. 11. 2 = mighty men. GALLEY, n. (Lat. galea = a hel met). Perhaps applied to the grenier) a granary, Ps. 144. 13; Joel 1. 17; Mt. 3. 12; Lk. 3. 17; storehouse for grain." These Volsces have much corn; take these rats to gnaw their garners. Shaks. Cor., i. 1. 254. GARNISH, v.t. (Fr. garnir to furnish). To deck, adorn: 2 Chron. 3. 6, &c. Christ never ceased to do us good, by garnishing His Church with so many notable gifts. Edward VI.'s Catechism, p. 38. GAZINGSTOCK, n. an object to gaze at with astonishment, Nah. 3.6; Heb. 10.33. So laughing-stock. Many make of it a gazingstock to serve their eyes and tongues. Bp. Grindal's Rem., p. 480. GENDER, v. t. (Lat. genero=) to beget, produce, Job 21. 10, &c., also intr. to copulate: Lev. 19. 19. A cistern for foul toads to gender in. Shaks. Othello, iv. 2. 63. GENERATION, n. = (1) offspring, brood, Lk. 3. 7; (2) an age, Gen. 7. 1; Mat. 24. 34, &c. The barbarous Scythian makes his generation messes to gorge his appetite. Shaks. Lear, i. 1. 119. GHOST, n. (A. S. gast, G. geist) The spiritual part of man: Gen. 49. 33, &c. So ghostly-spiritual enemy (Ch. Cat.). Our army lies ready to give up the ghost. Shaks. J. Caesar, v. 1. 89. GIER-EAGLE, n. (Germ. geier =) a vulture: Lev. 11. 18; Dt. 14. 17. The first part of the word defines the bird as a bird of prey. Cp. gier (or ger), falcon. The goodwife will not open her mouth to bid one welcome. A stranger weld think the godman of the house a haberdasher of wild-fowl Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. £. GOVERNOR, n. (Lat. guberactor a pilot, Jam. S. 4, where it keeps its meaning; at present much more extended in signification. A wise governor of a ship will in a calm and fair weather look for a storm Cawdray's Treas. of Samkies, p. 1. GRAFF, T. t. (Fr. greffer =) to engraft: Rom. 11. 17-24. Though a countryman know how to gray an imp, his to will not alter the taste of the crab. Gosson's School of Abuse, p. 6. GREAT WOMAN, n. rich, infuential woman: 2 Kin. 4. S. He said there was a great mem the realm that was a great supporter of popery. Grey Friars Chronic'è, p. 6. It were comfortable to hear of ch great women in these days, where the most part are so fine. Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 2 GREAVES, n. (Fr. grère - the shin of the leg) defensive armour for the legs: 1 Sam. 17. 6. Put on thy greaves and gentles, wid thy spear. Milton's 8. A pon.. 11. GRECIAN, n. used in N. T. for the Gk. Hellenistes, by which is meant a Greek who had become a Jew. Many of the first converts to Christianity were Greek-Jews: Acts & GIFT, n. a bribe: Deut. 16. 19; GREEK, n. used in N. T. to repre 1; 9.29; 11. 20. 2 Chr. 19. 7, &c. Their right hand is full of gifts. Ps. 26. 10, Pr. Bk. Vers. GIN, n. (Lat. ingenium a device. Hence) a snare, trap: Job 18.9, &c. The old Eng. word was grin (A.S.), and it continued for a long time to be so printed, but now gin has everywhere taken its place. If the tortoise was cunning in swimming, he would not fear the gin of the fisher. Lyly's Euphuės, p. 404. GIVE PLACE, v. i. to make room for, Luke 14. 9; to give way, to yield: (1) literally, Judg. 20. 36, &c.; (2) fig., Rom. 12. 19, make room for, i.e. yield to, indulge, Gal. 2. 5. (1) I would be willing to give place to my betters. Latimer's Serm., p. 83. (2) To give place to these suggestions is to enter into temptation. Ibid. p. 194. GLEDE, n. (A.S. glida) a kite: Deut. 14. 18, perhaps from the gliding ease of its flight. GLISTERING, adj. (Dut. glisteren to shine) to glitter: 1 Chr. 29. 2; Job 20. 25. &c. How live the Moors which spurn at glistering pear!! GO ABOUT, v. t. to endeavour: John 7. 19; Rom. 10. 3. So, to compass an object. Gascoigne's Steel Glass, p. 60. But why go I about to hinder the course of love? Lyly's Euphues, p. 61. GO BEYOND, v. t. to overreach: 1 Thes. 4. 6. The last point of his care [was] how to go beyond the loathsome watchfulness of these uncomely companions. Sidney's Arcadia, bk. 3, p. 639. sent the Gk. Hellen, John 12 2: Acts 14. 1; 16. 1, 3, &c.; and the feminine Hellenis, Mk. 7. 26; Acts 17. 12; and adj. Hellenikoa, Luke 23. 38; Rev. 9. 11. But in all these examples the meaning is, a man, a woman, or a language belonging to the Greek people. GRISLED, p. p. (Fr. gris, Ger. greis gray) grey-coloured: Gen 31. 10, 12, &c. Usually spelt grizzzled. His beard was grizzled.-Bamlet, 1. 2.10. (Where the folios have grisly.) GRUDGE, v. i. a word formed to express the sense by its sound, to grumble: Ps. 59. 15; Jam. 3. 9. He eats his meat without grudoing Shaks. Much Ado, ii, 4, 90 H. HABERGEON, n. (A. S. healshæerne, Fr. haubergeon neck covering armour for the neck and breast: Ex. 28. 32, &c. Apparently the same word as hanberk, though the two pieces of armour are distin guished, the hauberk being worn above the habergeon. Often spelt haberion and habericon. Their mighty strokes their haberions dis mayld. Spenser's F. Queene, 11. 6. 2. HAFT, n. (A. S. haft that by which you hold) a handle: Judg. S It has a haft fit to hold it by in cre hand. Digby's Of Man's Soul, ch. L HALE, v. t. (Fr. haler, to drag vic HOL lently) to drag: Lk. 12. 58; Acts 8. 3. Now spelt haul. Earth hales me down, I cannot, cannot rise. Quarles' Emblems, 5, 9. HALT, v. i. (A. S. healtian to go lame) to limp: Gen. 32. 31, &c. So 1 Kin. 18. 21. The Heb. verb recurs, ts. 26, they danced in halting wise by (A. V. leaped upon') the altar, i.e. a dervish-like dance. Let me see thee walk, thou dost not halt. Shaks. Tam, of Sh., ii. 1. 258 HANDLE, v. t. (A. S. handlian = HAP, n. (Icel. happ fortune) Some have the hap to be termed learned men. Howell's Letters, 3, 8. HARDLY, adv. with hardship, Isa. 8. 21; with difficulty, Mt. 19. 23; Luke 9. 39; Acts 27. 8. To feed and live hardly, like husbandmen.-Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 282, HARNESS, n. (Fr. harnois, Ger. harnisch accoutrements) armour: 1 Kin. 20. 11, &c. HARNESSED, P. p. clad in armour, armed: Ex. 13. 18. Gollas trusted in his harness and strength. The boy saw the hill full of angels harnessed to defend them both. (See 2 Kin. 6. 17). Bp. Pilkington's Works, pp. 231, 134. Shaks, Love's L. L., i. 1. 163. HEADY, adj.-headstrong, 2 Tim. 3. Who would so soon to heady lines com. HEALTH, n. (A. S. hælth, akin to Mine eyes are wasted away with looking place, from kelan to conceal): HELVE, n. (A. S. helf) a handle of If [France] should reduce the Spaniard to that desperate pass as to make him throw the heive after the hatchet. Howell's Instr. for For. Travel, p. 47. HIGHMINDED, adj., proud, wrongly confident, puffed up: Rom. 11. 20; 1 Tim. 6. 17. Lord, I am not highminded, I have no Their faith, plighted on the shore, is [GLOSSARY.] 20. 7; Deut. 5. 11; 1 Kin. 2. 9, &c., of esteeming innocent or guilty. An illiterate fool sits in a man's seat, and the people hold him learned (See Gad.) Burton's Anat., p. 415. HOLD, n. a fortress; cp. stronghold: Judg. 9. 46, &c. The Scots assault castles, towers, and such manner of holds.-Lever's Serm., p. 98. HONEST, adj. (Lat. Honestus = honourable, comely: Rom. 12. 17. So HONESTY = honourable conduct: 1 Tim. 2. 2. Nor will they shamefully covet to keep [their lives] when honesty biddeth leave More's Utopia, p. 139. them. HOSEN, n. (A.S. hose). Originally meant any covering for the legs, not stockings merely as now: Dan. 3. 21. The old plural; cp. oxen. He found [Democritus] sitting upon a stone, without hose or shoes. Burton's Anat., p. 22. HOUGH, v.t. pronounced hock (A.S. hoh the ham of the leg). To cut the hamstrings, Josh. 11. 6, 9; 2 Sa. 8. 4. and so disable an animal. They account of no man that hath not a hattie-axe at his girdle to hough dogs HUNGERBITTEN, adj. pinched with.-Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 25. with hunger, Job 18. 12, starving. These men were hunger-bitten also, for though they had land, yet they were not able to store it. Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 457. HUSBANDMAN, n. (A.S. Husbonda ) a farmer: Gen. 9. 20, &c. Lawyers, suppose they are in the beginning but husbandmen's sons, come in time to be the chief fathers of the land. Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 26. Husband had also the same sense. [See Hardly]. They count themselves rather the husbands than the owners of their land. More's Utopia, p. 74. HUSBANDRY, n. tillage or cultivation: 2 Chr. 26. 10; 1 Cor. 3. 9. He wanted money to buy tacklings for his horses, with other things belonging to his husbandry.-Howell's Letters, 3, 8. I. IDOL, adj., applied to a shepherd, Zech. 11. 17; is an adj. in the Hebrew-worthless; rendered of no value', Job 13. 4; cp. 1 Cor. 8. 4; and often applied to idols, e.g. Lev. 19. 4; Ps. 96. 5; Jer. 14. 4; Hab. 2. 18, &c. Cp. Abomination. IF SO BE, conj. if: Josh. 14. 12; Hos. 8. 7, &c. ILL-FAVOURED, adj.ugly, ill-look- ven and earth. The genius of the Roman hath always been much taken with imagery limning and sculptures.-Howell's Letters, 1. 38. IMPLEAD, v. t. (Fr. emplaider =) to indict, accuse: Acts 19. 38. If the body should implead the soul, it might bring many foul impeachments against it. IMPORTABLE, adj. (Lat. importaBp. Hall, of Contentation, p. 20. INS bilis) insufferable, unendurable : IMPOTENT, adj. (Lt. impotens Prayer of Manasses, powerless) weak, invalid: John 5. 3, &c. One day he [Commodus] gathered all the sick, lame, and impotent people of Rome into one place. Gosson's School of Abuse, p. 47. INCONTINENT, adj. (Lat. incontinens not restraining) intemperate, unrestrained: 2 Tim. 3. 3. They are luxurious, incontinent by reaINCREASE, n. (1) Produce of the son of wind. Burton's Anat., p. 271. earth: Gen. 47. 24, &c. (2) Interest of money: Lev. 25. 36. The husbandman that toileth for increase, the lawyer that pleadeth for gold. INDIFFERENT, adj. (Lat. indiffer Lyly's Euphues, p. 157. ens) not making differences, impartial: Ecclus. 42. 5. God's commandment is like and indif ferent to all. Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 493. Shaks. Temp., i. 2, 182. Psalm 32. 9, Pr. Bk. Vers. Now when as Phoebus with his fiery waine Spenser's F. Q., vi. 3, 29. INNOCENTS, n. (Lat. innocens === harmless) innocent persons: Jer. 2. 34; 19. 4. INNOCENCY, n. (L. innocentia =) harmlessness. For like forms, comp. impudency, insolency, arrogancy, &c. Innocence: Gen. 20. 5, &c. Judges doing manifest wrong to poor innocents to please others. Burton's Anat, p. 24. INQUISITION, n. (Lat. inquisitio Those which at the instant and impor- KNA INTEND, v. t. (Lt. intendere = to stretch unto. Hence) to take steps, Josh. 22. 33; to plan, plot, Ps. 21. 11. O Father, what intends thy hand against INTERMEDDLE, v. i. to meddle, Bones to gnaw upon, which may keep them from having leisure to intermeddle with higher matters. Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 59. INWARD, adj. intimate, of friends: Job 19. 19. He will be very inward with a man, to fish some bad out of him. Earle's Micro., p. 44. (Of a detractor.) ISSUE, n. a discharge of blood: Mat. 9. 20, &c. The juice [of money-wort] is good for the bloody flux, and all other issues of blood. Gerarde's Herb., p. 505. J. JANGLING, n. (0. Fr. jongleur, akin to L. joculator, a foolish jester, a babbler) foolish, idle talking: 1 Tim. 1.6. Now cometh Jangling, that may not be without sin.-Chaucer's Parson's Tale. JEOPARD, v. t. (said to be Fr. jeu partian even game, where each party is in the same risk of losing. Hence) to risk: Judg. 5. 18; and JEOPARDY, n. risk, hazard: 2 Sam. 23. 17. &c. He [Abraham] was not hard against Lot his nephew, but jeoparded his body and life for the oppressed. Coverdale's Works, p. 35. [GLOSSARY.] KNOP, n. (Germ. knospe =) a bud. L. LACE (It. laccio, Spa. lazo), a lace Sidney's Arcadia, bk. iii., p. 408. LAUD, v.t. (Lat.laudare=) to praise: Rom. 15. 11. Laud we the gods. Shaks. Cymb., v. 5. 476 LAVER, n. (Lat. lavare to wash). ! With livers pure and cleansing herbs The clotted gore. Milton's S. 4gon., 1727. LAY TO, v.t. to apply: Ps. 119. 126, JESUS, in Acts 7. 45; Heb. 4. 14, is LEASING, n. (A. S. leasunga lie. the Gk. form of the Heb. Joshua. JEWRY, n. Judæa, the country of the two tribes, Judah and Benjamin: Dan. 5. 13; John 7. 1. Nehemiah asketh a number of soldiers to conduct him safely into Jewry. Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 327. JOT, n. Heb. jod, Gk. iota, the name of the smallest letter in those al phabets. Hence applied to anything small: Mt. 5. 18. So Alpha and Omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, are used to mean beginning and end: Rev. 1. 8. Rather than I would dissent one jot from it, I would be torn with wild horses. Latimer's Serm., p. 65. JUDGE, v. t. Rom. 14. 3- condemn. (See under Damnation.) K. KERCHIEF, n. (Fr. couvrechef =) a covering for the head: Ezek. 18. 18, 21. Is this the fast that I choose, that a man should lap his head in hoods and kerchiefs! Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 558. KIND (A. S. cynd) nature: Gen. 1. 11. Cp. kindly natural, fruits of the earth.' Pr. Bk. Litany. Whose death was after the fashion of a kindly and pleasant sleep. Bacon's Advancement, p. 140. KINE, n. old plural of cow: Gen. 32. 15, &c. KNAP, Ps. 46. 9, Pr. Bk. Vers., is another form of snap to break. Cp. neeze and sneeze. So) falsehood: Ps. 4. 2; 5. 6. Lyly's Euphues, p. 366. LEAVE, v. t. to leave off: Gen. 29. The ant though she toil in summer, yet Lyly's Euphues, p. 157. LEAVEN, n. (Fr. levain, akin to I have thoroughly sifted the disposition LIS Ex. 5. 4; Isa. 45. 13; Rom. 1. 13; These things let me of my matter. Pr. Bk. Coll, 4th S. in Adr. LEWD, adj. (A. S. leode = people, Ger. leute; cp. lay, laite). The word at first meant only the cow-i mon people, but in time came to be used (1) for ignorant, Acts 17.3, and (2) as now, for vicious: Erek. 16. 27. (1) No good schoolmaster will safer mach lewd scholars in his school as will mat learn. Bp. Pilkington's Werks, p. 15" (2) Belial, than whom a spirit more ineč! Fell not from heaven. Milton's Par. L. 1. 40. LIBERTINES, n. (Lat. libertinna i a freedman) Jews whose fathers had been carried off se Roman slaves, perhaps by Pompey, B.C. 63, but, being set free, had afterwards returned to Jerusalem. and, being regarded as a class apart, had a synagogue to themselves: Acts 6. 9. LIEN, p.p. of the verb to lie lain Gen. 26. 10, &c. I have lien like a lubber when the m did shine. Gascoigne's Steel Glası, p. 41 LIGHT, v.i. (A.S. liktas to come down, Gen. 24. 64; cp. ølight, as) 'lighten', Lat, fat, in ver. 2. of Te Deum; and thus to light cz. Ruth 2.3 to chance upon, to fall in with accidentally. We may pick a thousand salads ere we light on such another berb Shaks, Alla Well, iv. 5. 13 LIGHT, adj. (connected with the preceding freed from all lead Hence careless, idle, worthless: Judg. 9. 4; 1. persons', ie, sidrenturers, soldiers of fortune, Zepb. 1 3. 4. A light wife doth make a heavy bahan i Shaks. Mer. of Fe 113 So LIGHTNESS levity, and so wickedness: 2 Cor. 1. 17; Jer. 29. You may convince me of lightwei answering such toys. Lyly's Euphuen, p. 74. LIGHT, n. an opening for admitting light, a window: 1 Kin. 7. 4. 3. Great beed is to be taken how we place our windows, lights and bases, bow wẹ let in or exclude this ambient air. Burton's Anat. p. 34. of youth, wherein I have found more LIGURE, n. (Lat. iurius, in the dough than leaven, more rage than reason. LEES, n. (A. S. leah, Fr. lie. That Chius, selling the best wine to others, Lyly's Euphues, p. 408. LENTILES, n. (Lat. lens, lentis) a Vulgate). A precious stone, not I will tell you what is like to come of it LIKE, v. t. to please: Deut. 3. producing seeds in a small pod: LIKING, n. condition of the body Gen. 25. 34; 2 Sam. 23. 11. The lentile having the skin or coat taken off doth more nourish than if it had the skin on. Gerarde's Herbal, p. 1050. LESSER, adj. Gen. 1. 16, &c. Less. smaller. Double comparatives and superlatives are not uncommon in the older English; comp. 'most Highest'. He made the lester beasts lie in wait one for the other, the crocodile to cope Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 71. Job 39. 4. In Dan. 1. 10, used as adj..worse liking in worse condition; ep. well liking', Ps. 29. 13. Pr. Bk. Vers. I shall think the worse of fat men, w long as I have an eye to make diference of men's liking. Shaks, Merry Wives, £ 1. 5. LIST, v. i. (A. S. ¡ystan to like, to will, akin to inst) to please: It 17. 12; Mk. 9. 13; John 3. 8; Jam 8. 4. It shall be moon, or star, or what I Zim MAK LIVELY, adj. (1) full of life, active, strong: Ex. 1. 19; Ps. 38. 19, &c. The makers of images did the uttermost of their power that a stone might be in figure very like unto a lively creature. Udall's Erasm. Apophth., p. 20. (2) Metaphorically, of hope, faith, &c.-active, strong, mighty: Acts 7. 38; 1 Pet. 1. 3; 2. 5. That record is lively in my soul. Shaks. Twelfth Night, v. 1. 253. LIVING, n. property, possessions : Mk. 12. 44; Lk. 8. 43, &c. He called all his soldiers and acquaintance together, and distributed his living and possessions amongst the poorest of them.-Nash's Pierce l'ennilesse, p. 51. LODGE, n. (Fr. loger to pass the night). A (watchman's) hut: Isa. 1. 8. I found him here as melancholy as a lodge in a warren. Shaks. Much Ado, ii. 1. 222. LOFT, n. (any place lifted high; cp. Aloft). An upper room or storey: 1 Kin. 17. 19; Acts 20. 9. The stage had three lofts, one above another. Hakewill's Apologia, iv. 8. 2. LOOK IN THE FACE, a literal rendering of the Hebrew; means to meet in battle: 2 Kin. 14. 8. For the idea, cp. when he had seen him', 2 Kin. 23. 29; withstood him to the face', Gal. 2. 11. LOVERS, used of close friends, Ps. 38. 11; of allies, Jer. 30. 14, &c. LUCRE, n. (Lat. lucrum = gain) profit, gain: 1 Sam. 8. 3; 1 Tim. 3.3, &c. Filthy luere'-base gains. Patrons be charged to see the office done, and not to seek a lucre by patronship. Latimer's Serm., p. 148. LUST, v. i. (A. S. lustan, to desire; cp. list indo as they list'. To long) like, desire (often unlawfully): Deut. 12. 15, &c. They would worship God, either as they Just themselves, or not at all. Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 73. LUSTY, adj. (Ger. lustig = sprightly) vigorous, strong: Judg. 3. 29; and so LUSTILY, adv. = vigorously: Ps. 33. 3, Pr. Bk. Vers. His purse, from a lean sickliness, he hath made lusty and in flesh. Earle's Microcosm., p. 25. They work so lustily as though they would finish it in one day. Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 399. M. MAGNIFICAL, adj. (Lat. magnificalis) magnificent: 1 Chr. 22. 5. (Rare). The adverb is found. The ancient house of God first set up by Moses, afterward more magnifically framed in timber and stone by Solomon. Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 279. MAGNIFY, v. (Lat. magnificare, Fr. magnifier) to make great. Hence, (1) to increase the fame and authority, Josh. 3. 7, &c.; Ps. 34. 3, &c.; (2) extol, shew forth the praise of. (1) Him that thou magnifiest with all these titles. Shaks. Henry VI., i. iv. 7. 75. (2) Avenzcar magnifies the juice of a pomegranate if it be sweet. Burton s Anat., p. 307. MAKE, v. t. (1) to pretend: Josh, 8. 15; 9. 4, &c. (2) To do: Judg. 18. 3. See Of. not. (1) If thou make as though thou hearest [GLOSSARY.] MAKE FOR, to promote, help for- pose. MALICIOUSNESS, n. Rom. 1. 29; 1 Pet. 2. 16. The Gk. word=wick- Imputing his tongue-sore, not to mali- Udall's Erasm. Apoph., p. 24. (2) As the manner of our country is. MANNER, WITH THE, Num. 5. If you had not taken yourself with the manner. Shaks. Winter's Tale, iv. 4. 752. MANSION, n. (Lat. mansio =) an abiding-place, home, John 14. 2; with no necessary idea of splendour: (cp. Scotch manse). The spirits of fire have their mansions under the regions of the moon. Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 79. MAR, v. t. (A. S. myrran to scatter Phrynis, searching for motes with a pair MARISH, n. (Fr. marais) a morass They would stand up to the chin many Gosson's School of Abuse, p. 4. MASTERY, n. (Lat. magisterium the office of a master. Hence) success, superiority: Ex. 32. 18; Dan. 6. 24; 1 Cor. 9. 25. The exercise was shooting and darting, and trying such masteries, as consisted in swiftness of feet. Gosson's School of Abuse, p 34. MAUL, n. (Lat. malleus, Fr. mail ) a hammer: Prov. 25. 18 (dim. mallet). His head was the maul, and therein he MOL animal food: Gen. 1. 29; Dt. 20. MEET, adj. (A. S. gemét =) proper, Latimer's Sermons, p. 179. Lyly's Euphues, p. 128. MESS, n. (Lt. missussent, Ital. messo, Fr. mets) a dish of food sent to or from a table: Gen. 43. 34; 2 Sam. 11. 8. I had as lief you would tell me of a mess of porridge. METE, v. t. (A.S. metan, Lat. metiri I will pray that thou mayest be measured unto with the like measure that thou hast meten unto others. Lyly's Euphues, p. 92. METEYARD, n. (A. S. met-geard=) a measuring rod: Lev. 19. 35. I think the laying of the metcyard in MILCH, adj. giving milk (of kine): MINCING, adj. (A. S. minsian; Shaks. Merry Wives, v. 1. 9. MIND, v. i. to intend, to have in Him that mindeth to be baptised, the minister dippeth in. Edward VI.'s Catech. p. 51. MINDED, p. p. inclined, determined: Ruth 1. 18, &c. I was minded to bring him straight home to you. More's Utopia, p. 29. MINISH, v. t. (Lat. minuere =)_to diminish, lessen: Ex. 5. 19; Ps. 107. 39. It was not decent that the king's horses should be kept in them, the living of poor men thereby minished and taken away. Latimer's Sermons, p. 33. MINISTER, v. t. (Lat. ministrare) to supply: 2 Cor. 9. 10; Gal. 3. 5. It is dangerous to minister physic unto the patient that hath a cold stomach. Lyly's Euphues, p. 99. kept the wedge that entered the knotty MINISTER, n. (1) servant, Lk. 1. 2; cp. 1 Cor, 4. 1; (2) attendant, Lk. 4. 20. pieces that came to the table. Naunton's Fr. Reg., p. 38. MAW, n. (A. S. maga=) the sto- MITE, n. (L. minutum = a small mach: Deut. 18. 3. Pepper, though it be hot in the mouth is The mean must labour to defend the Gosson's School of Abuse, p. 51. MEAT, n. (A. S. mete) the general name for all food, not necessarily thing, Fr. mite). Used for smallest coin: Mk. 12. 42, half a farthing'. I shall not need to disburse one mite for all their marriages. Lyly's Euphues, p. 279. MOCK, n. (Fr. moquer to ridicule. Hence) ridicule, jeering. To 'make a mock -to ridicule: Prov. 14. 9. She may make it a mock to forsake her new fere (companion]. Lyly's Euphues, p. 921. MOLLIFY, v. t. (Lt. mollifico-) to make soft: Isa. 1. 6 (cp. Lk.10.34). Although the heart of the atheist be so hard that neither reward nor revenge can mollify it. Lyly's Euvhues, p. 177. NAK MONSTER, (L. monstrum, a thing to be pointed at, digito monstrandum) a wonder: Ps. 71. 6, P. B. V. Thou delightest to have thy attire misshapen to make thee a monster. Lyly's Euphues, p. 180. MORIAN, Ps. 68. 31; 87. 4, Pr. Bk Vers., The Morian's land', where A. V. translates Ethiopia'. It means black-a-moor. A fair pearl in a Morian's ear cannot make him white. Lyly's Euphues, p. 315. MORTIFY, v. t. (Lat. mortifico = to put to death. Hence =) destroy, root out: Rom. 8. 13; Col. 3. 5. I can mortify any affections, whether it be in drink or desire. Lyly's Euphues, p. 276. MOTE, n. (A. S. mot) a particle of dust, such as is seen in the sunshine: Mt. 7. 3-5; Lk. 6. 41, 42. See Mar. As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sunbeams. Milton's Il. Pens. 8. MOTIONS, n. (Lt. motio= a movement. Hence) emotions, impulses: Rom. 7. 5. His reason serves not to curb, but understand his appetite, and prosecute the motions thereof with a more eager earnestness. Earle's Microcosm., p. 51. MOUNT, n. (Lat. mons, Fr. mont=) a mound of earth, an embankment. Used in old times by the Assyrians and other nations as a means for attacking walled cities: Jer. 6. 6, &c. To walk amongst bowers, mounts, and arbours, must needs be a delectable recreation. Burton's Anat., p. 340. MOUTHS, MAKING, v. t. Ps. 35. 15, Pr. Bk. Vers. (Printed in the 1611 and many succeeding editions 'making mous '), i.e. wry faces. Apes and monkeys would chatter this way, and contemn with mos the other. Shaks. Cymb., i. 6. 41. MOVE, v. t. (Lat. movere to move. Hence) to excite: Dt. 32. 21, &c. The world doth solicit and more us against God. Latimer's Serm., p. 194. MUFFLER, n. a wrapper for the mouth and lower part of the face: Isa. 3. 19. I spy a great beard under his mufler. Shaks. Merry Wives, iv. 2. 305. MUNITION, n. (Lat. munitio =) a fortification, fortress: Isa. 29. 7; 33. 16; Nah. 2. 1. Munitions of war now signify war stores in general. No defence or munition can keep out a judgment when commissioned by God to South. Serm, vili. 5. enter. MURRAIN, n. (conn. with Lat. mors, death, Fr. mourir to die). A pestilence among cattle: Ex. 9. 3. Send the rot half a year amongst his keepers, and so make them away with a murrain one after another. Nash's Pierce Pennilesse, p. 16. MUSE, v. i. (Fr. muser, to meditate) to ponder, reflect: Ps. 39. 3; 143.5; Lk. S. 15. As for the Apostles, it appeareth well that they never mused at it [the Eucharist] nor demanded how it might be." Grindal's Rem.. p. 49. N. NAKED, adj. (A.S. nacod➡ nude.) Used of persons who have doffed their upper garment: 1 Sam. 19. 24; John 21. 7. So often of unarmed soldiers. Gideon with 500 naked men, unharnessed vanquished them all. Bp. Pilkington's Works, p. 23. [GLOSSARY.] NAPKIN, n. (It. nappa, Fr. nappe, a table-cloth). Any little cloth, a towel or handkerchief: Lk. 19. 20; John 11. 44; 20. 7. The ruthless queen gave him to dry his cheeks. A napkin.-Shaks. 3 Hen. VI., ii. 1. 62. NAUGHT, adj. (A. S. náht) worthless: 2 Kin. 2. 19; Prov. 20. 14. NAUGHTINESS, n. badness, worthlessness: 1 Sam. 17. 25, &c. If the parish be good, and the priest naught. Latimer's Serm., p. 66. The naughtiness of the silver was the occasion of dearth of all things. Latimer's Serm., p. 86. NECROMANCER, n. (Gk. nekromantis) one who calls up the dead for purposes of divination: Dt. | 18. 11. Often spelt nigromancer. In this island some odd nigromancer did inhabit. Lyly's Euphucs, p. 444 NEEDS, (A.S. neádes) of necessity. A genitive case used like an adverb: Gen. 17. 13, &c. See Delectable. Some fantastical refiners of philosophy will needs persuade us. Nash's Fierce Penn., p. 66. NEESINGS, n. (A. S. niesan = to sneeze) sneezing: Job 41. 18. When nessing thou on Jove for succour seem'st to cry. NEPHEW, n. (Lat. nepos) a grandson: Judg. 12. 14; Job 18. 19; Is. 14. 22; 1 Tim. 5. 4. Formerly the word's usual meaning. Most ancient grandmother of all, Why sufferedst thou thy nephews dear to fall. Spenser's F. Q., 1.5.22 NETHER, adj. (A. S. nither below) lower, Ex. 19. 17, &c.; cp. Nether lands for the low-lying lands of Holland. NETHERMOST, adj., lowest. Superiative. The nether end of the ladder is, 'How shall they preach except they be sent ? Latimer's Serm., p. 67. Sulla had paid 3000 nummos for all the nethermost rooms beneath. North's Plutarch (ed. 1579), p. 500. NOISE, n. (derivation uncertain, perhaps Lat. nora injury. The sense of the English word is much weaker, and seems to be connected with annog) chiefly sound, Ezek. 3. 13, whether sad or merry, but qualified often by word expressive of mirth: Ps. 47. 5, Pr. Bk. Vers.; Ps. 66. 1. OTH O. OBEISANCE, n. (Fr. obeir, from Lat. obedire to obey). The onward sign of submission, bowing low, prostration: Gen. $7.7. &c. When we were come in, we di obeisance. Grindal's Remains, §. N OBLATION, n. (Lat. oblete any of fering, esp. to God: Lev. 2. 4. &c. We humbly beseech thee to accept cer alms and obiations. OBSERVE, v. t. (Lat. server) to treat with respect: Mk. 6. 3. The observed of all observers Shaks. diet, Ei 1 162 OCCUPY, v. t. Lat. occupare, to lay hold of) put out to use, Lk. 19. 13, use in trade, or for any handicraft: Ex. 38.24. Cp. Ps. 107. 23. P. B. V., occupy (=practise or follow their business in great waters'; also occupiers of merchandise', Ezek. 27.27; and ropes that never vere occupied used: Judg. 16 11 The brass that they occupy is brought in from beyond sea Lyly's Euphnex, p. 27. OCCURRENT, n. Lat. orrerrere= to run against) anything which be fals, an occurrence: 1 Kin. 3. 4. He paid the king large thate of ble gratitude in diligent advertisement of the Gecurrents of Italy. Bacon's Henry VII. p. 6. OF, prep. (A. S. 'cf. Used fr merly where we should employ an other preposition. 1) == by, bidden of (by): Lk. 14 & for, Zeal of (for) Thine house John 2. 17; 'Zeal of (for) God' Rom. 10. 2. (1) They are made of them that ei them that they are rare and produci things. Nash's Pierce Penniless, p. 39 OFFENCES = causes of stumbling, Mat. 18. 7, &c. See Ofend. OFFEND, v. (Lat. ofendere – to trip. So) to cause to stumble, in a moral sense, exactly Eke G skandalizein to put a stumblingblock in the way, Mat. 5. 29, cc. OFTEN, adj. (A.S. oft === frequently frequent: 1 Tim. 5 29. What misery poor soldiers endure, their often wounds. Burton's 425, JL. 27.20, &c. So noise abroad to sound abroad. OIL-OLIVE, n. olive oil: Exod. publish, make widely known: Jos. 6. 27, &c. NOISOME, adj. (Lat. nocere hurt; cp. nuisance, annoy=) hurtful, noxious: Ps. 91. 3, &c. to There is no kind of beast so noisome as the flatterer. Lyly's Euphues, p. 149. NOTABLE, adj. (Lt. nota a mark) deserving to be marked, or, which has become marked, remarkable: Dan. 8. 5, 8; Matt. 27. 16; Acts 2. 20; 4. 16. See Garnish, Place. This Josias made a notable alteration. Latimer's Serm., p. 137. NOVICE, n. (connect. with Lat. novus new) one newly admitted into the Christian body: 1 Tim.3.6. See Travail. I ask them, with what of! I mea not, whether with c47-oline, or lacap-o Bp. Pilkington's Moria p ON, prep. In phrase 'en eleẹp” — asleep, Acts 13. 36; cp. on boarde aboard, on shore ashore, sa foot afoot. ONCE, adv. used of the indefinite future sometime: Jer. 13. 27. If idle talk will once be DECESSITY. I'll not sleep. Bhaks. Ant., v. 2 52. OPEN, v. t. (A. S. opsian, to oper to make clear, explain: Acts 17. 3. See Allege. I opened to you also how father Summe clears himself. Latimer's Dera, p. 18 OR, prep. (A. S. or beginning, hence =) before. Generally joced with erer: Ps. 90. 2, &c.; Dan. 6. 24. The modern word is ere. Ye may chance to be caught or ye ga Latimer's Serm. p. 15 OTHER, pron. (A. S. ethere. Ass plural, where we should now say others: Josh. 8. 22; 2 Chr. &.; |
