GLOSSARY OF OBSOLETE WORDS, AND OF WORDS VARYING FROM THEIR ORDINARY SIGNIFICATION. Bearing, demeanour. Bearing-cloth, a mantle used at chris-Bow, yoke. tenings. Bent, (in falconry) to flutter. Beating, hammering, dwelling upon. Beck, a salutation made with the head. Beetle, to hang over the base. Beholding, viewing with regard. Beldame, ancient mother. Be-moiled, bedraggled, bemired. Bent, utmost degree of any passion. Bestowed, stowed away, lodged. Beteem,to give, pour out, permit,suffer. Bezonian, a mean fellow. Bolds, emboldens. Borne in hand, deceived. Bowlins or bowlines, tackle of a ship. Bordered, restrained. Brace, armour for the arm. Brack, to salt. Braid, crafty, deceitful. Brake, an instrument of torture; also Brands, a part of the andirons on Brasier, a manufacturer of brass; also, Brawl, a kind of dance. Break with, to break the matter to. Bias-cheek, swelling out like the bins Breast, voice. of a bowl. Bid, to invite. Bid the base, to challenge in a contest. Biggin, a cap. Bilberry, the whortleberry. Breath, speech, also exercise. pliment. Canary, a dance. Candle-wasters, those who sit up a night to drink. Canvas-climber, a sailor. Cap, to salute by taking off the cap. Capon, metaphor for a letter. Carbonado, a piece of meat cut cross- Card, a sea-chart, perhaps also the Carcires, the motion of a horse; to pass the careires, means to overstop the bounds of decorum. Carkanet, a necklace. Carl, clown, boor. Breeched, foully sheathed, mired. Bilbo, & Spanish blade, made at Bilboa Breathe, to utter. Bill, articles of accusation. Breed-bate, an exciter of quarrels. Bill, a weapon, formerly carried by Bridal, the nuptial feast. watchmen. Bin, is. Bring, to attend or accompany. Bird-bolt, an arrow shot at birds from Broach, to put on the spit, to transfix. a cross-bow. Brock, the badger. Brogues, a kind of shoes. Brow of youth, the height of youth. Brownist, a follower of Brown, a sec. Bruising-irons, an allusion to the an Blurt, blurted, an expression of con- Bunting, a bird. Carried, conducted. Cassock, a horseman's loose cost. Castilian, an opprobrious term. tempt. Cast the water, to find out disorders by Catling, a small lutestring, made of cat Cavalero justice, a cant term. prehension of; so called from a Butt-shaft, an arrow to shoot at shafts Censure, to give an opinion. By'rlaken, by our lady. C. Caddis, worsted lace. Cade, a barrel. Cadent, falling. Cage, a prison. Cain-coloured, yellow. Boot, profit, something over and above. Culculate, to foretell. Bond, bounden duty. Bony or bonny, handsome. Book, paper of conditions. Bore, demeaned. Bore, the calibre of a gun. Bores, stabs. Composture, composition. Composition, bargain; also, consis. tency. Competitors, confederates. Concent, connected harmony. Consent, will, conspiracy. Consort, company. Constancy, consistency. Constantly, certainly. Contemptible, contemptuous. Continuate, uninterrupted Continue, to spend. Clout, the white mark at which archers Contrive, to spend, to wear out. shoot. Clouted, hobnailed. Convents, agrees, is convenient. Coach-fellow, one who draws with a Convented, summoned. confederate. Coasting, conciliatory. Codling, an unripe apple. Cob-loaf, a crusty, uneven loaf. Cock, cock-boat. Cock-and-pye, a vulgar oath. Cockshut-time, twilight. Cockle-hat, a pilgrim's hat. Cockle, a corn-weed. Codding, amorous. Codpiece, a part of the dress. Coffin, the cavity of a raised pie. Cog, to cheat with dice, to lie. Cognizance, badge or token. Cogging, lying. Conversion, change of condition. Conveyance, slight of hand, theft. Conveyed himself, derived his title. Copatain hat, a hat with a conical crown Coragio, courage, be of good cheer. Coigne of vantage, convenient corner. Corinth, a brothel. |Coster-monger, a dealer in costers of apples. Cote, to overtake. Coted, quoted, regarded. Cotsale, Cotswood in Gloucester. Count, to reckon upon, Countenance, favour; also, false ap pearance, hypocrisy. Counter, a hunting term. Counter-caster, one who reckons with counters. Counter-check, a term in chess. Courses, the mainsail and foresail. Cowlstaff, a staff used in carrying a basket. armorial bearings. Crewel, worsted. Crisp, curled, winding. Critical, censorious. Crone, a very old woman. Crosses, money stamped with a cross. Crow-keeper, a scarecrow. Crownet, last purpose. Crulentious, cruel. Crusado, a Portuguese coin. Crush, to drink. Crush a cup, to crack a bottle. Cry, a pack of hounds. Cub-drawn, alluding to a bear whose dugs are dry. Cue, a theatrical term, the last word. of the preceding speech. Cuisses, armour for the thighs. Curb, to bend or truckle. Curiosity, curiousness, finical delicacy Curled, ostentatiously dressed. Cursed, under the influence of a malediction. Curst, petulant, ill tempered, crabbed harsh. Curstness, ill-humour. Curtail, a little cur. Curtal, a docked horse. Curtle-axe, a cutlass, broad-sword 'Cut, a horse. 3 [Disnatured, wanting natural affection. Empery, sovereign power, Dispark, to destroy a park or inclosure. Disponge, to discharge as a sponge. Disseat, displace, depose. Distemper, intoxication Distemperature, perturbation. Distempered, out of humour. Distractions, detachments, bodies. Divert, to turn aside. Dole, alms, distribution, lot. Decline, to run through (as in gram- Double, full of duplicity. mar) from first to last. Declined, the fallen. Deem, opinion, surmise. Deer, animals in general. Default, (in the) at a need Defeat, to free, to disembarrass. Defeature, alteration of features. Deftly, adroitly, dexterously. Degrees, steps. Delay, to let slip. Demerits, merits. Demurely, solemnly. Denay, denial. Delayed, denied. Denier, a coin. Denude, to strip, divest. Deny, to refuse. Depend, to be in service Double vouchers, a law term Dout, to do out, extinguish. separate Down-gyved, hanging down, like what Drawn fox, one which is trailed over Drive, to fly with impetuosity. Drollery, a puppet-shew. Drugs, drudges. Drumble, to act lazily. Emulous, envious, jealous. Encave, to hide. Endart, to dart forth. Enfeoff, to invest with possession, Engaged, delivered as an hostage. Enmesh, to inclose, as in meshes. cover. Enridged, bordered. Ensconce, to secure in a safe place, to fortify. Enseamed, greasy. Enseer, to dry up. Ensteeped, immersed. Entertainment, pay; also, being received into service. Entreatments, favours; also, objects Envy, aversion, malice. Esil, or Eisel, a river. Esperance, motto of the Percy family Essential, existent, real. Estimation, conjecture. Even, to make even, or evident. Examined, doubted. Excellent differences, distinguished es cellencies. Excrement, the beard. Execute, to use, or employ. Ducdame, (duc ad me) bring him to Exhale, to breathe one's last. me, the burthen of a song, Dudgeon, the handle of a dagger Due, to endue, to deck. Duke, a leader. Dullard, a stupid person. Descant, to harangue upon; also, a Dup, to do up, to lift up. Derogate, degraded. term in music. Dull, gentle soothing. Dump, a mournful elegy. Dumb, to make silent. Durance, some lasting kind of stuff. Executors, executioners. Exercise, exhortation. Exhaust, to draw forth. Exhibition, allowance. Exigent, end, exigency. Digress, to deviate from what is right. Ecstasy, madness. Discontents, malcontents. Discourse, reason. Disease, uneasiness, discontent. Diseases, sayings. Disgrace, hardship, injury, Dislike, displease. Dislimn, to unpaint, obliterate. Express, to reveal. Effects, affections; also, actions, deeds Extravagant, wandering. effected. Eftest, readiest. Egypt, a gipsy. Eld, old time; also, aged persons. Elf, done by elves, or fairies. Emballing, distinguished by the ball, Embare, to expose. Embraced, indulged in. Empericutick, empirical. Eyas musket, a young hawk. Eyases, nestlings. Eyliads, eyes. Eyne, eyes. Evry, a nest of hawks. Eysel, vinegar. Glaire, a sword. Gleek, to jok.. Glib, to geld. God 'ield you, God yield you. Good-deed, indeed. Good-den, good evening. Good-jer, the venereal disease. Gorbellied, corpulent. Gospelled, puritanic. Goss, furze. Gossamer, atoms that float in the sun beams. Gourds, dice. Gouts, drops. Go your gait, go away. Grained, furrowed, like the grain of wood; also, died ingrain. Gramercy, great thanks. Grange, a lone farm house Gratulate, to be rejoiced in. Grave-man, a man in his grave. Greek, a bawd. Greenly, unskilfully. Green-sleeves, an old song. Groundlings, those who sat or stood on the ground in the old theatres; the common people. Guard, to fringe. Gyve, to shackle. Gad, a sharp-pointed instrument. Gust, to taste. Gamester, a wanton. Gait, passage. Galliard, a dance. First-house, chief branch of the family. Galliasses, ships. Gallimaufry, a medley. Gallow-glasses, Irish foot-soldiers. Fits o' the season, disorders of the sea-Gaping, shouting. Garish, gaudy. Garnered, treasured up. son. Fives, a distemper in horses. Fixure, position. Gasted, frighted. Gaunt, meagre. Flap-dragon, inflammable stuff swal-Gaudy, a festival. lowed by topers. Flap-jack, a pancake. Flaw, a sudden gust of wind. Flecked, spotted, streaked. Fleshment, performance. Flewed, deep-mouthed. Gawd, a bauble. Gear, things or matters. Gyves, shackles. H. Hack, to become cheap. Haggard, wild; also, wild hawk. Happily, accidentally. |