When the serjeants had dined in any of the inns of court, St. Paul's lay much more conveniently for an afternoon consultation than Westminsterhall.

Pas, n. Fr. A foot-pace.

of dignity; a parson, or rector of a church. Personer.

Pertelote, pr. n. of a hen.
Perturbe, v. Fr. To trouble.
Perturbing, n. Disturbance.

Passant, Passing, part. pr. Excelling.

Patren, inf. m. To pray, properly, to repeat the pater-noster.

Pavade, n. Some weapon of offence, of what sort is not known.

Paumes, n. pl. Fr. The palms of the hands.
Par. To kisse the Pax. For an account of this
ceremeny see Du Cange, in v.

Payen, adj. Fr. Pagan.
Payenes, n. pl. Heathens.

Paysaunce, n. "Pausing or stopping, Gloss. Ur." q.?
Pecunial, adj. Pecuniary, paid in money.
Pees, n. Fr. Peace. When used as an interjec-
tion, it signifies the same as Hold thy pees: Be
silent.

Peine, n. Fr. Penalty. Up peine of deth. See Up. Grief, torment, labour.

Peine, v. Fr. To torture, to put to pain. She peined hire: She took great pains.

Peise, v. Fr. To poize, to weigh.

Pell, n.

"A house, a cell. Sp. and Sk. f. a palace. Gloss. Ur." q.?

Pellet, n. Fr. Pelotte. A ball.

Penance, . Fr. Repentance. Pains to be under-
gone by way of satisfaction for sin, pain, sorrow.
Penant, n. Fr. A person doing penance.
Penceli, n. Fr. Pennoncel. A small streamer.
Industrious, pains-taking.

Penible, adj. Fr.
Penetencer, n. Fr.
in extraordinary cases
Penmark, pr. n. A place in Bretagne,
Penner, n. A pen-case. In the inventory of the
goods of Henry V. Rot. Parl. 2 H. 6. n. 15. m.
13. is the following article: "Un penner' et 1
ynkhorn d'arg' dorrez.” And again, m. 20. " 1
pennere et 1 corne covert du velvet bloy."
Penon, n. Fr. A streamer, or ensign.
Pens, n. pl. Sax. Pennies.

A priest, who enjoins penance

Pensell, n. as Pencell.

Pensifehed, n. Pensiveness.

Peper, n. Lat. Pepper. To brewe peper, seems to be an expression for the preparation of a hot, pungent liquour, which should burn the throats of the drinkers. In the Orig. it is-Dames les brasseront tel poivre. Peple, n. Fr. People. Peplish, adj. Vulgar.

Perche, n. Fr. A perch for birds.

Percel, adv. r. Parcel. Ed. By parcels, or parts. Perde, as Parde.

Pery, n. Fr. A pear-tree.
Pese, n. Fr. as Pees.
Pesen, n. pl. Sax. Peas.
Pesible, adj. Peaceable.

Peter Alfonse, Piers Alfonse, author of Dialogus contra Judæos, and a work on Clerical Discipline.

Petrark, pr. n. Our author has inserted a translation of the 10zd Sonnet of Petrarch into his Troilus and Creseide. It is not in the Filostrato. There seems to be no sufficient reason for believing that Chaucer had ever seen Petrarch. Peytrel, n Fr. The breast-plate of a horse. Phisike, n. Fr. Medicine. Doctour of Phisike. See his Character, 415—446, p. 6.

Phesiologus, pr. n. an allusion to a book, entitled Physiologus de Naturis XII Animalium, by one Theobaldus, whose age is not known; there was a larger work, with the same title, in prose, which is frequently quoted by Vincent of Beauvais.

Phiton, pr. n. The serpent Python.
Phitonesse, n. Barb. Lat. A witch.
Pie, n. Fr. A mag-pie, a prating gossip, or tell-
tale.

Pierrie, n. Fr. Jewels, precious stones.
Figgesnie. A term of endearment.
Pight, pa. t. of Pike, v. Sax. Pitched.
Pike, v. Sax. To pitch, to pick, as a hawk does
his feathers, to steal, to peep.
Pike, n. Sax.
Pikerel, n. Sax.

A fish so called. A young pike.

Pilche, n. Sax. A coat or cloak, of skins. Prov. 4. Toga pellicea. Junius in v.

Piler, n. Fr. A pillar.

Pill, v. Fr. Piller. To rob, to plunder.
Pilled, rather Piled, part. pa. Fr. Pelé.
Pillours, n. pl. Fr. Plunderers.

Pilwe, n. Sax. A pillow.

Pilwe-bere, n. Sax. The covering of a pillow. Piment, n. Barb. Lat. Spiced wine, wine mixed with honey. See Clarre.

Pinche, v. Fr. To squeeze. Ther coude no wight pinche at his writing: Not one could lay hold of any flaw in his writings. Pine, n. Sax. Pain, grief. Pine, v. Sax. To torment. Pined, part. pa. Tortured.

Pipe, v. Sax. To play on a pipe. To pipe in an ivy lefe, is put for any useless employment; as it is now said of a disappointed man, He may go whistle. See Buckes horn.

Pistell, n. Sax. Lat. An epistle, a short lesson. Pitance, n. Fr. A mess of victuals. It properly means an extraordinary allowance of victuals, given to monastics, in addition to their usual See Du Cange, in v. Pictantia.. Marrow, strength.

commons.

Pith, n. Sax. Pitous, adj. Fr.

compassion.

Pitously, adv.

Merciful, compassionate, exciting

Pitifully.

Plage, n. Lat. The plague.

Plages, n. pl. Lat. The divisions of the globe. The plages of the north: The northern regions.

v. To make plain.

Plaine, v. Fr. To complain.
Plainliche, adv. Plainly.

Plat, Platte, adj. Fr. Flat, plain, the flat of a
sword, it is often used as an adverb. All plat,
i. e. flatly. Ful plat and eke ful plain.
Plate, n. A flat piece of metal. A brest-plate:
Armour for the breast. A pair of plates: Ar-
mour for the breast and back.
Play, n. Sax. Sport, pleasure.

-, v. To sport, to take pleasure, to act upon a stage, to play upon musical instruments. To play a pilgrimage: To withdraw upon pretence | of going on a pilgrimage.

Ple, n. Fr. An argument, or pleading.
Plein, adj. Fr. Full, perfect.

Plenere, adj. Fr. Complete.

plucked.

Plighte, v. Sax. To engage, to promise.

Plighte, pa. t. Plighten, pl.

Plite, v. To plait, or fold. See Plie.

Plite, n. Condition, form.

See Plight. Plungy, adj. Fr. Wet, rainy.

Poileis, adj. Fr. Of Apulia, antiently called Poile. Point, n. Fr. The principal business, a stop, or full point. In good point: In good case, or condition. At point devise: With the greatest exactness. At point to brest, In point for to brast: Ready to burst.

Pointel, n. Fr. A style, or pencil, for writing. Pointen, inf. m. v. Fr. To prick with any thing pointed.

Poke, n. Fr. A pocket, a bag. See Pouche.
Poke, v. Fr. To thrust.

Polive, n. A pullie.

Pollar, n. Sax. A halberd.

Pomel, n. Fr. Any ball, or round thing, the top of the head.

Pomelee, adj. Fr. Spotted with round spots like apples, dappled. Pomelee gris: Of a dapplegrey colour.

Popelot, n. This word may either be considered as a diminutive from Poupée, a puppet; or as a corruption of Papillot, a young butterfly. Popet, n. Fr. A puppet.

Popingay, n. A parrot. Papegaut, Fr. Papegaey, Belg. Papagallo, Ital.

Popped, adj. Fr. Nicely dressed.

Popper, n. A bodkin.

Pore, v. To look earnestly.

Popen, pr. t. pl.

Pore, adj. for Poure.

Porisme, n. Gr. is used in the sense of a corollary,
a theorem deduced from another.
Porphurie, pr. n. of a species of marble, porphyrie.
Port, n. Fr. Carriage, behaviour.

Portecolisse, n. Fr. A falling gate, a portcullis.
Portos, n. a Breviary, Portiforium.

Pose, n. A rheum, or defluxion, obstructing the

voice.

VOL. I.

Pose, v. Fr. To suppose. I pose, I had sinned so. Posse, v. Fr. To push.

Possed, part. pa.

Possessioners, n. pl. Lat. An invidious name for such religious communities, as were endowed with lands, &c. The mendicant orders professed to live entirely upon alms.

Post, n. Sax. A prop, or support.
Poste, n. Fr. Power.
Potecary, n. Fr.

An apothecary.

Potent, n. Fr. A crutch, a walking-stick.
Potential, adj. Fr. Strong, powerful.
Potestat, n. Fr. A principal magistrate.
Pouche, n. Fr. Pocket, pouch.
Poudre, n. Fr. Powder.
Poudres, pl.
Poverte, n. Fr.

Poverty. It is to be pronounced

Povérte; the final e being considered as an e feminine.

Poure, v. as Pore. Poure, adj. Fr. Pourtraie, v. Fr. Pourtraiour, n. Pourtraiture, n. Practike, n. Fr.

A picture, or drawing. Practice.

Preise, v. Fr. To commend, to value.
Prentise, n. Fr. An apprentice.
Prentishode, n. Apprenticeship.
Preparat, part. pa. Lat. Prepared.

Pres, adv. Fr. Near. Of prés, i. e. at hand; close. De près, Fr. Or perhaps Of près may be put for In a prees. See Prees.

Prese, v. Fr. To press, or crowd.
Present, v. Fr. To offer, to make a present of.
And with the wine she gan hem to present. And
smote his hed of, his fader to present.

Presentarie, adj. Lat. Present.

Prest, adj. Fr. Ready.

Pretend, v. Fr. To lay claim to.

Preterit, adj. Fr.

Passed.

Preve, v. Fr. To try, to demonstrate by trial. --, v. neut. To turn out upon trial.

Sax. To wound, to spur a horse,

Prick, n. Sax. A point, a pointed weapon.
Prick, Prike, v.
to ride hard.
Prickasour, n.
Pricking, n.

A hard rider.

Hard riding.

ance.

Prime, n. The first quarter of the artificial day. Half way prime: Prime half spent. Prime large Prime far advanced. In ver. 10387, it seems to be used metaphorically for the season of action or business.

Primerole, n. Fr. A primrose.
Primetemps, n. Fr. Spring.

Pris, n. Fr. Price, praise. Or it be prys, or it be❘ blame. Conf. Am. 165.

Prive, adj. Fr. Private. Privé and apert: Private and publick. Privé man: A man entrusted with private business.

Prively, adv. Privately.

Privetee, n.

Private business.

Processe, n. Lat. Progress.

Profession, n. Fr. The monastic professioun.
Proheme, n. Fr. Gr. A preface.
Proine, v. Fr. Provigner. It seems to have signi-
fied originally, to take cuttings from vines, in
order to plant them out. From hence it has
been used for the cutting away of the superflu-
ous shoots of all trees; which we now call prun-
ing; and for that operation, which birds, and
particularly hawks, perform upon themselves,
of picking out their superfluous or damaged fea-
thers. In allusion to this last sense, Damian is
said to proine and pike himself. Gower, speak-
ing of an eagle, says,

For there he pruneth him and piketh,
As doth an hauke, whan him wel liketh.

Conf. Am. 139.

Prolle, v. To go about in search of a thing.
Provable, adj. Fr. Capable of being demonstrated.
Provinde, n. Fr. Præbenda. Lat. A prebend; a
daily or annual allowance or stipend. See Du
Cange, in v. Præbenda.
Provendre, n.. A prebendary.

Proverbe, n. Fr. Lat. A prudential maxim.
Proverbe, v. To speak proverbially.

Provostry, n. Fr. The office of provost, or prefect.
Præfectura.

Prow, n. Fr. Profit, advantage.
Prowesse, n. Fr. Integrity.

Pruce, pr. n. Prussia.

Pruce, adj. Prussian.

Pruned, pa. t. as Proined.
Ptholomee, pr. n.
Puella and Rubeus.

"The names of two figures

in geomancie, representing two constellations in heaven: Puella signifieth Mars retrograde, and Rubeus Mars direct." Sp. Pulchritude, n. Lat. Beauty. Pullaile, n. Fr. Poultry.

Pulled hen. I have been told that a hen whose feathers are pulled, or plucked off, will not lay any eggs.. If that be true, there is more force in the epithet than I apprehended. Punice, v. Fr. To punish.

Pure, adj. Fr. Mere, very.

Pured, part. pa.

Purified.

Purfiled, part. pa. Guarded or fringed.

Purpos, n. Fr. Purpose, design, proposition in dis

course.

Purprise, n. Fr. An inclosure.

Purveyance, n. Fr. Foresight, providence, provision.

Purveye, v. To foresee, to provide.

Whoredom.
Whoremongers.
See the passage quoted in v,

Putours, n. pl. Pythagoras, pr. n. Aurora.

Q.

Quad, Quade, adj. Teut. Bad. None quad: Nothing evil.

Quaile-pipe, n. A pipe used to call quails. Quaire, n. Fr. A quire of paper, a book. Quakke, n. seems to be put for an inarticulate noise, occasioned by any obstruction in the throat.

Qualme, n. Sax. Sickness, the noise made by a

raven.

Quappe, v. To tremble, to quake.
Quarels, n. pl. Fr. Square arrows.
Queint, n. See Junii Etymolog. in v.

Queinte, adj. Fr. Strange. I made of that lefe full queint. He made it strange.—Cunning, artful, trim, neat.

Queinte, pa. t. and part. of Quench, v. Sax. Quenched. Queintise, n. Trimness, neatness, excessive trimness, cunning.

To please. Wel me quemeth. Conf.

A queen, a harlot.
A hand-mill.

Quelle, v. Sax. To kill, to destroy.
Queme, v. Sax.
Am. 68.
Quene, n. Sax.
Querne, n. Sax.
Querrour, n. Fr. One that works in a stone-quarry.
Queste, n. Fr. A prayer or demand.
Quest-mongers, n. pl. Packers of inquests, or juries.
Quethe, v. Sax. To say, to declare. I quethe him
quite, is a translation of an old technical term in
the law; Clamo illi quietum. The original Fr.
has only Je quitte.

Quik, adj. Sax. Alive.

Quikkest, superl. d. Speediest. The quikkest strete:
The most expeditious way.
Quiken, v. Sax. To make alive.
Quiked, part. pa. Made alive.

Quiked, pa. t. of the same v. used in a neutral sense.
Became alive.

Quinible, n. is the instrument, I suppose, which is

called in Barb. Lat. Quinterna and Quintaria. See Du Cange, and Carpentier, in v. Quinternizare; and Mehus, Vita d'Ambr. Camald, p. 523. Lyrâ, limbutâ, quintariâ, ribebâ, avená, tibiisque.

Quishen, n. Fr. A cushion.

Quistron, n. A beggar. Gl. Ur. I rather believe
it signifies a scullion; un garçon de cuisine.
Quite, adj. Fr. Free, quiet.
Quite, v. Fr. To requite, to pay for, to acquit.
Quille, part. pa. Requited.
Quitely, adv. Freely, at liberty.
Qued, pa. t. of Quethe. Said.
Quoke, pa. t. of Quake, v. Sax. Trembled, shook.

R.

Ra, n. Sax. A roe-deer.
Racine, n. Fr. A root.
Rad, Radde, pa. t. of Rede, v. Sax. Advised, ex-
plained.

Radevore. Tapestry. "Ras in Fr. signifies any stuff, as Ras de Chalons, Ras de Gennes, Ras de Vore, or Vaur, may be a stuff made at such a place. Gloss. Ur." There is a town in Languedoc, called La Vaur; but I know not that it was ever famous for tapestry.

Rafles, n. pl. Fr. Plays with dice.

Ragounces. Should probably be Jagonces, as in the orig. Fr. The precious stones called jacinths, or hyacinths.

Raines, pr. n. The city of Rennes in Bretagne.
Rake-stele, n. Sax. The handle of a rake.
Rakel, adj. Hasty, rash.
Rakelnesse, n. Rashness.

Raket. To play raket, nettle in, dock out, seems
to be used as a proverbial expression, signifying,
to be inconstant. What the original of the
phrase may have been is not so clear.
Ramage, adj. Fr. Wild.

Rammish, adj. Sax. Rank, like a ram.
Rampe, v. Fr. To climb. She rampeth in my
face: She rises against me, flies in my face.
Ran, pa. t. of Renne, Rennen, pl.

Rape, adv. Quickly, speedily.

Soonest.

Rathest, superl. d.

Rather, adj. Sax. comp. d. Former.
Ratouns, n. pl. Fr. Rats.

Raught, pa. t. of Ræcan, v. Sax. Reached. On

his way he raught: He sprang forth on his way. Raught, pa. of Reccan, v. Sax. Cared, rekked. Raveners, (Ravinours), n. pl. Plunderers. Ravine, n. Fr. Rapine. Foules of ravine: Birds of prey.

Ravisable, adj. Fr. Ravenous.

Ravishing, part. pr. Fr. Rapid. With a ravishing sweigh. Rapido turbine. Orig. See Swegh. Raunson, n. Fr. Ransom.

Rayed, part. pa. Fr. Streaked, or striped.

Real, adj. Fr. Royal.

Realler, comp. d. More royal.

Reallich, adv. Royally.

Realtee, n. Royalty.

Rebekke, pr. n.

Rebeccah.

Rebekke, n. Fr. A musical instrument.

Rechased, pa. t. Fr. A term in hunting.
Recche, Rekke, v. Sax. To care.
Reccheles adj. Careless.

Recchelesnesse, n. Carelessness.

Reclaime, v. Fr. A term in falcoury, for bringing the hawk to the fist, by a certain call. Reclaiming, n. Calling, in the sense of Reclaime. Recomfort, v. Fr. To comfort.

Record, n. Fr. Witness, testimony. Recorde, v. Fr. To remember. In ver. 1747, it seems to be used in a technical legal sense, for what is called to enter upon record in judicial proceedings.

Regne, n. Fr. Rehele, v. Fr. Reheting, n.

A kingdom.

Rehaiter. To revive, to cheer. According to several Mss. "And all the reheting of his sikes sore." "Some Mss. and most of the printed editions read richesse instead of reheting. Gloss. Ur." Richesse, though almost as aukward an expression as the other, is more agreeable to the corresponding passage in the Filostrato

"E sospir che gli avea a gran dovicia❞—

and one can hardly conceive that it could come from any hand but that of the author. I can make no sense of reheting; but at the same time I must allow that it is not likely to have been inserted by way of a gloss.

Reile, v. neut. To roll. Reileth diversly. Vagatur.
Orig.
Rines, pr. n.
Rejoie, v. Fr.
Reke, v. Sax.
Reken, v. Sax.

See Raines. To rejoice.

Te exhale.

To recken, to come to a reckoning.

Religiousite, n Fr. Persons of a religious profes sion, the clergy.

Relike, n. Fr. A relick. Relikes, pl.

Remenant, n. Fr. A remnant, a remaining part. Remes, n. pl. Fr. Realms.

Remissails, n. pl. Fr. Orts, leavings.

Remorde, v. Fr. To cause remorse, to afflict.
Remuable, adj. Fr. Moveable, inconstant.

Remue, Remewe, Remeve, v. Fr. To remove. Remued, pa. t.

Renably, adv. Fr. Reasonably.
Renegate, n. Fr.
Ren-ie, v. Fr.
Renges, n. pl.
Renne, v. Sax.
Renomee, n. Fr.

An apostate from christianity.
To renounce, to abjure.

Ranks, the steps of a ladder.
To run, to rend. q ?
Renown.

Rnovelle, v. Fr. To renew.
Rent, v. Sax. To tear, or rend.
Repaire, n. Fr. Resort.
Repaire, v. Fr. To return.
Repentant, part. pr. Fr. Repenting.
Reprefe, Repreve, n. Fr. Reproof.

night; sport, festivity.

Revelour, n. A reveller.
Revelrie, n. Pleasure.

Revers, adj. Fr. Contrary.

Reverse, v. Fr.

To overturn.

Revert, v. Fr.

To turn back.

Revest, v. Fr. To cloath again.

Rer, n.

Rody, adj. Sax.

Complexion.

Ruddy.

All by rew. See A'row.

Rewake, v. Sax. To waken again. Reward, n. Fr. Regard, respect. Take reward of thine owen value: Have regard to t. o. v. In reward of: In comparison with. See Regard. Rew, v. Sax. To have compassion, to suffer, to have cause to repent.

Ryrs, n. pl. Dances, in use among the Dutch. Reye. Belg. Chorea celerior, chorea in longam seriem. Kilian.

Rysed. Journeyed. "Les Gandois firent une rese sur les marches, de Haynault, et dedans le pays pillerent, bruslerent, et firent moult de maux." Mem. de la Marche, p. 384. Where a note in the margin says, "Reyse en bas Alemand signifie un voyage ou course." Ribaninges, n. pl. Seems to signifie borders. Ribaude, n. A poor labourer. But the word generally implies profligacy of manners as well as meanness of condition. See Du Cange in v. Ribaldus.

Ribaurie, n. Ribaldry, indecent words, or actions.

R bibe, n.

Ribible, n.

The same as Rebekke.

A small ribibe.

Richard, pr. n. I. king of England. Richesse, n. Fr. Wealth. Richesses, pl. Riches. Rildeled, part. pa. Plaited. Gl. Ur. In one place the French orig. has-Et fut si bien cueillie et jointe,-which Chaucer has translated-Lorde! it was riddeled fetisly.

Ridden, part. pa. of Ride. He is ridden. They ben ridden. He had ridden.

Ride, v. Sax. He rideth him.

Rife, Rive, v. Sax. To thrust through.

Roignous adj. Fr. Scabby, rough.

Rokette, n. Fr. A loose upper garment.
Roking, part. pr. of Rokke, or Rogge, v. neut. Sax.
Shaking, trembling. Roggyn or waveryn. Vacillo.
Prompt. Parv.

Romances, reales. Royal romances.
Rombel, a. A rumbling noise, rumour.
Rome, v. Sax. To walk about.
Rondel, n. Fr. "A rime or sonnet which ends as it
begins." Cotgrave.

Rene, pr. n. Rouen in Normandy.
Rone, pa. t. of Rain, v. Sax. Rained.
Ropen, part. pa. of Rep?, v. Sax. Reaped.
Rosalgar. Red arsenic; a preparation of orpiment.
Chambers, in v. Realgar. It should rather per-
haps have been written Rysalgar, with Ms. C. 1.
as the Latin name is Risigallum.
Rosen, adj. Rosy.
Roser, n. Fr. A rose-bush.
Rose-red, adj. Red as a rose.
Rote, n. Sax. A root.

Rote. A root, in astrology. See Expans yeres.
Rote, n. A musical instrument. See Du Cange,
in v. Rocta. Notker, who lived in the xth cen-
tury, says, that it was the ancient Psalterium,
but altered in its shape and with an additional
number of strings. Schilter, in v. Rotta.
Role, n. Fr. Practice. By rote: By heart. Par
rotine. Cotg.

Rote, v. Sax. To rot.
Roten, part. pa.

Rother, n. Sax. The rudder of a ship.
Roughi for Raught, pa. t. of Recche.

Rouke, v. Sax. To lie close. But now they rucken in her nest. Conf. Am. 72.

Right, adj. Good, true.

Roumer, comp. d. Wider.

Rouncevall, pr. n. Perhaps the name of some fraternity now unknown.