1 Peat, a word of endearment. Peer, to come out, to appear. Peize, to balance, to keep in suspense, to weigh down. Pelting, paltry, petty, inconsi derable. Pennons, small flags. Penthesilia, Amazon. Pomewater, a species of apple. Popularity, plebeian intercourse. Portance, carriage, behaviour. Possess, to inform, to make to understand. Perch, a measure of five yards Possessed, acquainted with, fully and a half. Perdurable, lasting. Perdy, par Dieu, a French oath. Perfect, certain, well informed. Perfections, liver, brain, and heart. Perjure, a perjured person. Periapts, charms sewed up and worn about the neck. Perspectives, certain optical glas ses. Pervert, to avert. Pheeze, to teaze or beat, to comb or curry. Pia mater, the membrane covering the substance of the brain. Pick, to pitch. Picked, nicely dressed, foppish. Pickers, the hands. Picking, piddling, insignificant. Fickt-hatch, a place noted for brothels. Piece, a word of contempt for a woman. Pield, shaven. Pin and web, disorders of the eye. Pinnace, a small ship of burthen. Pix, a small chest in which the consecrated host was kept. Placket, a petticoat. Plague, to punish. informed. Possessed, afflicted with madness. Power, forces, an army. Practise, to employ unwarrantable arts. Practisants, confederates in stratagems. Prank, to adorn, to dress osten tatiously, to plume. Precedent, original draft. Precept, a justice's warrant. Precisian, a great pretender to sanctity. Prefer, to recommend, to ad vance. Pregnancy, readiness. Pregnant, ready, plain, evident, apposite. Pregnant enemy, the enemy of mankind. Premised, sent before the time. Pretence, design, intention. Plain song, the chant, in plano Pretended, purposed or intended. cantu. Plainly, openly. Plaited, complicated, involved. Planched, made of brands. Plant, the foot. Platforms, plans, schemes. Plausive, gracious, pleasing, popular. Pleached, folded together. Plot, piece of portion. Prevent, to anticipate. Prime, youth, the vigour of life. Primer, more urgent, more important. Primero, a game at cards. Point, a metal hook fastened to Principality, the first or princi the hose or breeches. Point, the utmost height. Point-de-vice, with the utmost possible exactness. Points, tags to the laces. Poize, weight or moment. Polled, bared, cleared. Pomander, a ball made of perfumes. pal of women. Principals, rafters of a building. Princox, a coxcomb, or spoiled child. Probal, probable. Process, summons. Procure, to bring. Profane, love of talk, gross of language. Profession, end and purpose of coming. Progress, a royal journey of state. Prone, sometimes humble. Proof, confirmed state of manhood. Propagate, to advance or improve. Propagation, getting. Proper, well-looking, handsome. Propose, to image, to imagine. state. Prorogue, to lengthen or prolong. vence. Provincial, belonging to one's province. Provost, sheriff or gaoler. Puck, or hobgoblin in fairy Purchase, stolen goods. Purchased, acquired by unjust methods. Purlieu, border, enclosure. Put to know, compelled to acknowledge. Putter-on, one who instigates. Putter-out, one who places out money at interest. Putting-on, spur, incitement. Puttock, a degenerate species of hawk. Q. Quail, to faint, languish. Quaked, thrown into trepidation. Quality, profession, condition of life. Prodigious, portentous, omi- Quarrel, a quarreller, the cause of a quarrel nous. Rabato, an ornament for the neck. Rack, to exaggerate. Racking, in rapid motion. Rake, to cover. Rank, rate or pace. Rank, grown up to a great height and strength. Rapt, rapturously affected. Rarely, curiously, happily. Rascal, applied to lean deer. Rash, heady, thoughtless, quick, violent. Rebeck, an old musical instru ment. Receiving, ready apprehension. Receipt, receptacle. Recheate, a sound by which the dogs are called back. Reck, to care for, to mind, to attend to. Reckless, careless, heedless. Recollected, studied or often repeated. Record, to sing. Rivals, partners Rive, to burst, to fire. Road, the haven where shipsride at anchor. Rogues, vagrants. Romage, rummage. Ronyon, a scurvy woman. Ropery, roguery. Rope-tricks, abusive language. Recorder, a kind of flute or fla-Rounded, whispered. geolet. Recure, to recover. Round, rough, unceremonious. Sex Red-lattice, the sign of an ale- Roundure, circle. house. Reduce, to bring back. Reechy, discoloured by smoke, Royalize, to make royal. smoky, greasy. Refell, to refute. Regiment, government, authority. Remembered, remembering. Render, a confession, an account. Requiem, a mass for the soul of Resolve, to dissolve. Respective, cool, considerate. Retire, to draw back. Reverb, to reverberate. Royalty, nobleness, supreme excellence. Roynish, mangy or scabby. Ruffle, to riot, to create disturb ance. Ruffling, rustling. S. Sacred, accursed. Sanded, of a sandy colour. Savageness, wildness. Saw, anciently, not a proverb, Say, a sample, a taste or relish. Scaffoldage, the gallery part of the theatre. Scald, a word of contempt, poor filthy. Right-drawn, drawn in a right Scamble, to scramble. cause. Rigol, a circle. Ringed, environed, encircled. Rivage, the bank or shore. Scan, to examine nicely. Scant, to be deficient in, to co tract. Scantling, measure, proportion Scapes of wit, sallies, irregulari ties. GLOSSARY. Sheriff's-post, a large post set up shrew. Shrift, confession.. | Shrive. to confess, to call to Soul-fearing, soul-appalling. confession. Shut-up, to conclude. Sude-sleeves, long sleeves. Sight, the perforated part of a helmet. Sightless, unsightly. Single, weak, debile, small, void of duplicity or guile. Sink-a-pace,cinque-pace,a dance. Sir, the designation of a parson. Sir-reverence, a corruption of save-reverence. Sith, since. hypocriti-Sithence, thence. Seaming, seemly. Seen, versed, practised. Seld, seldom. Self-bounty, inherent generosity. Semblably, in resemblance, alike. Seniory, seniority. Sennet, a flourish or sounding. Sense, reason, natural affection, feeling, sensual passion. Sensible, having sensation. Septentrion, the north. Sequestration, separation. Sere or sear, dry. Sizes, allowances of victuals. Sledded, riding in a sled or sledge Serjeant, a bailiff or sheriff's of- Slough, the skin which the ser Serve, to accompany. Set, seated. Setebos, a species of devil. Several, separated, appropriated. Sewer, an officer who placed the dishes on the table. Shame, to disgrace. Shame, modesty. Shard-borne, born by shards or scaly wings. Shards, the wings of a beetle. Shards, broken pots or tiles. Sharked, picked up as a shark collects his prey. Sheen, shining, splendour, lustre. Sheer, pellucid, transparent. Shent, scolded, rebuked,ashamed, disgraced. Shent, to reprove harshly. pent annually throws off. Sneap, to check or rebuke, a re- Sneaping, nipping. 66 Soil, spot, turpitude, reproach. go Sound, to declare or publish. - Soul, to pull by the ears. Spanned, measured. Sperr, to shut up, defend by bars, &c. Spleen, humour, caprice, spirit. resentment. Spleen, violent hurry, tumultuous speed. Spleens, inclination to spiteful mirth. Spot, stain or disgrace. Sprag, or spackt, apt to learn. spring of life. Square, to quarrel. Square, compass, comprehen- Stale, a pretence. Stand, to withstand, to resist. Stannyal, the common stone- Star, a scar of that appearance. ersons of high rank. tatesman. he wood of the lances. hinderer, a supporter. Sent o assist, or help. -place, the stop in a ma Stuklers, arbitrators, judges, sidesmen. Stigmatical, marked or stigma- Stigmatick, one on whom nature Stint, to stop, to retard. Stith, an anvil. Suggest, to tempt, to prompt, to | Taurus, sides and heart in medi instigate. Suggestion, hint. Suggestions, temptations. Sullen, obstinately troublesome. Sure, safe, out of danger, surely. Stoccata. a thrust or stab with a Suspire, to breathe. Stock, a term in fencing. Stomach, passion, pride, stub- Stoop, a measure somewhat more Swaggerer, a roaring, fighting Swart, or swarth, black, or dark Swarth, or swath, as much grass Strachy, probably some kind of Sway, the whole weight, mo mentum. Sweeting, a species of apple. Swinge-bucklers, rakes, rioters. prey. T. | dical astrology. Tawdry, a kind of necklaces worn by country girls. Temperance, temperature. Tender, to regard with affection. derness. Table, the palm of the hand ex- Three-man-beetle, an implemen tended. Table, a picture. Tables, table-books, memoran- Tabourine, a small drum. Take-in, to conquer, to get the Take up, to contradict, to call to an account. Take-up, to levy. Tall, stout, bold, courageous. COW. Tame, ineffectual. used for driving piles. Tame snake, a contemptible fel- Tire, head dress. low. Tamed, flat, spiritless. Tartar, Tartarus, the fabled place of future punishment. Task, to keep busied with scruples. Tasked, taxed. Tire, to fasten, to fix the taloss on. Tire, to be idly employed on. twenty-eight pounds. ing. Touch, exploit or stroke. Touck, a spice or particle. Touch, touchstone. Touches, features. Touched, tried. Toward, in a state of readiness. Trade, a custom, an established habit. Tradition, traditional practices. Traditional, adherent to old cus toms. Trail, the scent left by the passage rect. Travel, to stroll. Traverse, a term in military exercise. Traversed, across. Tray-trip, some kind of game. Trick, smeared, painted, in he- Tricksy, clever, adroit. Truth, honesty. Tucket, or tucket sonnuance, a flourish. Turlygood, or turlupin, a species of gipsy. Turn, to become acescent. Turquoise, a precious stone. Twangling, an expression of contempt. Twigging, wickered. Tyed, limited, circumscribed. Type, distinguishing mark, show or emblem. Tything, division of a place, a district. V. Fail, to condescend to look, to let down, to bow, to sink, Vailing, lowering. Vanity, illusion. Unconfirmed, unpractised in the ways of the world. Vantage, convenience, opportu- Under generation, the antipodes Undergo, to be subject to. Under-skinker, a tapster, an un derdrawer. Undertaker, one who takes upon himself the quarrel of another. Underwrite, to subscribe, to obey. Under-wrought, under-worked, undetermined. Undeserving, undeserved. Unhidden, open, clear. |