were anciently linked together; derived from Bilboa, which was famous for the manufacture of inftruments of fteel. The bilboes may be seen in the Tower of London, among the fpoils of the Spanish armada. Bill, articles of accufation. HEN. VI. Ift Part. Bill, the old weapon of English infantry, still used by the watchmen in fome towns. Bin, is. CYMB. Bird-bolt, a fhort thick arrow without a point, used to kill rooks, and fhot from a cross-bow. Biffon, blind. Bombard, a barrel. HEN. IV. Part. I. Bona-robas, ladies of pleasure. Borne in band, deceived, imposed upon. Bosky, woody; bofky acres, are fields divided by hedge-rows; from bofcus and bofquet. Bots, worms in the stomach of a horse.A bots light upon, an imprecation. Bottled fpider, a large, bloated, gloffy spider. Boulted, fifted, or refined. Bourn, boundary, or rivulet dividing land. Black cornered night, night which is as Bower, chamber. CORIOL. obfcure as a dark corner. Blacks, mourning made of stuffs of different colours dyed black. ALL'S WELL. Bowlins, or Bowlines, ropes by which the fails of a ship are governed when the wind is unfavourable. green. WINT. TALE. Blaze, i. e. of youth, the fpring of early Bowling, or the smoothness of a bowlinglife. Blank, i. e. of the eye, the white, or the white mark at which arrows are difcharged. Blank and level, mark and aim, terms of gunnery. Blench, to start off, to fly off. Bobbed, fooled out of, cheated. Bowstrings, i. e. bold or cut, at all events. M. NIGHT'S DREAM. Brace, the armour for the arm; warlike brace, ftate of defence. Brach, a kind of hound; or used as a Brack, to falt. Braid, crafty or deceitful. Brake, an inftrument of torture, or a thicket or furze-bush. Bodge, to botch, or to budge. HEN. VI. Brands, a part of the andirons, on which 3d Part. the wood for the fire was fupported. Boitier, a box to hold falve, or fimples. Brafier, a manufacturer in brass, or a reBolds, emboldens. fervoir for charcoal. HEN. VIII. Brave, to make fine; bravery was the old term for elegance of drefs. Bravely, fplendidly, or gallantly. Breeching, liable to fchool difcipline. Bunting, the name of a bird. TAM. OF THE SHREW. Bribe-buck, a buck fent for a bribe. Burgonet, a helmet. Burft, to break, or broken Bridal, a nuptial feaft; a word yet ufed in Busky, woody. the North. Brief, a fhort account, a contract hastily performed.-Now-born brief, is the breve originale of the feudal times. ALL'S WELL. Bring, attend or accompany. HEN. V. Bring out, bring forth. TIM. Brize, the gad, or horse-fly. Broach, to put on the spit, to transfix. Broken, communicated. · Broken mouth, a mouth that has loft part of its teeth. Broken tears, tears which are interrupted. Brooch, a trinket with a pin fixed to it. Brought, attended. JUL. CAS. Brow, i. e. of youth, the height of youth. Butt-Shaft, an with. arrow to fhoot at butts Buxom, under good command, obedient. HEN. V. C. Caddis-garter, a kind of worsted garter. Caddifes, worsted lace. Cade, a barrel. Cadent, falling. Cage, a prifon. HEN. VI. 2d Part. fented of that colour in old pictures. Caitiff, a prifoner, flave, or scoundrel. Calculate, to foretell or prophesy. JUL. CES. Caliver, a light kind of musket. E Canvas-climber, one who climbs the mast Cataian, a liar; the first adventurers who Capocchia, a fot, or dull, heavy gull, from Carbonado, a piece of meat cut croffways for the grid-iron. Card, fea-chart. MAC. HAM. Carieres, i. e. to pass the carieres, a military phrase. MER. WIV. Means that the common bounds of good-behaviour were overpaffed. Carkanet, a kind of necklace or chain. vifited Cataia, or China, were noto rious liars, as Paulo and Mandeville. Catling, a fmall lute-ftring made of catgut. Cavalero-juftice, a cant termi. Cavalero, an airy, fprightly, irregular fellow. Caviare, too good for, or foreign to. Ceafe, deceafe, die. ALL'S WELl. Certes, certainly. I Cefs, meafure, tax, or fubfidy. Chaliced, i. e. flowers, with cups, from calix. Challenge, law-term, the right of refusing a juryman. HEN. VIII. Chamber, London was anciently called the king's chamber, RICH. III. Chamber, a piece of ordnance. HEN. IV. 2d Part. Chamberers, men of intrigue. ftolen. Channel, kennel. HEN. VI. 3d Part. Chantry, little chapel in a cathedral. R Character, hand-writing. MUCH A DO. Cital, recital. LEAR. Characts, characters. Charactery, the matter of which charac ters are made. Chares, tafh-wort. Charieft, from chary, the most cautious. Clack-dish, a beggar's dish. Clamour, when bells are at the height, in order to cease them, the repetition of the ftrokes becomes much quicker than before, which is called clamour- Clap in, fall to. MEA. FOR MEA. Charles-wain, vulgar name for the con- Claw, to flatter. ftellation called the bear. Charneco, a kind of fweet wine. Chafes, a term in tennis. HEN. V. Clean kam, awry. Cleareft, pureft. LEAR. Clepe, to call. Clerkly, like a fcholar. Cheater, for efcheatour, an officer in the Cling, to dry or shrink up. MAC. Clinquant, glittering, fhining. ANT. AND CLEO. &C. Exchequer. Check, command, control. CYMB. TRO. Clipt, twined around, embraced. TEM 3 AND CRESS. Cheer, countenance. MID. NIGHT's, & Clout, the white mark at which archers al. took their aim. Cherry-pit, pitching cherry-ftones into a Clouted, ftrengthened with clout, or hob little hole. Cheveril, kid-fkin, foft leather. ing bird, or a fat pudding. HEN. IV. nails. Clutch, to clafp, or grasp. Coafting, conciliating, inviting. TROIL. Cob-loaf, a crufty, uneven, gibbous-loaf. Chide, refound, re-echo. HEN. V. MID. Cock and pye, a popular adjuration. NIGHT'S. Cockshut time, twilight. Child, fometimes applied to knights and Cockle, a weed which grows up with Collied, black, fmutted with coal, difco- Corollary, furplus, one more than enough. Collier, a term of reproach, from the im- Corporal, corporeal. Commodity, felf-intereft. HEN. IV. 2d Counter-cafter, one who reckons by coun Part. Commonty, a comedy. Companies, companions. HEN. V. Compaffed, round. TAM. SHREW. Compofture, compofition. ters. Countercheck, an old term in the game of chefs. Counterfeit, fometimes used for a por trait. Concupy, a cant word from concupif- Counterpoints, counterpanes. cence. Conduct, conductor. TEMP. &c. Coney-catched, deceived, cheated. Confent, ufed fometimes for will. MAC. Continent, that which contains or incloses. Contraction, marriage, contract. Convents, agrees, is convenient. Convented, fummoned. Converitite, a convert. Convey, fteal, conveyance, theft. MER. WIV. and HEN. VI. Ift Part. Conveyers, thieves. Ibid. Conveyed himself, derived his title. County, ancient term for a nobleman. MUCH ADO. ROM. AND JUL. Courfer's-hair, alluding to the notion that the hair of a horse, dropt into corrupted water, will turn to an animal. ANT. AND CLEO. Courses, the main fail and forefail. TEMP. Cowed, restrained, or made cowardly. Coyftril, a coward cock, a paltry fellow. Cozier, a taylor, from coufu; or a cobler, or fowter. Convicted, overpowered, baffled, deftroy- Crack, a child. HEN. IV. 2d Part. Co |