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Cen sure, s. blame

Ci vil, a. gentle

Clam my, a. viscous Cla mour, s. outcry

Gen taur, s. a poetical being, a uni- Ciai mant, s. who demands on of man and horse Cen tral, s. the middle point Cere cloth, s. cloth smeared over with glutinous matter

Cer tain, a. not doubtful
Ces sion, s. a retreat
Cess ment, s. a tax
Chaf fy, a. like chaff

Chain pump, s a pump used in large ships

Chair man, s. a president of an assembly

Cha lice, s. a communion cup
Cham ber, s. a room
Changer, s. one who changes money
Chan nel, s. a narrow sea
Cha os, s. a confused heap
Chap el, s. a place of worship
Chap man, s. a buyer
Chap ter, s. a division of a book.
Char coal, s. coal made of wood
Charm er, s. one who charms
Char ming, a. pleasing
Char ter, s. a grant
Chas ten, v a. to correct
Chat tles, s. goods

Chat ter, v a. to talk idly

Cheap en, v a. to lessen the value
Cheap ly, ad. at a low price
Cheap ness, s. lowness of price
Cheer ful, a. pleasant
Cher ish, v a. to support
Cher ry, s. a fruit

Cher ub, s. a spirit

Child birth, s. travail
Child ish, a. like a child
Chil ly, a. somewhat cold
Chin cough, s. a violent cough
Chin ky, a. gaping

Chis el, s. a sharp instrument
Chit chat, s. idle talk

Cho ler, s. anger
Choos er, s. an elector
Chris ten, v a. to baptize
Chur lish, a. rude

Chy mist, s. a professor of chymistry

Ci der, s. the juice of apples
Cinc ture, s. an enclosure
Ci pher, v n.to practice arithmetick
Cis tern, s. a vessel
Cj vit, s. a perfume

Clan gor, s. a shrill sound

Cla rion, s. a kind of trumpet

Clas sick, a. relating to ancient aus thors

Clean ly, ad. neatly
Clear, ness, s. brightness
Cle ment, a. merciful
Cli mate, s. a space of the eartir
Clothing, s. garments
Clou dy, a, gloomy
Clo ver, s. a kind of grass
Clown isi, a. rustick like
Clum sy, a. awkward
Clus ter, s. a bunch
Clys ter, s. an injection
Cobbler, s. a mender of shoes
Cob web, s. a spider's web
Cock boat, s. a small boat

Cock loft, s the uppermost room
Coc kle, s. a shell fish

Coc tion, s. the act of boiling
Cod ling, s. an apple

Cof fer, s. a money chest
Co gent, a. forcible

Co lick, a disorder in the bowels
Col lege, s. a place of learning
Co lon, s. a point thus (:)
Co lumn, s. a pillar
Com bat, s. a fight
Come ly, a. graceful

Co met, s. a blazing star

Com fit, s. sweet meat

Com fort, s. consolation

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Co mick, a. relating to comedy

Com ma, s. a point thus (,)
Com merce, s. trade
Com pass, s. an enclosure
Com plex, a. of many parts
Con cave, a. hollow

Cu bit, s. a measure of eighteen in

ches

Cul prit, s. one accused
Cul ture, s. cultivation
Cum ber, v a. to obstruct
Cun ning, s. artifice
Cup board, s. a case for cups
Cu rate, s. an inferior priest
Cur ry, v a. to dress leather
Cur tain, s. a hanging cloth
Cus tard, s. a sweet meat

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Cut ler, s. knife maker

Dole ful, a. sorrowful

Dol lar, s. a coin

Do lour, s. grief

Cym bal, s. an instrument of musick Dol phin, s. a fish

D

Dab ble, v 2. to smear

Dac tyle, s. a poetical foot
Dag ger, s. a short sword

Daily, ad. every day

Dain ty, a. pleasing to the palate
Dai sy, s. a spring flower
Dal ly, v n. to trifie
Dam age, s. mischief
Dam sel, s. a young lady
Dan die, v a. to fondle

Dan druff, s. scurf in the head
Dan ger, s. hazard

Dan gle, v n. to hang loosely
Dap ple, a. various coloured
Dar ken, v n. to grow dark
Dark ness, s. absence of light
Dar ling, s. a favourite

Dau ber, s. a coarse painter
Daunt less, a. fearless

Day break, s. the dawn

Do quet, s. a warrant
Dor mant, a. sleeping

Do tages. weakness of mind
Dou ble, a. twofold
Doub let, s. a garment
Doubt ful, a. not confident
Dow er, s. a jointure
Down cast, a. dejected
Dow ny, a. soft

Do zen, s. twelve

Dra per, s. who sells cloth

Draw bridge, s a bridge to be raiš
ed

Drea ry, a. dismal

Dreg gy, a, full of dregs
Drop sy, s. water in the body
Dros sy, a. feculent

Dro ver, s. who drives cattle
Drug get, s. a woollen stuff

Dry ness, s. want of moisture.
Drow sy, a. sleepy

Dazzle, y a. to overpower with light Du cat, s. a coin

Dead ly, a. mortal

Dead ness, s frigidity

Deafness, s. want of hearing
Deal er, s. a trader

Dear ly, ad. with great fondness
De cent, a becoming
Deep en, v a. to make deep
De ism, s. the belief of a deist
De luge, s. a general inundation
De mon, s. an evil spirit
Der vis, s. a turkish priest
Des time, v a. to doom
Dier, s. who dyes cloth~
Diet, s. food,

Digit, s. the three fourths of an inch
Diph thong, s. the union of two vow-

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Duc tile, a. flexible

Du el, s. a fight between two
Dul ness, s. dimness

Dumb ness, s. incapacity to speak
Dun geon, s. a prison
Dun ner, s. a sclicitor
Du rance, s. imprisonment
Dus ty, a. full of dust
Du ty, s. obligation
E

Ea ger, a. ardent
Ea gle, s. a bird
Ear ly, ad. betimes
Ear nest, s. a pledge
Earth en, a. made of earth
Earth quake, s. a shaking of the-

earth

Ec logue, s. a pastoral poem
Ed dy. s. water running contrary to

the stream
Edging, s. narrow ace
É dict, s. a decree
Ef flux, s. a flowing out
Ef fort, s. a struggle
E gress, s. a departure
Ei ther, s. one or the other
El bow, s. a joint of the arm
El der, a. older

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Else where, ad. in any other place Fer ment, s. which causes fermenta

Em bers, s. cinders Em biem, s. a picture Em met, s. a pismire Em pire, s. com mand En gine, s. machine En sign, s. a flag En ter, v n, to go in En trance, s. an avenue En voy, s. a minister En vy, s. ill will E pic, a. heroic E qual, a. adequate E ra, s. a date of time Es cort, s. a convoy Es sence, s. substance E ven, a. smooth, ad. verily Ev er, ad. at any time Ex it, s. a departure

F

Fa ble, s. a fiction
Fa brick, s. a building
Fac tor, s. an agent
Fa got, s. bundle of sticks
Faint ness, s. languor
Fair ly, ad. justly-
Fair ness, s. beauty
Fai ry, s. an enchantress
Fal con, s. a hawk

False ly, ad perfidiously

Fal ter, y n. to fail

Fa mine, s. dearth

tion

Fer ret, s. a small quadruped

Fer ry, s. where the ferry boat

crosses

Fer tile, a. fruitful

Fer vour, s. zeal

Fes ter, v a. & n. to corrupt,

Fes tive, a. joyous

Fet ter, v a. to bind
Fe ver, s. a disease
Fic kle, a. inconstant
Field piece, s. a cannon
Fierce ness, s. ferocity
Figure, 6. shape
Fil bert, s. a nut
Fil let, s. a band

Fil ly, s. a young mare
Fil ter, v a. to strain.
Fil thy, a. dirty
Final, a. ultimate.
Fine ness, s. elegance

Fin ger, s. part of the hand-
Finite, a. limited

Fire lock, s. a gun

Fir ing, s. fuel

Fimm ness, s. stability
Fitness, s. that is meet

Flab by, a soft

Flag gy, a. limber,

Flag on, s. vessel to drink out p

Fla grant, a. ardent

Fa mish, v a. & n. to die of hunger Fla ky, a. hanging loosely

Fa mous, a. renowned

Fan cy, s. caprice

Far cy, s. a leprosy

Far ther, ad. more remote

Far thing, s. the fourth of a penny
Fash ion, s. form, manner
Fash ion, v a, to form
Fas ten, ya. to make fast
Fa tal, a. deadly
Faulty, a, defective
Fa vour, s. kindness
Fawn er, s. a flattergr
Fear ful, a. timoreas
Fea ther, plume

Fea ture, s. cast of face
Fee ble, a. weak

Feed er, s. one who feeds
Feel ing, s. sensibility
Fel low, s. an associate
Fen ny, a. marshy

Flash y, a. showy

Flat ly, ad. dully

Flat ter, v a. to soothe
Flat tish, a. somewhat flat
Fla vour, s. taste

Fleet ness, s. swiftness
Flesh y, a. plump
Flim sy, a. weak
Flin ty, a. made of flint
Flip pant, a, nimble

Flo rid, a. flushed with red

Flo rist, s. one skilled in flowers

Flou rish. v n. to be in vigour
Flut ter, s. hurry
Flux ion, s. a flowing
Foam y, a. frothy

Fod der, s. food for cattle
Fog gy, a. cloudy
Foi ble, s. a fault

Follow, v n. to come after

Fol ly, s. depravity
For dle, v a. to caress
Fond ly, ad. foolishly
Fore land, sa head land
For est, s. a Woodland
For mal, a. regular
For tress, s. a strong hold
For ward, a. ready
Foul ness, s. filthiness
Foun der, s. a builder
Foun dry, s. a casting house
Foun tain, s. a spring
Frag ment, s. a broken piece
Fragrance, s. sweetness of smell
Fra grant, a odorous

Fran chise, v a. to make free
Frank ly. ad. freely
Frank ness, s. openness
Fran tic, a. mad

Fraud ful, a. deceitful
Frec kle, s. a spot
Free dom, s. liberty
Free hold, s. freeland
Free ly, a. frankly
Fren zy, s. madness
Fret ful, a. peevish
Friction, s. a rubbing
Frigate, s & ship of war
Fright en, v a. to terrify
Frigid, a cold
Fris ky, a. gay

Frit ter, s. a small piece
Friz zle, s. a curl

Fro lick, s. a wild prank

Front less. a. without shame

Fro ward, a perverse
Fru gal, a. thrifty
Frus trate, v a. to defeat

Fud dle, v n. to drink to excess
Ful gent, a. shining
Fri some, a. nauseous
Func tion, s. office

Für lough, s. leave of absence
Furnace, s. an enclosed fire placo
Fur nish, v a. to supply
Fur row, s. a trench

Fury, s. madness

Fu sion, s. a melting

Fus ty, a. mouldy

Fu ture, s. that is to come

G

(ing Gab ble, v n. to prate without mean Gag gle, n. to make a uoise as a goose

Gain ful, a. profitable

Gam bler, s. a knave, a cheat
Gam bol, s. a. frolic

Game some, a. frolicsome
Gam mon, s. the buttock of a hog
Ga mut, s. a scale of music
Gan der, s. the nale of goose
Gan grene, s. a mortification
Gang way, s. a part of a ship
Gant let, s. a punishment
Ger uish, v a. to decorate,
Gar ret, s. the uppermost room
Ga ther, v a. to collect
Geld ing, s. a castrated horse
Gen der, s. a sex

Gen tile, s. a heathen

Geu tle, a. mild

Gent ly, ad. mildly

Ger man, s. a first cousin
Ges ture, s. action
Ghast ly, a. horrible
Ghost ly, a. spiritual
Gib bet, s. a gallows
Gid dy, a. heedless
Gin ger, s. an indian plant
Gin gle, s. a shrill sound
Glad ly, ad. cheerfully
Glan ders, s. a disease of horsea
Glar ing, a, shining

Glaz ier, s. a worker in glass
Gla mer, ▾ n. to shine
Glitter, s. lustre, show
Glo ry, s. honor

Glov er, s. a glove maker
Gob let, s. a boul, a cup
Gob lm, s. a spirit

God dess, s. a female divinit
God like, a. divine

Gold finch, s. a singing bird
Good ly, a. graceful
Gorgeous, a. fine, gay
Gos ling, s. a young goose

Gos pel, s. the book of the christian

revelation

Gov ern, v a. to rule

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Grab ble, v a. & n. to grope

Grand child, s. the child of a son or daughter

Grant or, s. one who grants
Grap ple, v n. to contend in close
fight

Grate ful, a. acceptable
Gra tis, ad. for nothing.
Gray el, s. coarse sand

Gra vy, s. the juice of flesh
Great ness, s. power
Gree dy, a. eager
-Greet ing, s. salutation
Griad er, s one who grinds
Gris iy, a. dreadful

Grit tỷ, 4. full of hard particles
Griz zle, s. a gray colour
Grov el, v n. to creep along
Ground work, s. the first pinciple
Gui dance, s. direction

H

Ha bit, s. custom, manner
Hack nev, s. a hired horse
Had dock, s. a sea fish
Hag gard, a. wild, ugly
Hagg ish, a. like a hig

Hair cloth, s stuff made of hair
Hair y, a. covered with hair
Hai berd, s. a battle axe
Hallow, v a. to consecrate
Hal ter s. a rope

Him let, s. a small village
Han mer, s. for dri ing nails
Ham mock, s. a swinging bed
Ham per, sa basket, va, to perplex
Hand maid, s. a maid servant
Hand sel, v a to use any thing for
the first time

Hand some, a. beautiful
Hap less, a. unhappy
Hap pen, v n. to fall out
Hap py, a. lucky

Hard ly, ad. with difficulty
Hard ship, s. oppression
Hardy, a. bold

Hare lip, s. a fissure in the lip
Har lot. s a strumpet

Har ness, s. the traces of draft horses
Har per, s. a player on the harp
Har row. s. a farming utensil
Harsh ly, ad. sourly

Har vest, s. reaping time

Has let.

Hars let

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Haw thorn, s. the thorn that bear

haws

Haz ard, s. chance v. a. to venture
Head long, a. vash

Head strong, a. ungovernable
Health ful, a. free from sickness
Hear ing, s. audience
Heark en, vn. to attend
Heart y, a. sincere
Hea then, s. a pagan
Hea vy, a, weighty

Hedge born, a. meanly born
Hedge hog, s. an animal
Hedge row, s. an enclosure
Heed ful, a. careful
Hei fer, s. a young cow
Heigh ten, v a. to raise
Hei nous, a. atrocious

Heir ess, s. she who inherits

Help ful, a. useful

Hem lock, s. an herb

Hence forth, ad. from this time for

ward

He rald, s. an officer
He ron, s. a bird
Her ring, s. a fish *
High ness, s. elevation
Hilly, a. full of hills
Hinger, v a. to obstruct
Hip shot, a. dislocated in the hip
Hire ling, s. a mercenary

Hi ther, ad. to this place
Hoar hound, s. a plant
Hoary, a gray with age

Hob ble, v a. & n. to walk lamely

Hogs head, s. a measure

Hol low, s. a cavity

Holly, s. a tree

Hols ter, s. a case for a pistol
Hom age, s. service

Hor net, s. a large fly

Hos tage, s. one given as security

for performance

Hos tile, a. adverse

s the heart liver & lights Host ler, s. one who takes care of

Hast en, va. to urge on

Has ty, a. quick

Hatch et, s. a kind of ax

Hate ful, a. odious

Ha tred, s. ill will

Ha ven, s. a port

Haugh ty, a. proud

Har ocks. destruction, waste

horses

Hov el, s. a shed

Ho ver, v n. to flutter about

Hour ly, ad. every hour

Hu man, a. having the quality of a

man

Hu mane, a. kind

Hum ble, a. not proud

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