File, majority, a list, Filed, polished, defiled. Fills, the shafts of a carriage. Fine, to bring to an end, artful, to make showy. Findless, endless. Fire-drake, a firework. Fire-new, quite new. Fitchew, a polecat. Fires, vives, a distemper in horses. Flag, a straw, a rush. Flap-dragon, an inflammable substance drank off in wine. Flapjacks, pancakes. Flask, a soldier's powder-horn. Flecked, streaked. Fleet, float. Fleeting, inconstant. Flews, the large chaps of a hound. Flight, a kind of shooting. Forespoke, forbid. Forewearied, worn out. Forfeit, to transgress, punishment. Forfend, forbid. Forgetice, inventive. Forked heads, barbed arrows. Former, foremost. Foul, homely, plain. Fox, a cant name for a sword. Frampold, fretiul, peevish. Franklin, freeholder. Frankly, freely. Fraught, freight, cargo. Free, liberal. French brawl, a dance. Freshes, springs. Friend, friendship, a lover. Frippery, an old clothes' shop. Frize, a Welsh cloth. Frontlet, a cloth worn by ladies to make the forehead smooth. Gloze, explain, to flatter. God before, God be my guide. God 'ild you, God reward you. Good-den, good evening. Gratillity, gratuity. Gratulate, to rejoice in. Grave, engrave. Graymalkin, a cat. Green, fresh, Grise, degree, step. Groundlings, the people in the pit Implorators, implorers. Handfast, contract, Haggard, a hawk not well trained, Halcyon, the kingfisher, which, when hung up dead in a room, was supposed to turn its beak towards the quarter whence the wind blew. Hallidom, a petty oath signifying faith, &c. Hap, chance. Happies, makes happy. Harlots, sometimes applied to male cheats. Harnesss, armour. Hatch, to engrave. Haughty, high-spirited, Haunt, company. Hlaving, estate. Havings, accomplishments. Hazard, a place in a tennis court, Head, source. Heart, sincerity Heary, cloudy, dark, Hell, a cant name for a prison. Impleached, interwoven. Liberties of sin, licensed offenders Liberty, libertinism, Lie, reside. Liefest, dearest, Liegers, ambassadors. Lighter, inferior. Lightly, commonly. Likelihood, similitude. Likeness, appearance. Liking, condition, substance. Limbeck, alembic, a vessel used in distilling. Limber, flimsy. Limbo Patrum, prison. Lime, birdlime, to ensnare, to cement. Limited, legitimate, appointed. Lincolnshire bagpipe, croaking of a frog. Line, lineage, extent. Lined, delineated. Link, a torch of pitch. List, listen to, desire, selvage. Little, miniature. Livelihood, appearance of life. Lob, an expression of contempt. Lode-star, pole-star. Loggats, an ancient game resembling nine pins. Longing, eagerly expected, Longly, longingly, Loofed, brought close to the wind. Loose, lust. Lop, branch. Lord have mercy on us, the inscrip- Love-spring, early shoots or buds of love. Lown, a sorry fellow. Lowted, treated with contempt. Lunes, fits. Lurch, to win. Lush, rank, juicy, vigorous. Lust, will, Lustic, gamesome, cheerful. Luxury, incontinence, lascivious ness. Lym, a blood-hound, M. Mace, sceptre. Main, mass of Makeless, mateless, widowed. Manage, government, horsemanship. Mandrake, or Mandragora, a root possessing soporific qualities, Mankind, masculine, Manner, in the fact. Man of wax, a handsome man. Marches, the English and Scottish borders. Margent, marginal notes. Mart, market-place, exchange. the reach, limit. Medicine, physician. Meed, reward. Meet, even, a match. Meiny, retinue. Memorized, made memorable. Menelaus, the husband of Helen of Greece, a cuckold, Mephistophilus, the name of an ugly spirit. Mercatante, a merchant. Metaphysical, supernatural. Mettle, constitution, habit. Miching Malheco, secret mischief. Milch, milky. Mimic, actor. Mineral, mine. Mi perdonate, pardon me, Miscreate, spurious. Miser, wretch. Misery, avarice. Misprised, mistaken. Misprising, despising, undervaluing Misprision, misconception. Moist star, the moon. Monarcho, a fantastical personage who lived in Shakespeare's time. Month's mind, desire for something. Mood, manner, resentment, Moody frontier, cloudy looks, melancholy. Moon, a month. Moonish, changeable. Moral, concealed meaning, applica tion. Nice, trifling, weak. Nicely, sophistically. Nicholas' clerks, St, a cant name for thieves. Nicholas, St, patron saint of chil dren and scholars. Nobless, nobleness. Noddy, a game at cards. Noise, a band of musicians. Nook-shotten, thrust in a corner. No poynt, the double negative of the French, non point. Note, notice. Novum, Novum quinque, a game with dice. Nowl, head. P. Pack, to bargain with, to trick. Packings, underhand dealings. Pageants, mocking shows. Painted cloth, cloth with painted mottoes. Pales, encompasses. Paragon, beyond compare. Parallels, wrinkles. Parle, talk, parley, dispute. Pash, to strike, a tuft or head of hair. Passage, passengers, passing recollection. Passed, exceeded, Passes, devices. Passions, sufferings, feelings. Patins, a small flat dish used in the Peascod, husk. Peat, pet. Peck, to throw. Pedascule, pedant. Peg-a-Ramsey, name of an old song. Pelican, blood-sucking. Pelt, to clamour. Pelting, paltry, insignificant. Pentecost, Whitsuntide. Perdy, a vulgarised French oath, Perfect, well-informed, assured. Perish, destroy. Platforms, plans. Plausibly, with applause. Plebeii, plebeians. Pleurisy, superabundance, fulness. Plot, a piece of ground. Point, fully armed. Point-derise, nice to excess Points, hooks for fastening the breeches. Poize, weight, Politic, crafty, astute. Poll, to clear. Pomander, scent-bag. Pomewater, a species of apple. Poor-john, salted fish. Porpentine, porcupine. Port, appearance, carriage, gate. Possessed, informed, insane. Pouncet-box, a box for perfumes. Practice, conspiracy, stratagem, malignant art, artifice. Prank, to dress splendidly. Precepts, warrants, Precisian, physician, Prefer, to advance. Pregnant, full of, apprehensive, ready. Prenominate, already named, Pressel, ready. Pressure, impression. Pretence, intention, design. Pretend, indicate, Prevent, to anticipate. Prick, point, skewer, Purl, to curl., Puttock, kite. Puzzle, a drab. Pyramises, pyramids, Quail, relax, a harlot. Sprag, apt. Sprighted, haunted. Spurs, roots of trees. Square, equal, quarrel, equitable, Stale, a stalking-horse, bait, a thing for sale, to make cheap. Statist, statesman. Statute-caps, woollen caps, ordered to be worn by the middle and lower classes in England on Sundays and holidays. Stares, lances. Stay, wait, sent, pride. Story, a jest. Straight, immediately, forthwith. Strangeness, coyness, coldness. Stuck-in, stoccata, a term in fencing. Subscribe, assent to. Subscribes, submits, yields. Subscription, obedience. Subtle, deceitful. Success, succession, Sudden, violent. Sue his livery, claim his land, Suggested, tempted. Suggestion, prompting, temptation. Sumpter, a pack horse. Sun of York, the cognizance of Edward IV. Sur-reined, overstrained, Suspect, suspicion. Swarth, a row of cut grass. Swashing, slashing, swaggering. Sweeting, an apple. Swinge-bucklers, rakes, madcaps. Swounds, swoons. T. Tharborough, third-borough, a peace Therene, a funeral song. Thick-pleached, closely interwoven. Thorough, through. Thought, melancholy. Thrasonical, from Thraso, a boaster Three-man-beetle, a heavy wooden Three-pile, best velvet, Thrum, coarse yarn. Tickle, ticklish, uncertain, Tike, a cur. Timeless, untimely. Time's flies, flies of a season. Tire, head-dress, to glut, beyond Tired, adorned with trappings. Tod, a pack of wool weighing 28 lb. Tomboys, wantons. Tongues, languages. Topless, supreme, Torquoise, a precious gem. Touch, touchstone, exploit, deed. Toward, ready, prepared. Trade, a confirmed habit, Translate, describe. Trash, to check, to restrain, Traversed, crossed. Tremor cordes, trembling of the heart. Table, picture, canvas, the palm of Tristful, sorrowful, the hand. Triumphs, revels, masques, shows. Trotting paritors, officials. Trow, believe. ecclesiastical Turn Turk, change conditions. Twelve score, twelve score yards Twire, twinkle, peep. Two brave bears, a bear and ragged staff was the crest of the Nevals of Warwick. Two ordinaries, from meal-time to meal-time. Type, distinction, title. U. Unaccustomed, indecent. Unadvised, unknowing. Unaneled, without extreme unction. Unavoided, unavoidable. Unbarbed sconce, unshaven head. Unbated, not blunted. Unbolt, explain. Unbolted, unrefined. Unbookish, ignorant. Unbreathed, unexercised. Uncape, unbag. Unclew, unwind. Unconfirmed, unexperienced. Underfiends, infernal fiends. Unexpressive, inexpressible. Unkind, unnatural Unmastered, licentious. Unpolicied, impolitic. Unproper, common, Unqualitied, divested of reason. Unquestionable, not to be questioned. Unready, undressed. Unrespective, inconsiderate. Unseminared, unmannered. Unstanched, incontinent, unchaste. Untented, undressed, Untraded, uncommon. Upspring, a kind of dance; spring is in common use in Scotland for a quick dance or tune. Urchins, evil sprites. Urging, straying. |