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Hollidam, holy dame, blessed Lady.

Hose, breeches. Fr. Chausses, or Haut de chausses.

To Hull, to float, to drive to and fro upon the water without sails or rudder.

To Hurtle, to skirmish, to clash, to run against any thing, to justle, to meet in shock and encounter.

Urtare.

Fr. Heurter. Ital.

An Hyen or Hyena, an animal of which many wonderful things are told, among which one is, that he can imitate the voice and laughter of men.

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Jesses, a term in falconry; short straps of leather tied about the legs of an hawk, with which she is held on the fist.

Imbost, a hunting term; when a deer is hard run and foams at the mouth he is said to be imbost. A dog also when he is strained with hard running (especially upon hard ground) will have his knees swell'd, and then he is said to be imbost: from the French word Bosse, which signifies a tumour. Importance, the same as importunity. Important, the same as importunate.

An Indigest, a chaos, (rudis indigestaque moles.)

Induction, the same as introduction; also, inducement.

To Inherit, to possess. It has the same sense in other places. To Insconce, to cover as with a fort, to secure. Intrenchant, incroaching. The intrenchant air means the air which suddenly incroaches and closes upon the space left by any body which had pass'd through it.

Jymold, see Gimmal.

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Kam, "Clean kam;" crooked, athwart, awry, cross from the Clean kam is by vulgar pronun

purpose.

Ital. a-schembo.

ciation brought to kim-kam.

To Keel, seems here to mean to drink so deep as to turn up the bottom of the pot; like turning up the keel of a ship. A Kern, an Irish boor.

A Kestrel, a little kind of bastard hawk.

A Ketch, a tub, a cask. Fr. Caque.

Kicksy-wicksy, a made word in ridicule and disdain of a wife. Kindled; to kindle is the word for rabbits bringing forth their young. A Kirtle, a woman's gown.

Labra, a lip; an Italian word.

L.

To Land-damm: probably this was a coarse expression in the cant-strain formerly in common use, but since laid aside and forgotten, which meant the taking away a man's life. For Land or Lant is an old word for Urine, and to stop the common passages and functions of nature is to kill.

Latten, a factitious metal. Fr. Letan or Laiton.

Laund, the same as Lawn, a plain extended between woods. Fr. Lande.

Lavolta, an old dance, in which was much turning, and much capering. Fr. La volte.

A Leash, a leathern thong, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser leads his greyhound. Ital. Laccio.

To Lech, to lick over. Fr. Lêcher.

To Leech, to cure. A Leech, a physician.

Leer or Lear, earth, mold.

A Leman, a sweetheart, a gallant, or a mistress.

L'aimante.

A Libbard, a leopard.

Lief, dear, beloved.

Fr. L'aimant,

A Linstock, a staff of wood with a match at the end of it, used

by gunners in firing cannon.

Lither, soft, mild.

A Lob, a lubber, a looby.

Lockram, a sort of coarse linen.

Loggats, the ancient name of a play or game, which is one among the unlawful games enumerated in the Stat. 33. H. 8. It is the same which is now called Kittle-pins, in which boys often make use of bones insted of wooden pins, throwing at them with another bone instead of bowling.

Lozell, a lazy lubber.

A Luce, a pike or jack.

Lunes, fits of lunacy or frenzy, mad freaks. The French say of a man who is but fantastical and whimsical, Il a des lunes. Lush, of a dark deep full colour, opposite to pale and faint. Fr. Lousche.

Lustick, lusty: a Dutch word.

Lustrous, full of lustre.

Lym, a lime-hound: J. Caius derives the name from Lyemme, which is an old word signifying a strap or thong with which dogs are led.

M.

Mail'd, cloth'd or cover'd as with armour.

Malicho, a wicked act, a piece of iniquity. Span. Malhecho. To Mammer, to hesitate, to stand in suspense. The word often occurs in old English writings, and probably takes its original from the French M'amour, which men were apt often to repeat when they were not prepared to give a direct answer. A Mammet, a puppet, a figure dress'd up. Mammuccio, the same as Mammet. Ital. Mammuccia. Manour or Mainour or Maynour, an old law-term (from the French mainaver or manier, Lat. manu tracture), signifies the thing which a thief takes away or steals: and to be taken with the manour or mainour is to be taken with the thing stolen about him or doing an unlawful act, flagrante delicto, or as we

say, in the fact. The expression is much used in the forest laws, See Manwood's edition in quarto 1665, p. 292, where it is spelt manner.

Mappery, the art of planning and designing.

To Mate, to confound, to overcome, to subdue. Spen.

A Maukin or Malkin, a kind of mop made of clouts for the use of sweeping ovens: thence a frightful figure of clouts dress'd up: thence a dirty wench.

A Mazzard, a jaw. Fr. Maschoire.

A Meacock, an uxorious or effeminate man.

Meed, most frequently stands for reward: but it is sometimes used for merit: see also Minshew.

Meered, relating to a boundary: Meer being a boundary or mark of division.

A Meiny, a retinue, domestic servants. Fr. Mesnie.

To Mell,to mix, to mingle. Fr. Méle

Mephostophilus, the name of an infernal spirit in the old fabulous history of Dr. Faustus.

A Micher, a lazy loiterer, who sculks about in corners and byplaces and keeps out of sight: a hedge-creeper.

Miching, secret, covered, lying hid.

A Minnow, the smallest of fishes.

Misprised, sometimes it signifies mistaken, from the French verb mesprendre: sometimes undervalued or disdained, from the French verb mépriser.

A Misprision, a mistake.

Modern, common, ordinary, vulgar.

A Moldwarp, a mole.

A Mome, a dull stupid blockhead, a stock, a post. This owes its original to the French word Momon, which signifies the gaming at dice in masquerade, the custom and rule of which

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is, that a strict silence is to be observed: whatever sum one stakes, another covers, but not a word is to be spoken: from hence also comes our word Mum! for silence.

Mull'd, softened and dispirited as wine is when burnt and sweeten'd. Lat. Mollitus.

A Mummer, a masker. Mummerie, masquerading. Fr. Momerie. A Mare, a wall. Lat. Murus.

Murk, darkness. Murky, dark.

A Musket, a male hawk of a small kind, the female of which is the sparrow-hawk: so that Eyas Musket is a young unfledg'd male hawk of that kind. Fr. Mouchet.

A Muss, a scramble.

N.

Nayward, "to th' nayward," to the side of denial, towards the saying nay.

A Nay word, the same as by-word: a word of contempt; also a word secretly agreed upon, as among soldiers, for the distinguishing friends from foes.

A Neafe or Neife or Neive, a fist.

A Neb, the bill or beak of a bird.

Nick, jest, mockery. Thence the word nick-name from the Brit. Niq. see Diction. de Trevoux.

A Nole, a noddle.

Oeiliads, glances. Fr. Oeillades.

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An Opal, a precious stone reflecting almost all colours. Fr. Opale. Lat. Opalus.

Orgillous (Prol. to Tro. and Cress.), Proud. Fr. Orguilleux.

Orts, scraps, fragments, leavings.

Osprey, the sea-eagle; of which it is reported, that when he hovers in the air, all the fish in the water underneath turn up their bellies and lie still for him to seize which he pleases.

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