Collect, to assemble by observa- Collection, corollary, consequence Collied, black, smutted with coal Collier, formerly a term of the highest reproach Colour, pretence Colourable, specious
Colours, appearances, deceits Colt, to fool, to trick
Co-mart, a joint bargain Combinate, betrothed Combine, to bind
Combined, bound by agreement Comforting, aiding
Commence, to give a beginning Commended, committed
Commission, authority, power
Commodity, interest, profit
Commonty, a comedy Compact, made up of Companion, fellow Company, companion
Comparative, a dealer in compa- Compare, comparison Compassed, round Compassionate, plaintive [ciates Competitors, confederates or asso- Complements, accomplishments Complexion, humour Comply, to compliment
| Control, to confute
Convent, to serve or agree Convented, cited, summoned Conversation, familiar inter- course, conduct, behaviour Converse, interchange Conversion, change of condition Convertite, convert Convey, to perform slight of hand, to manage artfully Conveyance, theft, fraud [convict Convince, to overpower, subdue, Convicted, overpowered, baffled Convive, to feast
Cope, to encounter, to engage Cope, covering Copped, rising to a cop, or head Copy, theme [couragement
Coragio, an exclamation of en- Corinthian, a wencher
Corky, dry, withered, husky Corners, by-places Corollary, surplus
Coronet, a crown
Curiosity, finical delicacy, scru- pulousness or captiousness Curious, scrupulous
Curled, ostentatiously dressed Currents, occurrences
Cursed, under the influence of a malediction
Curst, petulant, crabbed, shrewd. ish or mischievous, severe, harsh, vehemently angry Curstness, ill-humour Curtail, a cur of little value Curtal, a docked horse Curtle-ax, or cutlace, a broad- sword [tard or pie
Custard-coffin, the crust of a cus- Customer, a common woman Cut, a horse
Cyprus, a transparent stuff
Daff or doff, to do off, to put Dally, to play or trifle
Damn, condemn
[nary Danger, reach or control
Coster-monger, meanly, merce- Dank, wet, rotten
[garded Danskers, natives of Denmark Coted, quoted, observed, or re- Dare, to challenge or incite
Cotsale, Cotswood in Gloucester- Dark-house, a house made gloomy Covered, hollow
Count, to make account, to rec- Darkling, in the dark kon upon
[man Darraign, to arrange, put in orCount Confect, a specious noble- Daub, to disguise Countenance, false appearance, Daubery, falsehood and imposi[trait Day-bed, a couch Counterfeit, a likeness, a por- Day-light, broad-day Counterpoints, counterpanes County, count, earl
Cower, to sink by bending the hams [large tub
[tion Cowl-staff, a staff for carrying a Compose, to come to a composi-Coy, to soothe or stroke Composition, contract or bargain, Coyed, condescended unwillingly
consistency, concordancy Composture, composition, com- Comptible, submissive Con, to know
Coystril, a coward cock, a mean or drunken fellow
[post Cozier, a tailor or botcher [thought Crab, a wild apple
Conceit, fanciful conception, Crack, dissolution
[lution Cranks, windings Crants, chants
Day-woman, dairy-maid Dear, best, important, dire Dearn, lonely, solitary Death-tokens, spots appearing on those infected by the plague D boshed, debauched Decay, misfortunes Deceivable, deceptious Deck, to cover, a pack
Decline, to run through from first Declined, the fallen Deem, opinion, surmise
Defeatures, features, change of features for the worse Defence, art of fencing Defend, to forbid Defensible, furnishing the means Defiance, refusal [of defence Deformed, deforming Deftly, dexterously, with adroit- Defy, to refuse, to distain [ness Degrees, steps Delay, to let slip Demerits, merits Demise, to grant Demurely, solemnly Denay, denial
Concent, connected harmony in Crack, a boy or child, a boy-child Defeat, destruction general Conclusion, determination, reso- Conclusions, experiments Concupy, concupiscence. Condition, temper, character, qualities, vocations or inclina- Condolement, sorrow [tions Conduct, conductor Coney-catched, deceived, cheated Coney-catcher, a cheat, or sharper Confession, profession Conject, conjecture Conjecture, suspicion [to consume Confound, to destroy, to expend, Confounded, worn or wasted Consent, to agree Consent, conspiracy, will, assent, Consigned, sealed [united voice Consist, to stand upon Consort, company
Consort, to keep company with Constancy, consistency, stability Constant, firm, determined Constantly, certainly, without fluctuation
Contemptible, contemptuous Continent, the thing which con- Continents, banks of rivers [tains Continuate, uninterrupted Contraction, marriage contract Contrarious, different
Contrive, to spend and wear out
Crare, a small trading vessel Craven, a degenerate, dispirited cock [cowardly Craven, mean, cowardly, to make Create, compounded, or made up Credent, creditable, credible Credit, account, information, cre- dulity [beacon Credit, a great light set upon a Cressive, increasing Crest, the top, the height Crestless, those who have no right [bent, hollow Crisp, curling, winding, curled, Critic, cynic Critical, censorious
Crone, an old worn-out woman Crosses, money stamped with a Crom, to exult over Crow-keeper, a scare-crow Crown, to conclude Crowned, dignified, adorned Crownet, last purpose Cry, a troop or pack
Cue, in stage cant, the last words of the preceding speech Cuisses, armour for the thighs Cullion, a despicable fellow Cunning, sagacity, knowledge Curb, to bend or truckle
Denied, disbelieved or contemned Denier, the twelfth part of a French sou
Denotements, indications or dis- Deny, to refuse
Die, gaming
Diet, regimen
Diet, to oblige to fast
Diffused, extravagant, irregular
Digress, to deviate from the right Digression, transgression Dint, impression
Direction, judgment, skill Disable, to undervalue Disappointed, unprepared Disclose, to hatch
Discontenting, discontented Discontents, malcontents Discourse, reason Disdained, disdainful
Disease, uneasiness, discontent Diseases, sayings
Disgrace, hardship, injury Dislimns, unpaints, obliterates Dispark, to destroy a park Disponge, discharge as a sponge Dispose, to make terms. to settle matters
Disposition, frame Disputable, disputatious Dispute, to talk over Dissemble, to gloss over Dissembling, putting dissimilar things together. Distaste, to corrupt, to change
Dout, to do out, extinguish Dowle, a feather Down-gyved, hanging down like what confines the fetters round the ancles Drab, whoring Draught, the jakes Drann, embowelled, exonerated Dread, epithet applied to kings Drew, assembled Dribbling, a term of contempt Drive, to fly with impetuosity Drollery, a show performed by Drugs, drudges Drumble, to act lazily and stupidly Dry, thirsty [to me Ducdame, duc ad me, bring him
Eager, sour, sharp, harsh Eanlings, lambs just dropt Ear, to plough
Easy, slight, inconsiderable Eche, to eke out Ecstasy, alienation of mind, mad- Effects, affects, or affections, ac- tions, deeds effected Eftest, deftest, readiest Egypt, a gipsy
Eld, old time, or persons Element, initiation, previous practice
Embossed, inclosed, swollen, puffy Embowelled, exhausted Embraced, indulged in Eminence, high honours Empery, dominion, sovereign command [contention Emulation, rivalry, envy, factious Emulous, jealous of higher autho- Encave, to hide [rity
Enfeoff, to invest with possession Engine, instrument of war, mili- tary machine, the rack Engross, to fatten, to pamper Engrossments, accumulations Enkindle, to stimulate Enmew, to coop up
Extremes, extravagance of conduct, extremities
Eyases, young nestlings
Eyas musket, infant lilliputian Eye, a small shade of colour Eyliads, glances, looks. See OeiEyne, eyes fliads
Face, to carry a foolish appear.
Faced, turned up with facings Facinorous, wicked Fact, guilt Factious, active
Faculties, medicinal virtues, of- fice, exercise of power Fadge, to suit or fit Fading, the burthen of a song Fain, fond
Fair, beauty, complexion, fairness Fair-betrothed, fairly contracted, honourably affianced Faith, fidelity Faithful, not an infidel Faithfully, fervently Faitors, traitors, rascals Fall, to let fall, to drop Fall, an ebb
False, to make false
Ensconce, to protect as with a fort Falsely, dishonestly, treacherous
Enseamed, greasy Enshield, shielded Entertain, to retain in service Entertainment, the pay of army, admission to office Entreatments, the objects of Envy, hatred or malice [treaty Ephesian, a cant term for a toper Equipage, stolen goods Erewhile, just now Erring, wandering Escoted, paid
Esil, a river so called, or vinegar Esperance, the motto of the Percy Espials, spies [family
Essential, existent, real Estimate, price
Estimation, conjecture Eterne, eternal
Even, calm, equitable, temperate, Even, to act up to Examined, questioned, doubted Excrement, the beard Excrements, the hair, nails, fea- thers of birds, &c. Execute, to employ, to put to use Execution, employment or exer- Executors, executioners [cise Exempt, excluded [confession Exercise, exhortation, lecture, or Exhale, hale or lug out Exhibition, allowance Exigent, end Exorcist, a person who can raise Expect, expectation Expedient, expeditious Expiate, fully completed Expostulate, to inquire or discuss Erposture, exposure Express, to reveal Expulsed, expelled
Dudgeon, the handle of a dagger Ersufflicate, contemptible, abo- Due, to endue, to deck, to grace Extend, to seize Dull, melancholy, gentle, sooth-Extent, in law, violence in general ing [ble Extern, outward
Dull, to render callous, insensiDullard, a person stupidly unconcerned
Dump, a mournful elegy Dup, to do up, to lift up
Extirped, rooted out Extracting, that which draws away from every thing but its own object Extravagant, wandering
Fancy-free, exempt from the Fang, to seize or gripe Fanged, possessed of fangs Fans, ancient
Fantastical, creatures of fancy Fap, drunk
Far, extensively Farced, stuffed
Fashions, farcens or farcy Fast, determined, fixed Fat, dull Fate, an action predetermined by Favour, countenance, features, indulgence, pardon, appearance Fear, the object of fear, danger Fear, to intimidate Feared, frightened Fearful, timorous, formidable Feat, ready, dexterous Feat, an exploit
Feated, formed, made neat Feature, beauty in general, cast and make of the face
Federary, a confederate Fee-grief, a peculiar sorrow Feeder, an eater, a servant Feere, or Pheere, a companion, a Feet, footing [husband Fell, skin
Fell-feats, savage practices Fellow, companion
[fence Fence, the art of, or skill in de- Feodary, an accomplice, a con- Fester, to corrupt Festinately, hastily
Fives, a distemper in horses Flap-dragon, a small inflammable substance, which topers swallow in a glass of wine Flap-jacks, pan-cakes Flask, a soldier's powder-horn Flatness, lowness, depth
Flaw, sudden violent gust of wind Flayed, stripped Flecked, spotted, dappled, streak- Fleet, to float Fleeting, inconstant Fleshment, first act of military service [of a hound Flered, having the flews or chaps Flickering, fluttering like the motion of a flame Flight, a sort of shooting Flourish, ornament Flote, wave
Flush, mature, ripe
Foeman, an enemy in war
Foin, to thrust in fencing Foizon, plenty Folly, depravity of mind Fond, foolish, or prized by folly Fonder, more weak or foolish Fondly, foolishly [head of a fool Focls zanies, baubles with the Foot-cloth, a housing covering the body of the horse, and almost reaching to the ground For, for that, since, because Forbid, under interdiction Force, power
Force, to enforce, to urge Force, to stuff
Forced, false Fordid, destroyed
Fordo, to undo, to destroy Foredone, overcome Forfended, prohibited, forbidden Foreign, employed in foreign em- Forepast, already had [bassies Fore-slow, to be dilatory, to loiter Forestall, to prevent by anticipa-
Forgetive, inventive, imaginative Forked, horned Formal, not out of form, regular, sensible, in form, in shape Former, foremost
Forspent, wasted, exhausted Forspoke, contradicted, spoken Forthcoming, in custody [against Forwearied, worn out Foul, homely, not fair Fox, a cant word for a sword Forship, mean, cunning Frampold, peevish, fretful, or Frank, a sty [cross Franklin, a little gentleman or freeholder [nerous Free, artless, free from art, ge- Fret, the stop of a musical in- strument, which regulates the vibration of the string
Friend, a lover, a term applica- | Gourds, a species of dice ble to both sexes, a paramour Friend, friendship Friend, to befriend Frippery, a
Grace, acceptableness, favour Grace, to bless, to make happy shop where old Gracious, graceful, lovely Grained, furrowed, like the grain of wood, died in grain or in- dented [thanks Gramercy, grand mercy, great Grange, the farm-house of a mo- nastery; a lone house Gratillity, gratuity
clothes were sold Frize, a cloth made in Wales From, in opposition to Fronted, opposed Frontier, forehead Frontlet, a forehead cloth Frush, to break or bruise Frustrate, frustrated Fulfilling, filling till there be no Full, complete [room for more Fullams, loaded dice Fullest, most complete and per- Fumiter, fumitory Furnished, dressed
Gabardine, a loose felt cloak Gad, a pointed instrument Gain-giving, misgiving Gainsay, to unsay, deny, contra- Gait, way or steps [dict Galliard, an ancient dance Galliasses, a species of galleys Gallowglasses, heavy armed foot Gallow, to scare or frighten Gallymanfry, a medley Game, sport, jest [a wanton Gamester, a frolicksome person, Gaping, shouting or roaring Garboils, commotion, stir Garish, gaudy, showy
Gasted, frightened Gandy, a festival day Gands, baubles, toys Gaze, attention
Gear, a general word for things Geck, a fool [or matters General, generality General, compendious Generation, children Generosity, high birth Generous, most noble
Gratulate, gratifying, acceptable Grave, to entomb
Graves, or greaves, armour for Greasily, grossly [the legs Greek, a bawd, or pander Green, unripe, not fully formed Greenly, awkwardly, unskilfully Greets, pleases
Grief, pain, grievances Griefs, grievances, wrongs
Grievances, sorrows, sorrowful af Grieve, to lament for Grise, a step Grossly, palpably
Groundlings, the frequenters of the pit in the playhouse Growing, accruing
Guard, defence
Guard, to fringe or 1 ce Guarded, ornamented Guards, badges of dignity Guerdon, reward Guerdoned, rewarded Guiled, treacherous Guinea-hen, a prostitute
Gules, red, a term in heraldry Gulf, the swallow, the throat Gun-stones, cannon-balls
Gurnet, a fish resembling a piper Gust, taste, rashness Gyve, to catch, to shackle Gyves, shackles
Hack, to become cheap and vul. Haggard, a species of hawk [gar Haggard, wild
Gentle, noble, high-minded, be- Hair, complexion or character
longing to gentry
Gentry, complaisance German, akin
Germins, seeds begun to sprout Gest, a stage or journey Gib, a cat Gifts, endowments Giglot, a wanton wench [or 2s. Gilder, a coin valued at 1s. 6d. Gilt, gilding, golden inoney Gimmall, a ring or engine Ging, a gang Gird, a sarcasm or gibe, emotion Gleek, to joke or scoff, to beguile Glimmering, faintly illuminated by the stars [upon
Gloze, to expound, to comment Glut, to englut or swallow up Gnarled, knotted
Happily, accidentally, fortunately Happy, accomplished Hardiment, bravery, stoutness Harlocks, wild mustard Harlot, a cheat
Harp, to touch on a passion Harrow, to conquer, to subdue Harry, to use roughly, to harass Having, estate or fortune, pro-
motion, allowance of expense Haviour, behaviour Haught, haughty Haughty, high, elevated Haunt, company [school Hay, a term in the fencingHead, the source, the fountain Head, body of forces Heart, the most valuable or preHeat, heated [cious part Heat, violence of resentment Heavy, slow Hebenon, henbane
Good-deed, indeed, in very deed Good-den, good evening Good-life, of a moral or jovial turn Good jer, gougere, morbus galli-Hefted, heaved Gorbellied, fat and corpulent [cus Hefts, heavings [prison Gossips, tattling women who at- Hell, an obscure dungeon in a tend lyings-in Helmed, steered through Gossomer, the white cobweb-like Hence, henceforward exhalations that fly about in Henchman, a page of honour hot sunny weather Hent, seized or taken possession Government, evenness of temper, Hereby, as it may happen decency of manners Hermits, beadsmen
Ill-nurtured, ill-educated
Inkhorn-mate, a book-mate
Inkle, a kind of tape, crewell or Labras, lips worsted
woman of the (or page Lackeying, moving like a lackey Lag, the meanest persons
Lances, lance-men
Land-damn, to destroy in some
Lands, landing-places
Lapsed, time suffered to slip
Large, licentious
Lass-lorn, forsaken of his mis
disposi-Latched, or letched, licked over Late, lately
Inland, civilized, not rustic Insane, that which makes insane Insconce, to fortify Insculped, engraven Inseparate, inseparable Instance, example, proof Instances, motives Insuit, solicitation Intend, to pretend Intending, regarding Intendment, intention or Intenible, incapable of retaining Intention, eagerness of desire Intentively, with full attention Interessed, interested Intergatories, interrogatories Intermission, pause, intervening time [be cut Intrenchant, that which cannot Intrinse, intrinsicate Invention, imagination Inwardness, intimacy, confidence Iron, clad in armour Irregulous, lawless, licentious Issues, consequences, conclusions Heration, citation, or recitation
Images, children, representatives Jack, a term of contempt
Imaginary, produced by the Jack-a-lent, a puppet thrown at
power of imagination Imbare, to lay open or display to Immanity, barbarity, savageness Immediacy, close connection Imp, to supply Imp, progeny Impair, unsuitable [partial Impartial, sometimes used for Impamned, wagered and staked Impeach, to bring into question Impeachment, reproach or impu- tation, hinderance Imperious, imperial Imperseverant, perseverant Impeticos, to impetticoat or im- Importance, importunacy [pocket Importance, the thing imported Importing, implying, denoting Impose, injunction, command Impositions, commands [ceivable Impossible, incredible or incon- Impress, to compel to serve Impress, a device or motto Impugn, to oppose, to controvert Incapable, unintelligent [colour Incarnardine, to stain of a red Incensed, incited, suggested Inclining, compliant Inclip, to embrace Include, to shut up, to conclude Inclusive, enclosed
Incony, or kony, fine, delicate Incorrect, ill-regulated Increase, produce
Indent, to bargain and article Index, something preparatory Indifferent, sometimes for differ- Indite, to convict [ent, impartial
Jack guardant, a jack in office Jaded, treated with contempt,
Lated, belated, benighted Latten, thin as a lath Lavoltas, a kind of dances Laund, lawn
Lay, a wager Leaguer, the camp Leasing, lying
Leather-coats, a species of apple Leave, to part with, to give away Leech, a physician
Leer, feature, complexion Leet, court-leet, or court of the
Leman, lover, mistress Lenten, short and spare L'envoy, moral, or conclusion of Let, to hinder [a poem Let be, to desist Lethe, death
Lewd, ignorant, idle, wicked pen-Lewdly, wickedly
Jar, the noise made by the dulum of a clock Jauncing, jaunting Jesses, straps of leather by which the hawk is held on the fist Jest, to play a part in a mask Jet, to strut
Jovial, belonging to Jove Journal, daily [agitation Jump, to agree with, to put into Jump, hazard, to venture at Jump, just
Justicer, justice, judge Jut, to encroach Jutty, to project Juvenal, a young man
Kam, awry, crooked Keech, a solid lump or mass Keel, to cool Keep, to restrain, to dwell, to Keisar, Cæsar [reside
Kernes, light-armed Irish fool Key, the key for tuning, a tun- ing-hammer Kicksy-wicksy, a wife Kiln-hole, a place into which coals are put under a sove Kind, nature, species Kindless, unnatural Kindly, naturally Kindly, kindred
Libbard, or lubbar, a leopard Liberal, licentious or gross in [language Liberty, libertinism
License, an appearance of licen tiousness
Lie, to reside, to be imprisoned Liefest, dearest
Lieger, an ambassador at a fo- [reign court Lifter, a thief Light o' love, a dance tune Lightly, commonly, in ordinary Lightness, levity
Likeness, specious or seeming Liking, condition of body
Limbeck, a vessel used in distil- Limbo, a place supposed to be in the neighbourhood of hell Lime, bird-lime
Lime, to cement [with bird-lime Limed, entangled or caught, as Limit, appointed time [derly Limited, appointed, regular, or Limits, estimates, calculations Line, genealogy Lined, delineated Link, a torch of pitch
Linstock, the staff to which the match is fixed when ordnance. List, the bound or limit [is fired Lither, flexible, yielding Little, miniature
Mace, a sceptre Mad, wild, inconstant Made, enriched
Magnificent, glorying, boasting Magnifico, a chief man or grandee at Venice
Mailed, wrapped up, covered with Main-top, top of the mainmast Make, to bar, to shut Makest, dost
Meed, merit, desert, excellence Meet, a match
Meiny, people, domestics Memories, memorials,
brances Memorized, made memorable Memory, memorial Mephistophilus, the name of spirit or familiar Mercatante, a merchant Mere, exact, entire, absolute Mered, mere Mermaid, siren
Messes, degrees about court Metal, temper
Metaphysical, supernatural Mete-yard, measuring-yard Memed, confined
Muffler, a kind of dress for the lower part of the face
Muliters, muleteers
Mulled, softened and dispirited Multiplied, multitudinous Multiplying, multiplied
Multitudinous, full of multitudes Mummy, the balsamic liquor of Mundane, worldly
Micher, a truant, a lurking thief Miching, playing truant, skulking Mien, countenance [about Mince, to walk with affected de- licacy [reminding Minding, calling to remembrance, Mineral, a mine [of contempt Minnow, a small river fish, a term Minstrelsy, office of minstrel Misconceived, misconceivers Miscreate, ill-begotten, illegiti- Misdoubt, to suspect Miser, a miserable creature Misery, avarice
Misprised, mistaken
Misprising, despising, or under- Missives, messengers Mistaken, misrepresented Mistempered, angry Misthink, to think ill Mistress, the jack in bowling Mobled, or mabled, veiled, grossly covered
Mode, the form or state of things Model, image, representatire,
Modern, trite, common, meanly Modesty, moderation [pretty Module, model, pattern Moe, or mowe, to make mouths Malkin, a scullion, a coarse wench Moiety, a portion Mall, Mrs. alias Mary Frith, or Mollification, pacification, soften- Moll Cutpurse Mome, a dull stupid blockhead Mallecho, mischief Momentany, momentary [sary Mammering, hesitating Month's mind, a popish anniver- Mammets, puppets Mood, anger, resentment, manner Mammock, to cut in pieces Moody, melancholy Man, to tame a hawk Moon-calf, an inanimate shapeless Manacle, a handcuff Moonish, variable mass Manage, conduct, administration Mope, to appear stupid Mandrake, a root supposed to Moral, secret meaning [morris have the shape of a man Morisco, Moor or Moorish, or Mankind, masculine [confines Morris-pike, Moorish pike Marches, the borders, limits, or Mortal, murderous, fatal [fatally Marchpane, a species of sweet-Mortal-staring, that which stares
Mortified, ascetic, religious
Most, greatest
Motion, a kind of puppet-show Motion, divinitory agitation Motion, desires
Motions, indignation
Murrain, a plague in cattle Muse, to admire, to wonder Must, a scramble
Mutine, to rise in mutiny Mutines, mutineers
Napkin, handkerchief Napless, threadbare Native, formed by nature Nature, natural parent Nay-word, a watch-word or by- Neat, finical [word Neb or nib, the mouth Neeld, needle Neif, fist
[descendant Nephew, a grandson or any lineal Nether-stocks, stockings Newness, innovation Newt, the eft
Next, nearest
Nice, silly, trifling
Nick, reckoning or count Nick, to set a mark of folly on Nighted, made dark as night Night-rule, frolic of the night Nine men's morris, a game Nobility, distinction, eminence Nobless, nobleness Noddy, fool, a game at cards Noise, music
Nonce, on purpose, for the turn Nook-shotten, that which shoots into capes [clown Northern-man, vir borealis, a Note, notice, information, remark Novice, a youth
Novum, some game at dice Nourish, to nurse Nowl, a head Nurture, education Nuthook, a thief
0. Obligations, bonds [tion to Observed, paid respective atten- Observing, religiously attentive Obsequious, serious, as at funeral obsequies, careful of Obsequiously, funereally Obstacle, obstinate
Occupation, men occupied in bu Occurrents, incidents [siness Oe, a circle [eye. See Eyliads Oeiliad, a cast or glance of the O'erdied, died too much
O'er-looked, slighted
O'er-parted, having too consider- able a part
O'er-raught, over-reached O'er-wrested, wrested beyond the Of, through [truth Offering, the assailant Office, service
[apartments Offices, culinary or servants
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