Approof, proof, approbation Approve, to justify, to make good, to establish, to recommend to approbation.
Approved, felt, experienced, con- victed by proof Approvers, persons who try Aqua-vite, strong waters Arbitrate, to determine Arch, chief
Argentine, silver
Argier, Algiers
Action, direction by mute signs, Argosies, ships of great burthen,
Action-taking, litigious.
Argument, subject for conversa- tion, evidence, proof Arm, to take up in the arms Aroint, avaunt, begone [another A-rom, successively, one after ho-Art, practice as distinguished [nour. from theory, theory Articulate, to enter into articles Articulated, exhibited in articles Artificial, ingenious, artful As, as if
Additions, titles or descriptions. Address, to make ready. Addressed, or addrest, ready. Advance, to prefer, to raise to Adversity, contrariety. Advertisement, admonition. Advertising, attentive. Advice, consideration, discretion, thought.
Advise, to consider, recollect. Advised, not precipitant, cool, Afeard, afraid." Affect, love.
Affection, affectation, imagina- tion, disposition, quality. Affectioned, affected." Affections, passions, inordinate de- Affeered, confirmed. Affied, betrothed.
Affined, joined by affinity. Affront, to meet or face. Affy, to betroth in marriage. Aglet-baby, a diminutive being. Agnize, ackowledge, confess. A-good, in good earnest. Aiery, the nest of an eagle or hawk Aim, guess, encouragement, sus- picion
Alder-liefest, beloved above all Ale, a merry meeting Allow, to approve
Allowance, approbation Amaze, to perplex or confuse
Aspect, countenance Aspersion, sprinkling Assay, test Assinego, a he-ass Assurance, conveyance or deed Assured, affianced Astringer, a falconer Ates, instigation from Ate, the mischievous goddess that in-
Banning, cursing
Banquet, a slight refection, a do- Bans, curses Bar, barrier
[sert [manner Barbed, caparisoned in a warlike Barful, full of impediments Barm, yeast
Barn, or bairn, a child
Barnacle, a kind of shell-fish
Base, dishonoured
[son-base Base, a rustic game, called pri- Bases, a kind of dress used by knights on horseback Basilisks, a species of cannon Basta, Spanish, 'tis enough Bastard, raisin wine Bat, a club or staff Bate, strife, contention Bate, to flutter as a hawk Batlet, an instrument used by washers of clothes Batten, to grow fat Battle, army
Bavin, brushwood Bawcock, a jolly cock
Bay, the space between the main beams of a roof
Bay-window, bow window, one in a recess [sprit Beak, the forecastle, or the bolt. Beard, to oppose in a hostile manner, to set at defiance. Bearing, carriage, demeanour Bearing-cloth, a mantle used at christenings
Beat, in falconry, to flutter Beating, hammering, dwelling Beaver, helmet in general [upon Beck, a salutation made with the corrected Becomed, becoming [head Beetle, to hang over the base Being, abode
Atomies, minute particles dis- cernible in a stream of sun- shine that breaks into a dark- ened room, atoms Atone, to reconcile Attasked, reprehended, Attended, waited for Attent, attentive Attorney, deputation Attorneyship,
the discretional
agency of another Attornied, supplied by substitu- tion of embassies [or gives Attributive, that which attributes
Ames-ace, the lowest chance of Avaunt, contemptuous dismission
Belongings, endowments Be-mete, be-measure Be-moiled, be-draggled, be-mired Bending, unequal to the weight Benefit, beneficiary [passion Bent, the utmost degree of any Benumbed, inflexible, immoveable Beshren, ill befall Best, bravest
Bestowed, left, stowed, or lodged Bestraught, distraught or distract- [permit or suffer Beteem, to give, to pour out, to Bewray, betray, discover Bezonian, a term of reproach Bid, to invite, to pray Biding, place, abiding Bigging, a kind of cap Bilberry, the whortleberry Bilbo, a Spanish blade of peculiar excellence
Bilboes, a species of fetters Bill, a weapon carried by watch- men, a label, or advertisement, articles of accusation Bird-bolt, a species of arrow Bisson, blind
Blank, the white mark at which Blast, burst [an arrow is shot
Blear, to deceive Blench, to start off Blent, blended, mixed Blind-worm, the slow-worm Blistered, puffed out like blisters Blood, ancestry, high spirits, true metal, passions, natural propen- sities
Blood-boltered, daubed with blood Blown, puffed or swollen Blows, swells
Blunt, stupid, insensible Board, to accost, to address Bobb, to trick, to make a fool of Bodged, boggled, made bungling Bodkin, a small dagger Bold, confident, to embolden Boldness, confidence Boited, sifted, refined
Bolting hutch, the receptacle
which the meal is bolted Bombard, or bumbard, a barrel Bombast, the stuffing of clothes Bona-robas, strumpets Bond, bounden duty Bony, or bonny, handsome, goodBook, paper of conditions Boot, profit, advantage, something over and above
Bush, the sign of a public-house Busky, woody. See Bosky But, only, unless, except Butt-shaft, an arrow to shoot at butts with [command Burom, obedient, under good By, according to, by means of By'rlakin, by our ladykin or little lady
Ceremonies, honorary ornaments, tokens of respect Ceremonious, superstitious Certes, certainty, in truth Cess, measure Chace, a term at tennis Chair, throne
Chamber, ancient name for Lon- Chamber, a species of great gun Chamberers, men of intrigue Champain, an open country Chance, fortune
Caddis, a narrow worsted gal-Changeling, a child changed Cade, a barrel. Cadent, falling Cage, a prison
Cain-coloured, yellow [scoundrel Caitiff, a prisoner, a slave, Calculate, to foretell or prophesy Caliver, a species of musket Call, to visit
Callet, a lewd woman Calling, appellation Calm, qualm
Canary, a sprightly nimble dance Candle-waisters, those who sit up all night to drink Canker, the dog-rose Canstick, candlestick Cantel, or Cantle, a corner or piece Cantons, cantos [of any thing Canvas, to sift
Bore, the caliber of a gun, the ca- Canvas-climber,
pacity of the barrel
Bores, stabs or wounds
Bosky, woody
Bosom, wish, heart's desire Bots, worms in the stomach of a Bourn, boundary, rivulet [horse Bow, yoke [of defence Brace, armour for the arm, state Brach, a species of hound Braid, crafty or deceitful Brake, a thicket, furze-bush Brave, to make fine or splendid Bravery, showy dress Brawl, a kind of dance
a sailor who climbs to adjust the sails Cap, the top, the principal [cap Cap, to salute by taking off the Capable, perceptible, intelligent, quick of apprehension, ample, capacious
Capitulate, to make head Capon, metaphor for a letter Capricious, lascivious Captious, capacious or recipient Carack, a ship of great bulk Carbonadoed, scotched like meat for the gridiron
Card, perhaps a sea-chart Care, to make provision, to take Care, inclination [care Careires, the motion of a horse Carkanet, necklace or chain Carl, clown or husbandman Carlot, peasant Carper, a critic Carpet-consideration, on a carpe, Carriage, import [a festivity Carried, conducted or managed Carry, to prevail over Cart, a chariot [outside-garb Case, contemptuously for skin, Case, to strip naked Casques, helmets
Cassock, a horseman's great-coat Cast, to empty as a pond, to dis miss or reject
Cast, cast up, reckoned Castilian, an opprobrious term Castiliano vulgo, a cant term of contempt
Cataian, some kind of sharper Catling, a small lute-string made of catgut
Cavaleroes, airy, gay fellows Caviare, a delicacy made of the roe of sturgeon Cautelous, insidious, cautious Cease, decease, die, to stop Censure, judgment, opinion Censure, to judge Censured, sentenced, estimated Centuries, companies of an hun- dred men each o
Channel, a kennel [writing Character, description, handCharacter, to write, to infix strongly [letters are made
Charactery, the matter with which Chares, task-work
Charge, to put to expense
Charge, commission, employment Charge-house, the free-school Chariest, most cautious Chariness, caution
Charitable, dear, endearing Charles's-wain, the constellation called the Bear
Charneco, a sort of sweet wine Charter, a privilege Chaudron, entrails Cheater, escheator, an officer in the exchequer; a gamester Check, command, control Check, to object to, to rebuke Checks, probably for ethics Cheer, countenance [stones Cherry-pit, a play with cherry. Cheveril, soft or kid leather Chew, to ruminate, consider Chewet, a noisy chattering bird Chide, to resound, to echo, te scold, to be clamorous Chiding, sound Chiding, noisy
Child, a female infant Childing, unseasonably pregnant Chopin, a high shoe or clog Chough, a bird of the daw kind Christom, the white cloth put on a new baptized child Chrystals, eyes
Chuck, chicken, a term of endear Chuff, rich, avaricious Cicatrice, the scar of a wound Circumstance, detail of an argu ment, a circumlocution Cilal, recital
Cite, to incite, to show, to prove Civil, grave or solemn [human Civil, human creature, any thing Clack-dish, a beggar's-dish Claw, to flatter Clear, pure, blameless, innocent, quite, fully, perfectly Clearest, purest, freest from evil Clear-story, a species of windows in a church
Cleave, to unite with closely Clerkly, like a scholar Cliff, a key in music Cling, to shrink or shrivel up Clinquant, glittering, shining Clip, to embrace, to infold Closely, secretly, privately Clout, the white mark at which archers take aim (milies Clown, a licensed jester in fa Clubs, a popular cry on a street Clutched, grasped {quarrel Coach-fellom, one who draws with a confederate
Coasting, conciliatory, inviting
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 [risons Compassed, round Compassionate, plaintive [ciates Competitors, confederates or asso- Complements, accomplishments Complexion, humour Comply, to compliment Compose, to come to a composi- Composition, contract or bargain, consistency, concordancy Composture, composition, com- Comptible, submissive Con, to know
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
[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 [shire by discontent
Count, to make account, to rec- Darkling, in the dark
[man Darraign, to arrange, put in or Count 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 Cowl-staff, a staff for carrying a Coy, to soothe or stroke Coyed, condescended unwillingly 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
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 [to last Deem, opinion, surmise
Concent, connected harmony in Crack, a boy or child, a boy-child Defeat, destruction
[lution Cranks, windings Crants, chants
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
Deracinate, to force up by the Derogate, degraded, blasted Descant, a term in music Desert, merit Deserved, deserving Design, to mark out
Despatched, bereft
Desperate, bold, adventurous ?!?
Easy, slight, inconsiderable Eche, to eke out
Dickon, familiarly for Richard 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 mattérs
Disposition, frame Disputable, disputatious Dispute, to talk over Dissemble, to gloss over Dissembling, putting dissimilar things together. Distaste, to corrupt, to change to a worse state Distemper, intoxication Distemperature, perturbation Distempered, ruffled, out of hu- [rate bodies Distractions, detachments, sepa. Distraught, distracted Diverted, turned out of the course Dividable, divided [of nature Division, the pauses or parts of musical composition Divulged, spoken of Doctrine, skill
Doff, see Daff
Dole, lot, allowance
Dolphin, the Dauphin of France Don, to do on, to put on
Done, expended, consumed
Double, full of duplicity
Dout, to do out, extinguish. Domle, a feather
Down-gyved, hanging down like what confines the fetters round the ancles Drab, whoring Draught, the jakes Drawn, embowelled, exonerated Dread, epithet applied to kings Drew, assembled
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 Enmen, to coop up
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, Yascals 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 Eremhile, 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, feathers of birds, &c. Execute, to employ, to put to use Execution, employment or exerExecutors, executioners [cise Exempt, excluded [confession Exercise, exhortation, lecture, or Exhale, hale or lug out Exhibition, allowance Exigent, end Exorcist, a person who can raise Dribbling, a term of contempt Expect, expectation Drive, to fly with impetuosity Expedient, expeditious Drollery, a show performed by Expiate, fully completed Drugs, drudges [puppets Expostulate, to inquire or discuss Drumble, to act lazily and stupidly Exposture, exposure Dry, thirsty [to me Express, to reveal Ducdame, duc ad me, bring him Expulsed, expelled Dudgeon, the handle of a dagger Exsufflicate, contemptible, abo. Due, to endue, to deck, to grace Extend, to seize [minable Dull, melancholy, gentle, sooth-Extent, in law, violence in general ing [ble Extern, outward Dull, to render callous, insensi- Extirped, rooted out Dullard, a person stupidly uncon- Extracting, that which draws cerned away from every thing but its own object Extravagant, wandering
Dump, a mournful elegy
Dup, to do up, to lift up
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 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 Thusband 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 [federate Festinately, hastily
Festival terms, splendid phrases Fet, fetched [logy
Few, in short, in few words Fico, a fig
First, noblest, most eminent Fit, a division of a song Fitchen, a polecat
Filly, exactly
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, streakFleet, 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- tion
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 t freeholder [nerous Free, artless, free from art, ge- Pret, the stop of a musical in- strument, which regulates the vibration of the string
Friend, a lover, a term applica-1 Gourds, a species of dice ble to both sexes, a paramour Friend, friendship Friend, to befriend Frippery, a shop where old
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
Gear, a general word for things Geck, a fool General, generality [or matters General, compendious Generation, children Generosity, high birth Generous, most noble Gentility, urbanity
Grace, acceptableness, favour Grace, to bless, to make happy Gracious, graceful, lovely Grained, furrowed, like the grain of wood, died in grain or indented [thanks Gramercy, grand mercy, great Grange, the farm-house of a monastery; a lone house Gratillity, gratuity
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
Gentry, complaisance
German, akin
Germins, seeds begun to sprout Gest, a stage or journey Gib, a cat Gifts, endowments Giglot, a wanton wench 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 Good-deed, indeed, in very deed Good-den, good evening Good-life, of a moral or jovial turn Good jer, gougere, morbus galli- Gorbellied, fat and corpulent [cus Gossips, tattling women who at- tend lyings-in Gossomer, the white cobweb-like exhalations that fly about in hot sunny weather Government, evenness of temper, decency of manners
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 fencing- Head, the source, the fountain Head, body of forces Heart, the most valuable or pre- Heat, heated [cious part Heat, violence of resentment Heavy, slow Hebenon, henbane Hefted, heaved Hefts, heavings [prison Hell, an obscure dungeon in a Helmed, steered through Hence, henceforward Henchman, a page of honour Hent, seized or taken possession Hereby, as it may happen Hermits, beadsmen
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